10. The Sphinx

The Hall of Records! At Last!

10. The Sphinx. Edgar Cayce proclaimed that a Hall of Records would be found underneath the Great Sphinx of Egypt. Many people believed this prediction and the belief became widespread in alternative circles. But the time of his prediction has come and gone, and no Hall of Records has ever been produced. Many true believers, however, have never given up the faith that it will be found. Dr. Schock says his investigations reveal a void in the left paw of the Sphinx, which has never been excavated. However, the current leading Sphinxologist, Manu Seyfzadeh, in his recent book "Under the Sphinx: The Search for the Hieroglyphic Key to the Real Hall of Records", reveals through the evidence of ancient Coptic writings and Egyptian hieroglyphics, that the Hall of Records, an ancient archive of some kind, which at one time did reside under the Sphinx has been removed from that spot. Where, his book never gets to. Right now we are not sure. So there is still some hope for Cayce believers that the Hall of Records may be out there. But it's not at the Sphinx.

But it is with the Sphinx on this Tarot card. This card shows the Sphinx dwelling on the platform of the earth. Below, in subterranean symbolism, the devil and the Spirit of Good (called anciently the God Kne-phta) are effecting the mighty wheel of destiny, the course of history. The shaft of the Sphinx points directly to the Spirit of Good, as if to say to all who are searching for this mysterious Hall of Records: "You will find the Hall of Records when you realize that you are one of its authors. Your acts and thoughts daily are building the history of man. Now look at the Spirit of Good, of God Himself. Look and see that His way is the right way. You will be doing all you can to perfect the Hall of Records by becoming who you should be, by fulfilling your life’s calling."

This is, probably, not the message that seekers for the Hall of Records want to hear. That is too bad. Because their search for that Hall, will likely be in vain. They will pass by the answer in this tarot card, they will neglect the ancient answer drawn there many millennia ago. The excitement they seek is really an escape from the hard realities of this life.

The Sphinx also carries an ancient riddle. The Sphinx has the head of a woman and the body of a lion. The name sphinx comes from a root (from which we get, for instance, the name for the sphincter muscle) which means to "join." The Sphinx joins the woman (anciently the Pharaoh's face was considered that of a woman) and the lion. In the circle of constellations we call the Zodiac, there has always been a question of where to start the circle...The Sphinx answers that. Start at the woman, Virgo...if you do, you will end at the lion...Leo. The Sphinx reveals that the message contained in the Tarot cards is the same message revealed in the Heavens...in the Zodiac...

Just as traveling through the Tarot deck builds meaning upon meaning, so the journey through the Zodiac yields truth upon truth, ending with Leo, the lion...the next card of the Tarot...

Where is the Wheel in the Sky turning for you?