Is this stuff necessary or was it all piled on by those kooky Golden Dawn fellers?

Back in the 1970s, I studied the Kabbalah, and such like. It didn't do me a bit of good, and some of what I studied (I believe) harmed me. When I say that it harmed me, I mean that it damaged my mental health.

It is now my opinion that occultism is nonsense. Some of the tarot artwork proceeding from occultism is lovely and enjoyable in itself, but it seems to me founded in nonsense.

The tarot is a thing in itself. The most healthy approach to the tarot, I believe, is to rely on one's life experience, and intuitions.

I really like The Game of You http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/game-of-you/ for ditching occultism altogether.

Mi-Shell said:

My grandma Elizza was a Tarot reader of the time before GD and "uncle ALL".
Back then the cards of specific decks had allegorical meanings. Mayors as well as the numbered pips. - To give you people a small glimpse of how something like that looked, i am posting the link to a couple of my posts about the reading tradition with the Soprafino Tarot in our family and the Manoush readers of the clan:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=24103&page=8

....and onwards sort of.....
I still have to post the thing about "Papessa La Luce" = the HP.....

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have you written all of the meanings down? I think it would be a great read , you could have it published.