Re: Re: the pillars
Vincent said:
I have no problem whatsoever with you taking any symbol from the deck and imagining it to mean whatever you might want it to mean.
If you want to think that these sets of pillars are the same, then that is fine, but that doesn't mean that Waite thought they were, especially when there is evidence to the contrary, in his own words.
Vincent you have to remember that Waite was part of a very secret society (refer to Rustys thread in Talking Tarot)
Waite was not telling all in his descriptions of his deck, it is more about what Waite
didn't say rather than did...
Remember that if a true symbol can be defined, then it is not a symbol anymore. We need to remember the essence of
symbols
From Merrium-Webster on-line:
Symbol 1. An authorative summary of faith or doctrine: creed
2. Something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention or accidental resemblence; especially a visible sign for something invisible; a lion is a
symbol of courage
Sorry to go off topic there folks, but I do think that in a discussion forum it is about discussing ones ideas, interpretations and thoughts. No offence meant, the Pillars will always provoke an interesting discussion, one that people will differ in ideas...
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