Quickening666
caridwen said:My apologies I can't seem to find where he explains - would you be so kind as to direct me to the passage where he outlines what he specifically devised the Thoth for?
It sounds like the idea annoys you I just had a quick look through the Book of Thoth and couldn't find something to give you but I read the book often (in an attempt to understand it) and when I find it I'll let you know.
It has been interesting reading this forum. I like to get a feel for a forum before I post and nowadays, I don't post unless it has something to do with the topic of the forum. By that I mean, I have no interest in socialising in the other forum sections like I would once have done.
But the thing that interests me most out of the things Ive observed, is that there appears to be three kinds of tarot readers here. There are the ones who put more faith in intuition and don't seem overly concerned with research or doing things in a specifically rigid manner. Then there are the people who want to adhere to tradition, and like to try and understand the cards in the same way as their creator would have. The rest fall somewhere in between those two categories
I lean towards the second type. Im pretty sure just from the way that Crowley wrote that he for one wouldn't be too happy at the idea of his cards being so open in their interpretation and use. In the Book of Thoth he is very specific about what the cards mean and how they should be used (although I can make neither head nor tail of his card laying method, anyone help with that?).
On the other hand I do believe that the tarot must be to some extent unique to each individual. As Crowley himself said "one mans universe is not another mans universe".
It's a difficult issue and one I often wrestle with myself. But there is already another topic for this on this forum so I'll just leave it there.
I share my thoughts on the matter here only to assure you that Im absolutely not someone who would ever say that their methods are wrong. That kind of thing is ludicrous in my opinion. If a method works, then it's a good method as far as Im concerned. But at the same time, I feel the intentions of a decks creator should be known and understood.
Anyway... <3