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Exit From the Matrix? The Esoteric Secrets of the North Pole | Symbolic Studies

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Mar 20, 2026
Mario Garza, symbolism and esoterica researcher behind Symbolic Studies, explores whether reality is a symbolic code. He dives into tarot, Kabbalah, sacred geometry, and polar wisdom. Conversations touch on the Tree of Life, polar orientation and North Star myths, merkaba mysticism, Saturnal symbolism, and megalithic ritual traditions.
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ANECDOTE

Designing A Tarot Site Sparked Deep Symbolic Study

  • Mario recounts designing a tarot website which pushed him to study the Thoth deck and Crowley's Book of Thoth, sparking a deep symbolic awakening.
  • That initial tarot study expanded into astrology, numerology, mythology and became his primary study tool for layered symbolic insight.
INSIGHT

Symbolism Reveals A Perennial Primordial Trunk

  • Symbol study opposes scientific compartmentalization by revealing cross-cultural correspondences and a perennial tradition.
  • Mario endorses perennialism: diverse faiths share a primordial trunk of symbolic truths that emanate from a single center.
INSIGHT

Elements Form A Square With A Transcendent Center

  • The four classical elements are parts of the One, arranged like a square with a central fifth element (spirit) at the locus of transcendence.
  • Mario links the square/cross center to the pole star and the stairway to heaven concept in Northern sky symbolism.
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