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Likely NOT a coincidence (shocking, right?)
Lilys are important to occultists. Especially surrounded by green and the occasional red rose. Highly encourage you all to NOT spend too much time looking at these cards. I wish I could unlearn what I know about the occult, but I think God had me start down that path for a reason. I wont touch the shit with a mile long pole now, but I know how these people think.
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Roses & Lilies - in the “Pictorial Key,” Waite writes: "Beneath are roses and lilies, the flos campi and lilium convallium, changed into garden flowers..." The Latin words are from the Vulgate (Latin) Bible, the Song of Songs, Chap 2, Verse 1, “I am the Rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys. As a lily among the thistles, so is my love among the thistles, so is my love among the maidens” - so the words are translated as Rose of Sharon and Lily of the Valley. So that is the ultimate source of the symbolism.
The more immediate source comes from the Golden Dawn initiation ceremonies, as outlined in the "Cipher Document." In the Zelator Initiation, (lines 12-13) are the words "Rose of Sharon. Lily of [the] Valle[y]. Also in the Brotherhood of the Rosy Cross (87) is a reference to Isiah 35:1 - “The desert shall blossum as the Rose.” The Vulgate says it's “lily” rather than rose. The Hebrew word would today be translated as "Meadow Saffron."
It goes way deeper with the meanings. Arther Waite is surface level shit, filled with blinds and misdirection. Paul Foster Case and Crowley are where you get into the real meat and potatoes of this satanic garbage.
At any rate...not a coincidence. Think Egypt, Babylon.