06-10-2014, 09:25 AM
Steve Franklin Wrote:David Guyatt Wrote:If it's not hidden at all well, as you suggest, then what is the true meaning of the tarot? Just curious...
It is, in essence, a mnemonic device containing calendrical, astronomical, mathematical, and other information provided by Pythagoras to his followers in a form that was easy to remember.
It's so much more than that.
And in saying this, I am not referring to the supposed divinatory nature of the Tarot (which doesn't really interest me), but rather the archetypal and symbolic meaning transmitted in these cards - and the fact that they correspond with alchemical, Qabalistic and numerological (Gematria, Notariqon etc) techniques of deeper elucidation than you know or could guess.
But I accept that our minds will not meet on this subject and will leave it at that.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14