gyntista
Re: Re: Thoth Study Group - Three of Wands
Who do you have to be? On the other hand, why argue just because you don't understand something?
I think DuQuette has confused himself.
Here is what Crowley wrote: "[Three of Wands] represents the establishment of primeval Energy."
DuQuette's version: "It represents the primal solar energy..."
There is a difference in meaning there, with DuQuette trying to particularize a more general idea. And DuQuette's comments sound like those of one who lives in southern California and has never really known Spring, especially the kind they have in the UK, where the Sun is not exactly intense. The first heat of Spring is not immense, nor is its Sun brilliant. Crowley writes: "...this is the beginning of Spring." But he does not give a weather or farm report for it, though he does talk, symbolically, about "blossoms"---not awakening seeds.
Perhaps he is attempting to explain "Virtue".
Centaur said:I really like what you say here. It makes total sense to me. I like the idea of the wands as having gained focus after the somewhat conflicting directions hinted at in the 2 of Wands. I like the idea of the flames of fire behind the wands, as somehow powering this new focus.
I too find the use of the word 'Virtue' to be rather puzzling. I am thinking that perhaps a better word to use for this card would have been 'Direction'. But who the hell am I to argue with Crowley and Harris?
Who do you have to be? On the other hand, why argue just because you don't understand something?
Centaur said:IIn his book Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, Duquette writes that Harris presents 'three gold and amber lotus wands trimmed in scarlet and set upon an orange background of brilliant flames. The effect is one, not only of brilliance, but of immense heat. It represents the primal solar energy that first penetrates the soil in spring to awaken seeds that have slumbered all winter'.
I think DuQuette has confused himself.
Here is what Crowley wrote: "[Three of Wands] represents the establishment of primeval Energy."
DuQuette's version: "It represents the primal solar energy..."
There is a difference in meaning there, with DuQuette trying to particularize a more general idea. And DuQuette's comments sound like those of one who lives in southern California and has never really known Spring, especially the kind they have in the UK, where the Sun is not exactly intense. The first heat of Spring is not immense, nor is its Sun brilliant. Crowley writes: "...this is the beginning of Spring." But he does not give a weather or farm report for it, though he does talk, symbolically, about "blossoms"---not awakening seeds.
Centaur said:IIn line with this idea of thought, is Ziegler, in his book Tarot: Mirrors of the Soul; 'The 3 of Wands bears flowers that are just opening. Their unfolding is the result of their inner awakening. Body, mind, and soul are in harmony. This situation gives birth to the crystalization of an integrity that knows no spurious compromise.
Perhaps he is attempting to explain "Virtue".