The esoteric side of Waite et al

[mac22]

The nexus of this thread started with the pillar thread http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21895&perpage=10&pagenumber=1
in which the question of the meaning of the RWS tarot symbols came up.

It is well known that Mathers, Yeats, Waite, and Machen were known to hang out at the British Museum at the same time, looking for similar books....so it is not surprising that in their private letters they often delve into the esoteric side of the cards..... so if folks want to understand what such folks thought of the esoteric side of side of the cards ...their correspondence & temple records are a good source.

Anyone else read any of this correspondence?

[Rusty Neon]

mac ... You may find the following thread useful regarding the origin of the divinatory meanings illustrated by the RWS deck:

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21478&highlight=waite+yeats

[TemperanceAngel]

I have never read of the correspondances, but would love to look into the secret meanings of symbols:

So far:

www.esotericarchives.com/esoteric.htm

www.juliette.wood.btinternet.co.uk/tarot.htm

http://members.lycos.nl/ananael/texts/occult-links-page.htm

www.hermetics.org/articles.html

That's a start, I haven't looked through all these properly yet, and will get back to you over the next few days (after some reading :) )
XTAX

[mac22]

Originally posted by Rusty Neon
mac ... You may find the following thread useful regarding the origin of the divinatory meanings illustrated by the RWS deck:

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21478&highlight=waite+yeats

Thanks. I posted over there.:)

I was hoping this thread could go beyond what is generally available in mass print media.

[mac22]

Originally posted by TemperanceAngel
I have never read of the correspondances, but would love to look into the secret meanings of symbols:

So far:

www.esotericarchives.com/esoteric.htm

www.juliette.wood.btinternet.co.uk/tarot.htm

http://members.lycos.nl/ananael/texts/occult-links-page.htm

www.hermetics.org/articles.html

That's a start, I haven't looked through all these properly yet, and will get back to you over the next few days (after some reading :) )
XTAX

Great!!! Thanks