Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Let's start things out with a bit of alchemical text from the Splendor Solis, the most gorgeously illustrated of all the old alchemical texts: 

 

"They further saw the King of the Earth sink, and heard him cry out in an eager voice, 'Whoever saves me shall live and reign with me forever in my brightness on my royal throne,'  and night enveloped all things. [...] Meaning, in this masterly art:  'Deprive the thing of its destructive moisture, and renew it with its own essential one which will become its perfection and life.'" 

 

The image is the seventh illustration from Splendor Solis. It shows, in the distance, an old king in the water, struggling and crying out to be saved. In the foreground stands a young king in a golden robe bathed in the light of the sun and a brilliant star. 

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Please note also that this is the last Magic Monday until February 1, 2021, as I will be taking the month of January off as usual. 

With that said, have at it!

***This Magic Monday is now closed. See you in February!***

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Comments

tarot

[(Anonymous)]

1. I got hold of the Albano-Waite tarot deck as it was one of the ones recommended in LRM. From (admittedly scattershot, general) reading about the tarot, it seems that the colours on the cards are very important (at least to some readers). As the Albano-Waite colours are mostly pretty different to the original Colman Smith colours, I'm wondering if this could be a problem. Would you still recommend the Albano-Waite? I notice that not all colours are different - e.g. the hanging drape in the High Priestess is very differently coloured but her clothes and the pillars aren't, so maybe the colours don't deviate too much where they matter symbolically?

2. What one book or resource would you recommend for a novice to learn the tarot?

Thanks.

Re: tarot

[ecosophia]

1) Yes, I still recommend the Albano-Waite -- it had those same colors back when the three of us wrote that book, you know. ;-)

2) Mastering the Tarot by Eden Gray.

Re: tarot

[(Anonymous)]

Fantastic, thanks.

Re: tarot

[(Anonymous)]

Roberta Lee’s The Language Of Tarot is better.

—Lady Cutekitten

Re: tarot

[(Anonymous)]

You can find it here (“https://archive.org/details/masteringtarotba00gray/mode/2up”) . I think it is out of print. link text (url) —Heliotrope Eldritch Octopodes I see the Oom has learned some new rings ;-)

Re: tarot

[(Anonymous)]

All of those concerns can be solved by the simple expedient of looking at the Thoth deck, and realizing it too is recommended for LRM. The symbolism used in the course can be found on a wide range of decks!

Re: tarot

[(Anonymous)]

Sure. I was just feeling a little uneasy as reading others' interpretations of Rider-Waite cards, I noticed the importance of colours. But going on our host's reply, I assume that either they're not too off-base where they matter most, or while different to Colman Smith's original colours, Frankie Albano really knew what he was doing and the colours still make a lot of sense symbolically, or none of the above... but the deck will still stand me well as I get to know them anyway! Whatever the case I feel reassured.