Josephine McCarthy

Peshat
The most superficial, literal interpretation, the first layer, the most mundane meaning.

Remez
The allegorical or symbolic meaning hiding just beneath the mundane layer.

Derash
The layer of the seeker, where comparative meaning can be drawn from a similar situation or presentation, i.e. “this is like…”

Sod
The hidden esoteric meaning that comes to light through inspiration or mystical revelation.

The Western Eye of Re, the right eye, is the unchanging eye of the continuous cycle of creation and destruction. And the magician’s right eye is the one that casts into the inner worlds of creation and destruction. The magician’s left eye is the injured and restored eye: a process connected to Osiris, renewal, rebirth, and Justification. It is the eye of time and magic.