Vincent
Re: Errata
You also have to remember that Waite wanted to "introduce a rectified set of the cards themselves and to tell the unadorned truth concerning them, so far as this is possible in the outer circles"
(Of course, you might well believe that the phrase "unadorned truth" deserves first place on your list of errata.)
It might be a little easier to understand if you read the entire passage. I know that some of it is like wading through treacle, but it is not the sort of writing you can skim, without losing understanding;
The symbol that "has no especial connexion with Temperance" he refers to is that of Papus, not his own card. He also give a reason as to why he mentions it.
Vincent
It seems more like a difference of opinion, rather than a mistake.danubhe said:I have looked through & found a couple of places that I have issue with (I'm sure there were more, but I can't find them at this point, perhaps later):
1) "The Lovers or Marriage.
"This symbol has undergone many variations, as might be expected from its subject. In the eighteenth-century form, by which it first became known to the world or archaeological research, it is really a card of married life, showing a father and mother, with their child placed between them; and the pagan Cupid above in the act of flying his shaft is, of course, a misapplied emblem..."
I find that the pagan Cupid, as a symbol of the Renaissance, appearing in the earliest cards, as this is the earliest phase of the card, to be the truest to the designers' intent; I'm not sure what he could mean by this.
You also have to remember that Waite wanted to "introduce a rectified set of the cards themselves and to tell the unadorned truth concerning them, so far as this is possible in the outer circles"
(Of course, you might well believe that the phrase "unadorned truth" deserves first place on your list of errata.)
danubhe said:
2) "Temperance.
"A winged female figure, usually regarded as an angel, is pouring liquid from one pitcher to another. The first thing which seems clear on the surface is that the symbol has no especial connection with Temperance..." Again, I can't fathom his meaning, as this is a traditional representation which has in it easily read symbolism to the meaning of Temperance.
Just my take, folks...
It might be a little easier to understand if you read the entire passage. I know that some of it is like wading through treacle, but it is not the sort of writing you can skim, without losing understanding;
The symbol that "has no especial connexion with Temperance" he refers to is that of Papus, not his own card. He also give a reason as to why he mentions it.
Vincent