Sophie
I enjoyed your post, jmd (as many others of yours), and loved the metaphor of the hills. You make a good case for the Marseille. But what in Le Diable's name is a hierosemioscript ?
I would like to add, however, that while a multiplicity of viewsjmd said:Imagine a landscape punctuated by a series of various hills,
each hill being the build-up of various 'traditions'.
jmd said:Here is, then, the reflections I made, and a plausible explanation as to the differences between forums, and also maybe why GD/WCS-type comments are possibly 'less welcome' here.
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If one climbs each hill with a deck, such as the Marseille, it will be presented and understood and explained as though it already was from that hill - albeit perhaps only at its base, but still a part of that perspective... according, at least to its that hill's residents.
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For some of us, investigating the Marseille is a little like walking down those hills in the valleys and looking - or trying to look - carefully at the presented images.
Helvetica said:But what in Le Diable's name is a hierosemioscript ?
jmd said:If I climb the WCS-GD mount and meet there a hardent student, discussions on IIII the Emperor will turn to considerations of Aries, of connections between certain Sefirot on the Tree of Life, its numerological correlations to possibly 13 Death, and myriad other connections which the tradition has made, worked and added to since 1888.