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Sunday 23 June 2024

Arcana XII – UMSN / Bafomitras’ Grimoire of Arcana

From the book Bafomitras’ Grimoire of Arcana. 
Design by Dražen Pekušić based on my sketch.
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The twelfth arcana does not bear its true name as it is considered taboo. Instead of that name, we use UMSN, just as the Jews refer to YHVH as ha-shem. The initiator of UMSN is Amhazar, but the arcana itself comes from my vision. Its essential origin is from the subarctic region of Russia. The card is dominated by shades of purple. UMSN represents the fifth element as an entity, encompassing its entirety, which is essentially infinite. UMSN is a dynamic epiphany awaited by the devotee of a particular cult. Symbolically, it is the point at the center of the circle. In its infinity, we achieve our position in eternity. UMSN arrives suddenly and without warning. The card depicts the moment when a human being becomes an entity. The residue remains lying on the ground. This is the key to the essential transformation of the devotee. He cannot be transformed until UMSN completely encompasses him. This occurs not after the devotee's death but during his lifetime.

In practical terms, the purpose of this arcana is to draw UMSN's attention to oneself, while in divinatory terms, it does not have a specific meaning. Ultimately, it may signify void, emptiness, or surrendering to fate. The card advises patience, surrender, and calmly awaiting your destiny. We invoke the spirits of this card when we want to attract the universe’s attention to ourselves, or to ensure that God hears us, or to reach the specific entity we wish to address. Additionally, its spirits bring strange dreams, sudden shifts in consciousness, ecstasy, and similar experiences. The words of this arcana are... (The words are given in the book).