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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.tarot From: tschuler@teleport.com (Tom Schuler) Subject: Re: 'Real' vs. 'Nonhistorical, Intuitive' Meanings (was Re: Dog in The Fool card?) Date: Fri, 09 May 97 01:34:16 GMT In article <5ks688$con@kudo20.kudonet.com>, tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) wrote: >49970508 AA1 Hail Satan! KALI DAY! OM DEVI! Go, Lakers! >'true meanings' are notoriously difficult to obtain, discuss or >understand. perhaps they don't exist. Both "truth" and "meaning" are imposed by us upon our own consciousness. They will vary from person to person. They exist, but only as arbitrarily chosen self-references. To declare a universal "truth" to any particular "meaning" is futile. It could never be established. Traditional associations of the Tarot may be edifying and insightful, but they are essentially no different than those assigned through free association of someone ignorant of the history. In no way can a given meaning of a Tarot card be measurably more true than another. It might be more elegant or more consistent with the symbolism of the other cards, but that does not make it more true.
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