noby
I like your thoughts about how the brain processes archetypes. I agree that the tarot seems to circumvent some of the ways the left brain usually hijacks things.
As for Crowley's blurring the boundaries between seeing archetype as archetype and seeing archetype as person, I mention some of this in the last section of this post in this thread.
And don't get me wrong--I don't think Crowley was wholly driven by these kinds of beliefs and perspectives. I think even the people who live the most consciously of all still have a few karmic shadows which come up and obscure their vision every now and then. I know of many wonderful teachers from various traditions who clearly had seen the truth and taught it well, but who also fell victim to various personal weaknesses.
I don't think any of us can get beyond the fact that the pure consciousness we may experience in mystical states still has to be filtered through this transient world, with all its obscurations. It's just the state of affairs for human beings, IMO. I have deep respect for Crowley, and my criticism of what I see as some weak spots in his thinking is in no way meant to discount him as someone who "saw the light."
And I haven't seen any of Harris's other art pieces, but simply judging from the Thoth tarot at all, I think she really had a daring vision. She brought a lot to the deck that Crowley alone could not have brought to it.
As for Crowley's blurring the boundaries between seeing archetype as archetype and seeing archetype as person, I mention some of this in the last section of this post in this thread.
And don't get me wrong--I don't think Crowley was wholly driven by these kinds of beliefs and perspectives. I think even the people who live the most consciously of all still have a few karmic shadows which come up and obscure their vision every now and then. I know of many wonderful teachers from various traditions who clearly had seen the truth and taught it well, but who also fell victim to various personal weaknesses.
I don't think any of us can get beyond the fact that the pure consciousness we may experience in mystical states still has to be filtered through this transient world, with all its obscurations. It's just the state of affairs for human beings, IMO. I have deep respect for Crowley, and my criticism of what I see as some weak spots in his thinking is in no way meant to discount him as someone who "saw the light."
And I haven't seen any of Harris's other art pieces, but simply judging from the Thoth tarot at all, I think she really had a daring vision. She brought a lot to the deck that Crowley alone could not have brought to it.
