The fool (Le Mat) is an essential creature. The dog follows the fool and leans between his genitals and anus - the Muladhara Chakra, whence all energies spring. Should the dog run before the fool, the fool would be blind. The dog represents the human ego.
Symbols are bound to be misunderstood.
Hyperbole.
The fundamental characteristic of symbolist art is that an idea must never be fixed conceptually or told directly.
It is benevolent repetition which frees us from the clutches of dullness.
Ownership: A human misery.
The Aeon of Horus explores the certainty of becoming God or to merge with Him, thought the fool's dog.
The Rosy Cross - the body is symbolised by the cross.
The ego follows thee, it will not lead thee, but kill thou shalt it not also.
Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI,
To want, dare, can, keep quiet, obey.
To become, thou shalt be at the same time nothing and yet anything.
Thine original form - the state of Prima Materia.[info from label]