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Originally Posted by LRichard
That was before he rejected Golden Dawn in favor of Jung, without considering that the two are not incompatible.
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If I had a penny for everytime I've heard someone conflate Jung's theory of Archetypes with the world of Atziluth - The Archetypal realm.

The world of Briah is a closer match for Jung's archetypes. Atziluth on the other hand might be better undertsood as the world of the
Archetyper.
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Originally Posted by LRichard
That possibly could be forgiven, except that he also rejected Crowley's placement of Emperor and Star on the ToL, without recognizing that this is perfectly valid for the Thoth deck.
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Wang's attitude on this point is a bit strange. In the chapter on the Aeon/Judgement, when discussing the radically different Thoth card, he seems quite open to the notion that Tarot can evolve in line with the spiritual evolution of humanity. But he seems stuck in a rut when it comes to the positions of IV and XVII. Some of his comments about
Eden are on the right track. But the symbolic connection between the Emperor's Cubic throne and the New Jerusalem seem have eluded him. Maybe if he had reflected on the final two chapters of
Revelation he might have made the link.