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I like all of your post and ideas
up to now .... where well, I still like it but I question it ?
And this bit seems to support what I said ...
I think personal experience and world view 'feed and fertilize ' each other
"Most likely" is that a guess ?
I got the impression they suggested a firm ground-working in the basics from which to understand how to adapt and create a personal system upon certain foundations.
That's where their rules came from, the, or based on the, traditions they were in and studying, they then adapted them ...
Some have suggested the following as justification for making up your own stuff;
" These rituals need not be slavishly imitated; on the contrary the student should do nothing the object of which he does not understand; also, if he have any capacity whatever, he will find his own crude rituals more effective than the highly polished ones of other people." Liber O - Crowley.
But it needs to be read in context.
E.g. Liber O gives great detail on the basic groundwork and things needed to be understood and certain practices one needs to uptake and precautions and things to be aware of, yet in the middle is this is that above quote.
The warning is on slavishly imitating, it isn't an encouragement to make up your own rules.
It doesn't say to throw the baby out with the bath water . The same with tarot; Crowley gives the OOTK , and the same would apply; here is the example, adapt it if you will.
I have never seen or read where Waite or Crowley ever said; just chuck out all the rules and use intuition.
Yes I think we can make our own rules in Tarot. It is a focal point for our intuition like a crystal ball, a black mirror, sheep entrails, the shape of clouds or whatever item you choose. There's someone around here who does readings with blank cards.
I believe that at some level everyone everywhere knows everything but it's this veil or abyss of materiality and ego that blinds us. The cards take our mind off the world view and awareness directing our attention away from our prejudices to the place where our all knowing selves can have "a-ha!" moments.
We can learn about this or that system, and each card can have 1,000,000 meanings or symbols associated with it, but ultimately the meanings, symbols or messages that pop into your head for that particular reading is your intuition
up to now .... where well, I still like it but I question it ?
as I think it certainly can ... some studies suggest thatwhich doesn't have a world view .
Maybe that's why intuition is sometimes incomprehensible - probably to escape the clutches of the ego and intellectual arrogance. It provides pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that we need to put together.
You do with the Tarot what feels right to you.
And this bit seems to support what I said ...
Your philosophies should be your own, developed through personal experiences
I think personal experience and world view 'feed and fertilize ' each other
that you can relate to the cards. We all have personal links to the "divine", and tarot is just one way to connect live to that link. Crowley, Waite and countless others created their own rules and most likely advocated we do the same.
"Most likely" is that a guess ?
I got the impression they suggested a firm ground-working in the basics from which to understand how to adapt and create a personal system upon certain foundations.
That's where their rules came from, the, or based on the, traditions they were in and studying, they then adapted them ...
Some have suggested the following as justification for making up your own stuff;
" These rituals need not be slavishly imitated; on the contrary the student should do nothing the object of which he does not understand; also, if he have any capacity whatever, he will find his own crude rituals more effective than the highly polished ones of other people." Liber O - Crowley.
But it needs to be read in context.
E.g. Liber O gives great detail on the basic groundwork and things needed to be understood and certain practices one needs to uptake and precautions and things to be aware of, yet in the middle is this is that above quote.
The warning is on slavishly imitating, it isn't an encouragement to make up your own rules.
It doesn't say to throw the baby out with the bath water . The same with tarot; Crowley gives the OOTK , and the same would apply; here is the example, adapt it if you will.
I have never seen or read where Waite or Crowley ever said; just chuck out all the rules and use intuition.