mythos
'ditto' what jmd said about Tomberg's Meditations On the Tarot. You may have been mislead inadvertently by the words 'A Journey into Christian Hermeticism'. Christian Hermeticism is alive and well and coming to a theatre near you soon ... or it has-been ... that Da Vinci Code is an example.
Anyhow, it is my understanding, from the information provided in my copy, that "The work was originally written in French and completed in 1967." Various translations and revisions ensued. The English translation by Robert A. Powell was copyrighted in 1985 and is from the original French manuscript.
Great book! whether you are a Christian Hermeticist, or even a Christian, or not. I'm not ... but I value this book highly, as I do much of hermeticism.
On the Crowley thing ... I read him ... I disliked him ... I honour his intellect ... I liked the novel by Somerset Maugham (if he's the Cakes and Ale guy ... memory lapse here) based on him called The Magician. But, Crowley is not my cup of tea at all ... but then tea makes me vomit. Not having a go at you ... just being funny ... well trying to be. And it is true that tea makes me vomit ... Crowley doesn't.
I agree that there is much to learn from him, if only in terms of the quirks and meanderings, the curiosities and variations evident in the history and mythology of tarot. Whatever we learn about tarot, and from wherever we learn it, our personal viewpoints, our own 'findings' and so on, are all the stuff which keeps tarot alive and ever-important. So enjoy your Crowley ... if it fits for you ... it fits. It just doesn't for me. And that is okay too.
mythos
Anyhow, it is my understanding, from the information provided in my copy, that "The work was originally written in French and completed in 1967." Various translations and revisions ensued. The English translation by Robert A. Powell was copyrighted in 1985 and is from the original French manuscript.
Great book! whether you are a Christian Hermeticist, or even a Christian, or not. I'm not ... but I value this book highly, as I do much of hermeticism.
On the Crowley thing ... I read him ... I disliked him ... I honour his intellect ... I liked the novel by Somerset Maugham (if he's the Cakes and Ale guy ... memory lapse here) based on him called The Magician. But, Crowley is not my cup of tea at all ... but then tea makes me vomit. Not having a go at you ... just being funny ... well trying to be. And it is true that tea makes me vomit ... Crowley doesn't.
I agree that there is much to learn from him, if only in terms of the quirks and meanderings, the curiosities and variations evident in the history and mythology of tarot. Whatever we learn about tarot, and from wherever we learn it, our personal viewpoints, our own 'findings' and so on, are all the stuff which keeps tarot alive and ever-important. So enjoy your Crowley ... if it fits for you ... it fits. It just doesn't for me. And that is okay too.
mythos