Zaia
So, thanks to the unexpected efficiency of Amazon, my Thoth Deck, plus DuQuette's book and the Book Of Thoth, ended up arriving this morning rather than next Monday.
I am completely entranced - not only is the art breathtaking in it's subtle and monumental multilayered complexity (it was worth twice the money, even if all I ever did with it was look at the pictures, in my opinion), but, having read Duquette in one greedy gulp already, I was struck by how much intuitive sense the schema behind it seems to make - I was expecting dry lists and rote memorisation, but it seems that the great amount of study that will surely be involved will be within a framework I can feel the shape of. I feel as if I've made the barest scratch into a psycho-spiritual archaeology of almost infinite depth, and it's a little like falling in love.
There is no real point to this post, and I hope you'll forgive me my hyperbole, but I just wanted to share my burst of enthusiasm (it was that or start accosting passers-by about it in the street *grin*), though if anyone has any pointers, suggestions or comments they'd like to share, I would be most appreciative.
- Zaia
I am completely entranced - not only is the art breathtaking in it's subtle and monumental multilayered complexity (it was worth twice the money, even if all I ever did with it was look at the pictures, in my opinion), but, having read Duquette in one greedy gulp already, I was struck by how much intuitive sense the schema behind it seems to make - I was expecting dry lists and rote memorisation, but it seems that the great amount of study that will surely be involved will be within a framework I can feel the shape of. I feel as if I've made the barest scratch into a psycho-spiritual archaeology of almost infinite depth, and it's a little like falling in love.
There is no real point to this post, and I hope you'll forgive me my hyperbole, but I just wanted to share my burst of enthusiasm (it was that or start accosting passers-by about it in the street *grin*), though if anyone has any pointers, suggestions or comments they'd like to share, I would be most appreciative.
- Zaia