Macavity said:
Blimey Mate, you're a "cheerful sort", aintcha. [teasing]
Just answering the question honestly. I dont think this deck IS a Thoth clone, however, that is what the questioner asked, so I responded with what I would feel about a clone of Thoth. If the question was; how do you feel about my deck, then the reply would have been VERY different (I like it a lot!)Why would any one want to make a clone of another deck anyway? But like many others point out above - this deck is not a THoth 'clone'.
Macavity said:
As I breeze through my various Tarot forums, I once frequented, I sense we are (collectively) a vanishing species. I have studied "Thelema" ... more than some Thelemites? Idem Taroists... Are we ALL miserable such f*rts? LOL.
From experience, I realise that Thelemic initiation often teaches a specific Gnosis that is also revealed in the Thoth symbolism. Without one, you dont get the other. I also have no doubt that this initiatory level of Gnosis and understanding of the Thoth symbolism can also be won individually, without the outward form of the initiation. If this was the case, then I would like to know about that expereince as well.
One can spend a long time STUDYING something ... but that does not ensure UNDERSTANDING of the subject nor WISDOM in it's application. Knowledge lies in the abyss while understanding and wisdom, above it.
Macavity said:
Hey, it's NOT personal - Just an OBSERVATION... Dunno why I still "dally" with the Tarot.
That's for you to sort out I suppose?
Macavity said:
P.S. "Hi" to Diana (sadly what was) ... JMD... Firemaiden(!), even perhaps (anti-TABI-ists) Major Tom... and the inimitable... Umbrae. LOL. As i pass by... Daring these people to reply! That's still just ME... (fairly) affectionally etc.
Daring?