Umbrae
Just one response…
Umbrae said:
Ouch! No…because of the 79th card, silly…The Dreamer said:
Tarot legends and Myths (A Rant)
Fulgour
0 x 22 = A Fool & His Many
Myth #048392 "Self-Imposed Blinders"
I don't know anything about Kabbalah or
Astrology, but I like Aleph for The Fool.
Oy!
Myth #048392 "Self-Imposed Blinders"
I don't know anything about Kabbalah or
Astrology, but I like Aleph for The Fool.
Oy!The Dreamer
Oh yeah, the happy squirrel.Umbrae said:
The Dreamer
But "like" is different from "know that it's right".Fulgour said:
Also "works for a person personally for divination" is different from "should be used by everyone for divination".
Fulgour
But you forgot "The Dreamer said:
Oy! " ~ that was the whole point!The Dreamer
jumptothemoonyea
This is a very interesting thread. Made me think in 3 directions only . I'll list them briefly here:
. I'll list them briefly here:- physical vs non-physical; do all the energies can be described as some form of physical imprints, or non-physical energies exists beyond the physical?
- in addition to direct energetic imprints: skin, DNA, etc, the frozen energy of the idea, thought (forms) behind the image, can exist on very tangible level; think of the Mona Lisa for example, it is not only energy of the people who touched the picture, that touches us, it is the energy of the image that lives and radiates century after century. Or in other way, thoughts directed to an image, can attach themselves to it as pieces of energy: positive or negative.
- and myths and first decks: I bought first deck through a very strong pull from some Source. On another level, beyond the fixed money structure, can we tell: an Unknown Force has given us a deck as a Gift? By pulling us to it? Gift of Divine Connection?
mythos
elf said:
Just in case no one answered this ... we in Australia say 'Ta' as in 'tap' and 'rot' as in 'row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream ... and speaking of which, I'm off to dream dreams of tarot, tarot myths, myths and, with a little luck, I'll learn something enriching .. or funny!
g'night
sleep tight (whatever that means?)
don't let the germy people bits bite!
Great discussion btw
mythos
coyote & glistening piglet 
tmgrl2
Have been watching Joseph Campbell's Power of Myth on DVD....
A couple of statements struck me...Myths serve the purpose of placing us into the Dance of Life....metaphors that stand beyond thought....
Then he said:
So...are we in this age of Tarot, reexamining the old "myths" in order to build or mythologize Tarot for our times?
He also speaks to the idea that artists are the mythmakers of our day...gifted people who hear the song of the Universe and speak it to us.
Would we be song singers for the Universe when we set out the spreads, meditate on the images and speak what we hear?
terri
A couple of statements struck me...Myths serve the purpose of placing us into the Dance of Life....metaphors that stand beyond thought....
Then he said:
So...are we in this age of Tarot, reexamining the old "myths" in order to build or mythologize Tarot for our times?
He also speaks to the idea that artists are the mythmakers of our day...gifted people who hear the song of the Universe and speak it to us.
Would we be song singers for the Universe when we set out the spreads, meditate on the images and speak what we hear?
terri
Psychebleu
myths are good by me
I am one of those people who has been known to say of the bible, "It's a myth, like any other". That doesn't mean I don't think it's full of truth and wisdom. I only mean to comment upon the plot, but often don't clarify that, as it's usually literal-minded people to whom I say such a thing; if they weren't, such a statement would be redundant. I feel the same way about Past-life Regression; so the gal in all probability did NOT spend a life as Cleopatra - the psychological space explored and lessons to be gained are still useful in the present. So it's all the same-difference. If wrapping your cards in colored silk, performing ritual before every reading, cleansing the deck w/ incense, or insisting upon the importance of 'energy exhange' makes the tarot more rewarding for you, then none of it is nonsense and it all 'works'.
I am one of those people who has been known to say of the bible, "It's a myth, like any other". That doesn't mean I don't think it's full of truth and wisdom. I only mean to comment upon the plot, but often don't clarify that, as it's usually literal-minded people to whom I say such a thing; if they weren't, such a statement would be redundant. I feel the same way about Past-life Regression; so the gal in all probability did NOT spend a life as Cleopatra - the psychological space explored and lessons to be gained are still useful in the present. So it's all the same-difference. If wrapping your cards in colored silk, performing ritual before every reading, cleansing the deck w/ incense, or insisting upon the importance of 'energy exhange' makes the tarot more rewarding for you, then none of it is nonsense and it all 'works'.
