Square and Compass Tarot

mrpants

Forgive me if there is a thread somewhere in here about this deck; I couldn't find one.

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/square-compasses/

Who has this deck? Do you use it? Do you like it? Any fun details or stories you can pass along, before I before I beg for one in the trading forum?

Happy New Year,

Corey
 

Nemia

It looks interesting, but reading Bonnie Cehovet's review, I'm amused to see that she got her Kabbalistic worlds mixed up.

...the four Kabbalistic worlds of Atziluth (Physicality - reflecting the work of the operative Craftsman), Briah (Intellect - the liberal Arts adn Sciences reflected in the FC degree), Yetzirah (Emotions - reflecting the sensitivity of the Mason to his environment) and Assiah (Spirituality -..

It's the other way around - Aziluth is the world of spirit, Briah of creation, Yetzirah of intellect and Assiah of making things real. ;-) I hope the deck doesn't make the same mistake! That would in my eyes be fatal.

I checked it. The creator also got his worlds mixed up, but differently from Bonnie.

http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/2007/01/square-compasses-tarot/

He "only" switches Yetzirah and Briah.

Yetzirah is the world of Emotions (Water) as illustrated by the Suite of Cups ...

Briah is the world of Intellect (Air) as illustrated by the Suite of Swords ...

The way I learned it and find most logical is this way, the way I said above and explained here:

https://jenwytch.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/the-4-worlds-of-hermetic-qabalah/

I confess, I wouldn't use a deck whose creator makes such a fundamental mistake. If you want to use Kabbalah in your deck, study it first.

And this is not something that doesn't matter or just a word. These Hebrew words mean what they say; when you make a cake, you use the word assiyah, and when you design or plan something, it's a yetzirah.
 

mrpants

Nemia, thanks for the sources!
 

Nemia

I didn't want to spoil your fun, the decks looks intriguing and beautiful, but I'm really touchy about such things. Deck authors put their work into peoples' hands who trust it with their most personal problems. IMO they can't simply do sloppy research or claim to use concepts they don't really understand.
 

mrpants

I ain't bothered :) I totally get where you're coming from, though.