There is a view that the head of the Hanged Man* in the Tarot blocks the light of the sun allegorical to the 'ordinary' mind that interferes with, or blocks the light of a listening, silent mind from whence arises Intelligence.
'This mind, which has always existed, is unborn and indestructible'.
Huang-Po Doctrine of Universal Mind.
'When the mind is free from the past, from memory, from knowledge, it is the unknown. For such a mind there is no death ...'
Krishnamurti
* The Hanged Man (XII) is the twelfth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.