Teheuti
It seems to me that there has been plenty of open-ended discussions of the details of the RWS cards on this forum and on the Using Tarot Cards and Talking Tarot sections. People can speculate about the cards all they wish and make up meanings for the symbols and referents. We do that all the time on Aeclectic and there's nothing wrong with it.
What there hasn't been here is much discussion of Pamela's specific intentions for cards and their symbols - which is blatantly impossible because there is no indication anywhere of what she intended or even if she knew anything about Tarot other than the brief introduction of her GD grade level and what Waite shared with her (of which we don't know anything definitively). There is nothing to study except for the free-wheeling discussion I've mentioned above - unless you want to debate Katz & Goodwin's assertions in their book.
Nor has there been a structured study here of what Waite was actually saying in PKT. Few understand how important and significant this book has been. That would be a real study and it would accord Waite the same significance in its creation as has been regularly given to Crowley & the Thoth. Of course, in studying Waite, not all ideas are equal. Some will accord with what Waite said in PKT and others of his works and other ideas will not.
Do you want to study what is or make up whatever strikes your fancy?
What there hasn't been here is much discussion of Pamela's specific intentions for cards and their symbols - which is blatantly impossible because there is no indication anywhere of what she intended or even if she knew anything about Tarot other than the brief introduction of her GD grade level and what Waite shared with her (of which we don't know anything definitively). There is nothing to study except for the free-wheeling discussion I've mentioned above - unless you want to debate Katz & Goodwin's assertions in their book.
Nor has there been a structured study here of what Waite was actually saying in PKT. Few understand how important and significant this book has been. That would be a real study and it would accord Waite the same significance in its creation as has been regularly given to Crowley & the Thoth. Of course, in studying Waite, not all ideas are equal. Some will accord with what Waite said in PKT and others of his works and other ideas will not.
Do you want to study what is or make up whatever strikes your fancy?