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Symbols play a role in magic because symbols have the power to call forth feelings , thoughts , and memories from the subconscious and unconscious mind . Any person who has a mystical experience of symbols can continue to call certain states of mind suitable for magical work . We see in psychology how the human mind can cause a person , place or thing to be transformed into a symbol based on what that person , place , or thing has come to mean to the person. The tarot cards at their most basic are symbols that encode mystical , gnostic , magical and Hermetic philosophical knowledge . The gypsies would use the tarot to tell the future but the tarot cards are also able to call forth knowledge that lies at the deep levels of spirit and soul . The magician who masters symbols is able to alter his consciousness at will , being able to by-pass the intellect which works with verbal concepts . Symbols in magic are able to focus the forces and entities of the invisible world so as to give them an anchor in our visible world .