The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Wife Of The Learning Man

The woman who left her husband, married an old man, and was punished with a curse

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

The man was deeply in love with his wife, but jealousy led her to harm him

Wandering JewRitual

The legend parallels the man's curses and the ultimate fate of the wife

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

Wife Of The Learning ManthroughLearning ManilluminatesAurelia →
I. Wife Of The Learning Man & Learning Man

The man was deeply in love with his wife, but jealousy led her to harm him

II. Learning Man & Aurelia

The learning man's fate may be paralleled with that of the nation, reflecting the larger narrative of sacrifice and punishment related to political and social events

Wife Of The Learning ManthroughLearning ManilluminatesPhantom Of Coligny
I. Wife Of The Learning Man & Learning Man

The man was deeply in love with his wife, but jealousy led her to harm him

II. Learning Man & Phantom Of Coligny

The phantom symbolizes the past torment that affected the monarch in death

Wife Of The Learning ManthroughLearning ManilluminatesMartyr
I. Wife Of The Learning Man & Learning Man

The man was deeply in love with his wife, but jealousy led her to harm him

II. Learning Man & Martyr

The text equates the condemned man with martyrs, suggesting his fate is similar

Wife Of The Learning ManthroughLearning ManilluminatesNation
I. Wife Of The Learning Man & Learning Man

The man was deeply in love with his wife, but jealousy led her to harm him

II. Learning Man & Nation

The nation's actions led to the man's wife being cursed