foolMoon
In the book, "The Mystical Qabalah", Dion Fortune points out,
"Concerning the Tarot cards there are three modern authorities of note: Dr Encausse, or Papus, the French Writer; Mr A E Waite; and the MSS. of MacGregor Mathers' Order of the Golden Dawn, which Crowley published upon his own authority. All three are different. Concerning the system Mr Waite gives, he himself says, "There is another method known to initiates." -pp.23. The Mistical Qabalah. 1935 copyright. The Society of The Inner Light.
So I gather the three are all different, and this is perhaps why some of their Tarot cards meanings are different? But how, and why?
Maybe they just wanted to be different for the sake of establishing their own identity in the systems, or there had been reasonable grounds for the difference, which could be supported by theories? Whats your thoughts on this especially focusing on the Waite's system compared to others?
"Concerning the Tarot cards there are three modern authorities of note: Dr Encausse, or Papus, the French Writer; Mr A E Waite; and the MSS. of MacGregor Mathers' Order of the Golden Dawn, which Crowley published upon his own authority. All three are different. Concerning the system Mr Waite gives, he himself says, "There is another method known to initiates." -pp.23. The Mistical Qabalah. 1935 copyright. The Society of The Inner Light.
So I gather the three are all different, and this is perhaps why some of their Tarot cards meanings are different? But how, and why?
Maybe they just wanted to be different for the sake of establishing their own identity in the systems, or there had been reasonable grounds for the difference, which could be supported by theories? Whats your thoughts on this especially focusing on the Waite's system compared to others?