Liber T and Material Excess

psyphy

Heya,
I just wondered to what extent our good old Book T might be a little idiosyncratic in terms of the words [concepts, begriffe, ...] it uses to describe the journey of life and the universe pictured on the 78 cards it refers to, which of course somehow depends on what those unknown cards had printed or painted on them.
So as a little experiment I extracted the sections with the bare meanings from
"The Descriptions of the Seventy-eight Symbols of this Book "T" together with their meanings"
- no descriptions, just the paragraphs containing nothing but the meanings and ran them through a word counter.
In case somebody else has bored you with something like this before please accept my apologies.
Since this humble post is by no means meant to be a scientific study or anything close, I felt free to remove most of the syntactic fat and bones [and, or, is, ...] that obviously had nothing to do with the actual meanings of the cards. I also omitted all words mentioned less than 2 times to keep the following list relatively short.
Of course all those words in the following list don´t give any clues as to their original context, so take it with a grain of salt and if in doubt feel free to refer to your copy of Liber T.

As we all know, Book T presents a very positive outlook on life, the most frequent word being * SUCCESS * :D, 20 times to be exact, the second most frequent word [17 times] .... [of all things].... * MATERIAL *...ehem..., thus the 6 of Pents - "The Lord of Material Success" in a way represents something like a center of gravity among the 78 cards :)
And as you might have guessed Book T is slightly sexually biased. 11 HEs vs. 9 SHEs, 1 women vs. no man/men at all.
Death vs Life 2:1 }), and so on ...

So here´s the list - any important stuff missing, other than sex, drugs and rock ´n roll :D ?
How does it all relate to the world we´re living in in 2009 ?

[Hit [CTRL+F] to look up specific words within your web browser]

Unique words:904 Total words:2350
Freq. Word Comp. comments

20 SUCCESS [3 failure]

17 MATERIAL [1 spiritual, ehem]

16 SOMETIMES

15 FORCE

14 THINGS

13 PLEASURE [2 pain]
13 GOOD [vs.1 bad & 11 EVIL]

12 STRENGTH [1 weakness]
12 GAIN [8 loss]
12 POWER

11 EVIL
11 HE [9 she]

10 VICTORY [1 defeat]
10 GENEROUS [+ 4 generosity vs. 0 greed[y]]

[l@@k up your own ...]

9 SHE
9 HAPPINESS
9 LABOUR

8 LOSS
8 LOVE
8 SELF

7 WISDOM
7 SMALL
7 STRIFE
7 COURAGE
7 TROUBLE

6 CRUEL
6 SELFISH
6 CLEVER
6 MONEY
6 BEAUTY
6 KIND
6 WELL
6 UNRELIABLE
5 NATURE
5 KINDNESS
5 OBSTINATE
5 REALIZATION
5 INCREASE
5 MATTER
5 LYING
5 STEADY
5 CHANGE

4 MORE
4 ENERGY
4 SUBTLE
4 RICHES
4 COMPLETE
4 CAREFUL
4 ROUSED
4 COMPLETION
4 FORTUNE
4 SUBTLETY
4 SORROW
4 QUESTION
4 MIRTH
4 MATTERS
4 ANXIETY
4 USUAL
4 UNEXPECTED
4 FOOLISH
4 VANITY
4 JUSTICE
4 DISSIPATION
4 COURAGEOUS
4 VIOLENT
4 HARMONY
4 GENEROSITY
4 OTHERS
4 ACTION
4 MEANS

3 WHOLE
3 INFLUENCE
3 WEALTH
3 MEAN
3 LAND
3 INVOKED
3 GRACEFUL
3 DECEITFUL
3 FOND
3 RULE
3 TRANSACTIONS
3 SUFFERING
3 SACRIFICE
3 ARISING
3 PEACE
3 SUSPICIOUS
3 ACTIVE
3 PROMISES
3 REST
3 WAR
3 FIERCE
3 ABUNDANCE
3 SUDDEN
3 COMMENCEMENT
3 KNOWLEDGE
3 DOMINEERING
3 PERSON
3 DECEPTION
3 BOLDNESS
3 VIOLENCE
3 LASTING
3 SWIFTNESS
3 STRONG
3 FAILURE
3 MALICE
3 OBSTINACY
3 GAINED
3 FORTUNATE
3 RANK
3 INSOLENCE
3 CONCEIT
3 PATIENCE
3 MISERY
3 HOPE
3 DIVINE
3 SYMBOL
3 PASSIVE
3 OPPOSED

2 OPPOSITION
2 QUARRELLING
2 INTENSELY
2 EXPENSE
2 PREJUDICED
2 NATURED
2 INDUSTRIOUS
2 CULTIVATION
2 TIMES
2 ENTERPRISE
2 RUSH
2 ANGER
2 COVETOUS
2 GOODS
2 WRATH
2 THEFT
2 INCLINED
2 DESIRE
2 REVENGE
2 AGE
2 MINDED
2 SUPERFICIAL
2 UNSTABLE
2 PAIN
2 KEEN
2 QUICK
2 POSITION
2 ARRANGEMENT
2 PERSEVERING
2 UNSELFISHNESS
2 AFFRONTS
2 ILLUSIONARY
2 WANT
2 POETIC
2 LITTLE
2 MOMENT
2 TALKATIVE
2 DISRUPTION
2 INDOLENT
2 FAITHFULNESS
2 IDEAS
2 WORDS
2 TYRANNICAL
2 FRIENDSHIP
2 SENSUAL
2 SLOW
2 QUIETNESS
2 PLENTY
2 STRUGGLE
2 IMAGINATIVE
2 MODIFIED
2 DEATH
2 END
2 DISAPPOINTMENT
2 HARSH
2 DECEIT
2 WILL
2 MALICIOUS
2 ACUTENESS
2 APT
2 CUNNING
2 DULL
2 CONTENTION
2 LABORIOUS
2 PATIENT
2 THANKLESS
2 DREAMY
2 AVARICIOUS
2 MELANCHOLY
2 ERROR
2 UNFULFILLED
2 MANY
2 SHOWS
2 FEELING
2 ANOTHER
2 APPLIES
2 ELOQUENT
2 INSOLENT
2 PRODIGAL
2 HEALTH
2 PUNISHMENT
2 SELFISHNESS
2 CRUELTY
2 SLANDER
2 DEPENDENT
2 LUST
2 CAUSE
2 ALTERNATION
2 DISCONTENTED
2 DEPENDING
2 JOURNEYING
2 BUILDING
2 MATERIALITY
2 CLEVERNESS
2 ESTABLISHED
2 SEEKING
2 POVERTY
2 THOUGHT
2 SPEECH
2 PITY
2 EASILY
2 SYMBOLS
2 IMPETUOUS
2 DISPLAY
2 FURTHER
2 THING
2 EVEN
2 PLACE
2 CRAFTY
2 PERFECT
2 CAREFULNESS
2 HIGH
2 ASSUMPTION
2 WASTE
2 PROUD
2 SENSITIVE
2 NOBILITY
2 PREVIOUS
2 PRIDE
2 TOIL
2 DECEIVED
2 DENOTES
2 DETAIL
2 CRAFT
2 EXTERIOR
2 RUIN
2 FOLLY
2 APPARENT
2 JUST
2 OCCULT
2 DEPENDS
2 AMBITION
2 INSPIRATION
2 JUDGMENT
2 VOLUNTARY
2 DESTRUCTION
2 POSSIBLE

1 SUMS
1 DELICATE
1 SKILFUL
1 AN
1 DOMINEER
1 HOARDING
1 LACKING
1 OVERVALUE
1 OBJECT
1 ENTHUSIASM
1 INHERITANCE
1 QUESTIONS
1 TREASURING
1 ATTRACTIVE
1 COMMAND
1 PERCEPTIVE
1 KNAVERY
1 THEATRICAL
1 OBSERVATION
1 IMPLIES
1 CONFIDENT
1 LIKED
1 PINNACLE
1 OLD
1 NOTWITHSTANDING
1 SLOTHFULNESS
1 ACCURATE
1 PART
1 HEAVINESS
1 DULLNESS
1 MIND
1 PROSPEROUS
1 VENUSIAN
1 CONTRADICTORY
1 CHARACTERS
1 SAME
1 DANCING
1 BALANCING
1 SLY
1 UPHOLDING
1 ENTHUSIASTIC
1 SYMBOLIZED
1 FULL
1 ROSE
1 NATURAL
1 HAD
1 BROUGHT
1 FORTH
1 THOUGHTS
1 DESIGNS
1 RESTORED
1 TRUCE
1 TRUTH
1 UNTRUTH
1 DISTRUSTFUL
1 SYMPATHY
1 AID
1 WEAK
1 AUTHORITY
1 TENDENCY
1 REPETITION
1 FIRM
1 BEING
1 PARDONED
1 INJURY
1 MEANING
1 IDLE
1 PETITIONS
1 ENMITY
1 TACT
1 ASKING
1 UNTRUTHFUL
1 OBSERVANT
1 VIGOUR
1 WILLING
1 CAUTIOUS
1 INTERRUPTION
1 SEPARATION
1 SOWING
1 DISCORD
1 MISCHIEF
1 MAKING
1 TEARS
1 TAKE
1 PLATONIC
1 PLEASURES
1 SINGING
1 ALPHA
1 OMEGA
1 HONESTY
1 DISSIPATED
1 SLAYS
1 REPETITIONS
1 FAST
1 CREATES
1 REVENGEFUL
1 RELAXATION
1 COQUETTISH
1 PLOTTING
1 EASE
1 HESITATING
1 UNDERNEATH
1 BECOME
1 LIFE
1 GRACE
1 DEXTERITY
1 FRIVOLOUS
1 APPEARANCE
1 HEAVY
1 IMAGINATION
1 THOSE
1 STRONGER
1 EXPECTED
1 SADNESS
1 TREACHERY
1 SWORD
1 GOVERNS
1 DETRACTION
1 CHARITY
1 REQUITED
1 KINDS
1 ANXIETIES
1 TROUBLES
1 UNSUSPECTED
1 AFFECTED
1 SOURCES
1 GRASPING
1 JEALOUS
1 AFFRONT
1 DETECTION
1 ASSISTED
1 TIMID
1 INSTANCES
1 CHARMING
1 UNWARRANTED
1 HEARTED
1 ASSERTION
1 INTELLIGENT
1 TURN
1 PRESUMPTUOUS
1 AMIABLE
1 NEUTRALIZED
1 SUPINENESS
1 TRUTHFUL
1 WHIRLING
1 MOODS
1 UNDECIDED
1 CAPRICIOUS
1 DRUNKENNESS
1 FORNICATION
1 WOMEN
1 CHANGEABLE
1 FOLLOWED
1 INFLUENCES
1 AFFLICTION
1 SUDDENLY
1 RAPID
1 QUICKLY
1 PASSED
1 EXPENDED
1 VARIOUS
1 INCREASES
1 RAPIDITY
1 CONFIDENCE
1 FREEDOM
1 WARFARE
1 OPEN
1 AIR
1 FIELD
1 SPORTS
1 GARDENS
1 MEADOWS
1 SOLIDIFIES
1 SOMEWHAT
1 UNTRUSTWORTHY
1 RAPACIOUS
1 PRACTICALLY
1 OPPRESSIVE
1 ROBBERY
1 TREMENDOUS
1 FERTILITY
1 CANNOT
1 RELIABLE
1 SHAKEN
1 HERCULEAN
1 SCIENTIFICALLY
1 PRECEDED
1 APPREHENSION
1 FEAR
1 ANIMAL
1 RECOVERY
1 DOUBT
1 QUESTIONING
1 CURIOUS
1 EXTERNAL
1 APPEARANCES
1 INTRACTABLE
1 OVERBEARING
1 ENDS
1 STUPID
1 CONTROLLED
1 S
1 EITHER
1 BEGINNING
1 LEVITY
1 CASE
1 FURIOUS
1 ENVY
1 DILIGENT
1 DISINTERESTEDNESS
1 BENEVOLENT
1 PITIFUL
1 WASTEFUL
1 WEAKNESS
1 EVERCHANGING
1 OCCUPATION
1 WANDERING
1 SWIFT
1 ANY
1 FIXED
1 CONDITION
1 NOW
1 ELATED
1 THEN
1 RULES
1 PRUDENCE
1 MANAGEMENT
1 UNACCOUNTABLY
1 ALTERNATIVELY
1 WAVERING
1 INCONSISTENT
1 ONE
1 ARGUMENTATIVE
1 WORKING
1 CONSTRUCTIVE
1 QUADRANT
1 CREATION
1 ERECTION
1 COMMERCIAL
1 HEAVENS
1 SUBSTANCE
1 AROUND
1 BUSINESS
1 NORTH
1 LATER
1 NARROW
1 POLE
1 IMPOSSIBILITIES
1 ASSURED
1 DOMINION
1 EARTHY
1 COMPLETED
1 LEADING
1 PREJUDICIAL
1 ORDERLY
1 ORIGINALITY
1 CONTEST
1 FINISHED
1 DECIDED
1 DEFEAT
1 ECLIPTIC
1 AVARICE
1 GRIEVING
1 UNRESTING
1 VILENESS
1 SLANDEROUS
1 SPITEFUL
1 TALE
1 BEARING
1 BUSYBODY
1 SEPARATOR
1 FRIENDS
1 HATING
1 SEE
1 BETWEEN
1 MOST
1 COWARDLY
1 PRODUCTIVENESS
1 RASHNESS
1 FEELINGS
1 HASTY
1 SENSES
1 UNENDURING
1 ESTEEM
1 ARTISTIC
1 MODESTY
1 PRODIGALITY
1 DOMINANCE
1 WORKS
1 PARTIAL
1 YIELDING
1 CALM
1 GRASP
1 LAST
1 RESERVES
1 USED
1 INCLINATION
1 LOSE
1 POINT
1 GAINING
1 CONTINUING
1 EFFORT
1 FASCINATED
1 BIGOTED
1 COMPLIMENTS
1 INSOLENCES
1 SPY
1 BETRAY
1 CONFIDENCES
1 ALWAYS
1 INTENTIONALLY
1 VACILLATORY
1 TEMPORARY
1 POWERFUL
1 RESULTS
1 ATTRACTED
1 THROWN
1 ASIDE
1 SOON
1 ALLIED
1 HAND
1 INDOLENCE
1 NOBLE
1 SCORNING
1 REPINING
1 INSTABILITY
1 MEANNESS
1 SOCIABILITY
1 PRAISE
1 TALKING
1 LOVABLE
1 DENYING
1 AVOIDING
1 SATISFIED
1 LIMITED
1 MALIGNED
1 THEREIN
1 PERMANENT
1 BECAUSE
1 INSPIRED
1 ABOVE
1 MERCILESS
1 LORD
1 TRULY
1 HAPPY
1 DEBAUCHERY
1 PEACEMAKING
1 WANTONNESS
1 SWEETNESS
1 DOMINATION
1 FIERCENESS
1 SHAMELESSNESS
1 RESOLUTION
1 POETRY
1 GENTLENESS
1 AMBITIOUS
1 REFINED
1 RESTLESS
1 TURBULENT
1 SAGACIOUS
1 WITHAL
1 UNFORGIVING
1 INTOLERANT
1 BRUTAL
1 RUDE
1 PERFECTION
1 BUILT
1 REASONING
1 FACULTY
1 CONCLUSIONS
1 DRAWN
1 EXERCISED
1 UNREADINESS
1 UNSTEADY
1 HURRIEDNESS
1 VALOUR
1 MANNER
1 INSINCERE
1 ABOUT
1 ADAPTABILITY
1 EARTHLY
1 REGAINED
1 SEVERE
1 UNIMAGINATIVE
1 STERN
1 DETERMINED
1 UNDERTAKINGS
1 PEOPLE
1 SUCCESSFUL
1 LIBERAL
1 PURSE
1 EXCESS
1 SHEWN
1 FACT
1 ROSEBUDS
1 DO
1 COME
1 ANYTHING
1 APPARENTLY
1 PROMISING
1 HOPES
1 OBSTACLES
1 CRUSHED
1 SLAVERY
1 NECESSITY
1 BASENESS
1 CULTIVATOR
1 LOSER
1 THEREBY
1 DIFFICULTIES
1 SLIGHT
1 ISOLATED
1 GAINS
1 MEET
1 FRUITS
1 RESULTING
1 ACCOUNT
1 SEEMING
1 PROMISE
1 ATTENTION
1 THEM
1 PRINCIPAL
1 IMPORTANT
1 POINTS
1 THESE
1 QUALITIES
1 PRODUCE
1 PETTINESS
1 CHARACTERISTICS
1 STUDY
1 CARE
1 COUNTERBALANCED
1 EQUAL
1 DISORDER
1 IMPULSIVE
1 EQUALLY
1 GIVING
1 RECEIVING
1 PRESENTS
1 ACUTE
1 AFFECTION
1 ADMIRES
1 UNWORTHY
1 OBJECTS
1 DESPAIR
1 PITILESSNESS
1 BURDEN
1 OPPRESSION
1 BRILLIANCE
1 DISHONESTY
1 OBEDIENCE
1 WORSE
1 IGNORANCE
1 NINE
1 SWORDS
1 UNDISCIPLINED
1 WARRING
1 PRETENCE
1 PLANS
1 PROJECTS
1 DISDAIN
1 IMPERTINENCE
1 JOLLITY
1 MARPLOT
1 LOVING
1 OVERTHROW
1 REPEATER
1 UNPROFITABLE
1 MASCULINE
1 FEMININE
1 UNITED
1 WRANGLING
1 SILLY
1 ACTIONS
1 SENSUALITY
1 THREATENING
1 LUCK
1 GLADNESS
1 LIBERALITY
1 APPROACHING
1 THEIR
1 STATIONARY
1 PERIOD
1 CONTINUE
1 DOES
1 MARRIAGE
1 REPRESENT
1 PERFECTLY
1 HUNTING
1 PURSUING
1 ACQUISITION
1 INJUSTICE
1 DRAWBACKS
1 IMPLIED
1 REFERS
1 SPIRITUAL
1 FOOL
1 UNIMPORTANT
1 IDEA
1 SPIRITUALITY
1 ENDEAVOURS
1 TRANSCEND
1 EARTH
1 STUPIDITY
1 ECCENTRICITY
1 MANIA
1 SKILL
1 ADAPTATION
1 SENSE
1 DECREASE
1 FLUCTUATION
1 SUBORDINATES
1 BAD
1 LUXURY
1 CONQUEST
1 LUXURIOUS
1 MANIFESTATION
1 EXPLANATION
1 TEACHING
1 VOLUNTARILY
1 PENNY
1 MEDIUMISTIC
1 MOTIVE
1 TRIUMPH
1 ETERNAL
1 ARRESTED
1 ACT
1 WISE
1 LAW
1 TRIAL
1 CURRENT
1 BOUNDS
1 INTOXICATION
1 FORTITUDE
1 PASSING
1 ENFORCED
1 FATAL
1 POUND
1 TIME
1 TRANSFORMATION
1 INVOLUNTARY
1 PISCES
1 READY
1 LATTER
1 SPECIAL
1 AFFIRMATION
1 SPECIALLY
1 QUITE
1 COMBINATION
1 FORCES
1 EFFECT
1 TEMPTATION
1 OBSESSION
1 FIGHTING
1 DANGER
1 FALL
1 FAITH
1 HELP
1 DREAMINESS
1 DISSATISFACTION
1 FALSITY
1 GLORY
1 ARROGANCE
1 FINAL
1 DECISION
1 SENTENCE
1 DETERMINATION
1 APPEAL
1 PLANE
1 SYNTHESIS
1 WORLD
1 KINGDOM
1 USUALLY
1 ACTUAL
1 SUBJECT
1 ENTIRELY
1 ACCOMPANYING
 

t.town.troy

Wow, that's quite a list. But I do see what you mean, I think.
Maybe there are so many positives there because that is what individual cards represent, by themselves. Since Book T deals with elemental groupings that alter the cards there needs to be a good amount of positive keys?

For example: ten of swords between two pentacle cards? That might be a very bad combination, since pentacles and swords are opposing forces.
Or even the six of pentacles between two sword cards? The material success might be lessened to a great degree or maybe turned to failure altogether.

I could be wrong though. :)
 

Grigori

Thanks for posting the list psyphy, that's quite interesting to read. I'd be eager to see the same results broken down by section. e.g. how many of those "Materials" occur in the Earth suit, and for the ones that don't where do they occur. Is it the Majors, if so of which element, or if other minors in what context etc.. Which words dominate which section of the deck, are there some that occur only in the minors and never the majors, or some that occur only on fire cards and never elsewhere.

Sorry to be assigning homework :laugh:
 

t.town.troy

That's a really interesting idea similia.