Lillie
Well yes, in that case there is pagan symbolism. But like I say, not vast amounts, mostly small things sneaked in, subtle, like.
I reckoned the most pagan thing about it was the cats themselves. To me pagan tends to suggest ideas about old religions, animism, that kind of thing and also a sort of godlessness, a rejection or dismissal of christianity, or perhaps just an ignorance of it. And cats are supremely godless.
I think of how cats were so often seen as evil, or as familiars to witches, how sometimes even the possession of a cat could be enough for condemnation.
So to me a cat is really the essence of 'pagan'. It doesn't need to do anything to be that, it just is.
But of course that's just me, just the way I see it.
I haven't read with it yet. I only got it this morning, but when I do I will report on it if you like.
This deck is just so 'not me', and yet from the moment I saw it I thought it was lovely. It put a smile on my face this morning when I first opened it, the way the standard RWS symbols are twisted to fit the fact that they are cats not people, it's lovely. I have spent ages just looking at it, seeing the little touches, like the things in the cups on the 7. So sweet, so lovely.
It really is a delightful, beautiful deck.
And I never thought I would say that about a cat deck!
I reckoned the most pagan thing about it was the cats themselves. To me pagan tends to suggest ideas about old religions, animism, that kind of thing and also a sort of godlessness, a rejection or dismissal of christianity, or perhaps just an ignorance of it. And cats are supremely godless.
I think of how cats were so often seen as evil, or as familiars to witches, how sometimes even the possession of a cat could be enough for condemnation.
So to me a cat is really the essence of 'pagan'. It doesn't need to do anything to be that, it just is.
But of course that's just me, just the way I see it.
I haven't read with it yet. I only got it this morning, but when I do I will report on it if you like.
This deck is just so 'not me', and yet from the moment I saw it I thought it was lovely. It put a smile on my face this morning when I first opened it, the way the standard RWS symbols are twisted to fit the fact that they are cats not people, it's lovely. I have spent ages just looking at it, seeing the little touches, like the things in the cups on the 7. So sweet, so lovely.
It really is a delightful, beautiful deck.
And I never thought I would say that about a cat deck!
Aren't they rather rich in lore and life of Pagan societies? (Some good, some bad??)
