Rosslyn Chapel: House of Chance or House of Destiny

[Rose Line]

 The symbolism of Rosslyn's  stone masons are quite a mystery to us all on why the symbols of playing cards would be chiseled into the stone.

Antoine Court de Gébelin had a theory that the Egyptians who had possession of the Ancient Mysteries used these symbols and obtained them from the Book of Thoth. The Vatican came in possession of this book and introduced them to the French. He wrote the book of how Tarot began and its connection to the Egyptian mysteries. Cards and Chess have their origins from ancient times, cards deals with chance and fate, while chess deals with strategy and man's tactics. Both of these games maybe more than what they appear. "Man and women are merely players" in this life. The philosophical question is asked did the witches in Macbeth know the future and Macbeth played out his written destiny or did he have a choice. I wanted to share the uniqueness and mystery of the steeples of Rosslyn Chapel and my view at the possibility of their symbolism.

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