Aeon418
But this is the whole point. The Thoth Tarot is an esoteric deck. It was specifically designed to convey an esoteric doctrine in pictorial form. This was the intention of both of it's creators. If you follow Angeles Arrien and replace the esotericism with pop-psychology you are using the deck in a way it was never intended to be used.Nininka said:I do not see anywhere in that statement anything which would imply that Arries thinks Crowley and Harris did not know what they were doing.
She loves the cards and the symbolism they contain.
I think it is simply the fact that for many the Book of Thoth is way too esoteric.
Of course everyone is entitled to use the Thoth deck in anyway they like. But if you deviate from the original intention behind the symbolism and try to read something else into it you are no longer learning Thoth Tarot, you are learning something else.