The Happy Squirrel
First I want to say a big thank you to all here who helped me with recommendation for my starter books to understand Crowley's deck.
The books arrived and a new thoth deck came at the same time.
I trimmed it until all that is left is the painting. This prevents me from seeing and thinking anything other than the paintings. This also helps me remove myself from he RWS imageries and meanings that I have become accustomed to.
I looked into each of them and just took everything in. And then I read the DuQuette book, ignoring divinatory section for now, focusing on all background information and then each card and his descriptions and explanations of each of them.
Bliss.
I highly recommend putting aside divination at the start and just focus on the art and the intention behind each design. This may not work for everyone. But it works so far for me I doubt I am in the only one using this as an entry point, as I have seen a few people trimming their thoth leaving only the artwork before they are familiar with the deck
But I thought I should share this
The books arrived and a new thoth deck came at the same time.
I trimmed it until all that is left is the painting. This prevents me from seeing and thinking anything other than the paintings. This also helps me remove myself from he RWS imageries and meanings that I have become accustomed to.
I looked into each of them and just took everything in. And then I read the DuQuette book, ignoring divinatory section for now, focusing on all background information and then each card and his descriptions and explanations of each of them.
Bliss.
I highly recommend putting aside divination at the start and just focus on the art and the intention behind each design. This may not work for everyone. But it works so far for me I doubt I am in the only one using this as an entry point, as I have seen a few people trimming their thoth leaving only the artwork before they are familiar with the deck
But I thought I should share this