The symbolism is truly beautiful and each card is full of meanings that takes a while to grasp as much as possible. Dowson’s Hermetic Tarot prevails over all as the preeminent instructive tarot deck on the Golden Dawn interpretive system. My main recommendation once you put down the book would be to look further into the works of Bergson, as he ended up being quite the influential figure for certain Continental philosophers (especially my all-time favorite, Gilles Deleuze). The Minors are very similar to the Minor Arcana from the Thoth Tarot, which could either be very helpful or very frustrating depending on your Tarot background. This is one of the few decks that offers two male and two female images in the Court card, in keeping with the balanced view of reality offered by the Tree of Life model.

Just don’t try to post about your damaged or dead family online, because it will be censored for the aforementioned vaccine hesitancy.Actually in the index Henri Bergson maybe has more listings than any other name, including Rudolf Steiner, who was the author's teacher at one time. Mathers sent an immediate reply, declining to provide proof, refusing to acknowledge the London temple, and dismissing Farr as his representative on 23 March. Admittedly she is a very acute and perceptive person, she is also extremely gullible in some matters. The entire world is suffering from trauma based mind control and you can easily see the victims, all of humanity.

The three founders, William Robert Woodman, William Wynn Westcott, and Samuel Liddell Mathers, were Freemasons and members of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia.

Also, how you interpret the cards is very telling about where you are at in terms of your thought process. Science at present is not much good at levels of being, states of consciousness, mental archetypes unfurling into timebound instantiations.

These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. It’s been raining all day here in New York, and I had no choice but to make use of my apartment’s terribly artificial lighting. One day I will get three requests from three different people who don’t know each other– and even if they did all know each other, what would be the odds that all three of them are, say, Life Path 5 with Mercury in Virgo, for instance? I'm not a scholar in these matters this is just my take on it) Anyway I am neither Catholic nor to I practice Hermeticism but something about this book facinates me.No matter which deck I pull out, it’s always a pleasure to see how much care and time was spent in the design of it.

If you have been seeking the depths that Sunday School, Sunday Sermons, and Best Selling Inspirational Authors just haven't been able to deliver, this is an excellent, foundational start.

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. According to sources that differ regarding the actual date, sometime between 1901 and 1913 Mathers renamed the branch of the Golden Dawn remaining loyal to his leadership to Alpha et Omega. Clear symbolism and LWB outlining alchemical, astrological and kabbalistic aspects of the cards and their correspondences. Published for the first time with an index and Cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar's afterword, this new English publication of Meditations on the Tarot is the landmark edition of one of the most important works of esoteric Christianity.