EmpyreanKnight
I have to back off a little on this. The Lovers card is discussed over 5 pages in the Crowley Tarot. I have neither the time nor the inclination to transcribe 5 pages (@2 columns per page) of text.
Both books provide interpretations under the categories of General, Consciousness, Profession and Relationships/Partnership (called Relationship in Crowley, Partnership in Keywords). Crowley gives multi-sentence paragraphs for the interpretations, while Keywords lives up to its name and gives keywords. Profession and Relationship together are shorter than the General interpretation, so I'll compare those for you.
Both books discuss some of the same symbols, while each book also discusses symbols that the other doesn't.
HTH,
Rodney
Wow Rodney. When you said you would just put up comparative sections of both books, I thought you had electronic copies of both, so you'd just copy-paste them. I never thought you were considering transcribing them. You are just too kind, and I mean really. I'm just happy that you didn't do that or I'd feel like a schmuck.
But reading your excerpts, yeah I guess to be thorough, it's over-all better to just buy both books. Reading through various comments here and in other threads and sites, it seems that Keywords is not simply an abridged version of the other, never mind the common author, but a separate book in its own right. I guess I was just splitting hairs because I kinda promised to curb my expenses on Tarot and related stuff, so I'd cut back as much as I can. But what the heck, $20 isn't going to send me to the poorhouse, and this is the last time I'm indulging myself for a long time (fingers crossed). So yeah I'd just get both. Thanks a lot!