Anyone use Tarot?

[Gandalf]

Parmenion-

Yeah, I really like Gemmel's books as well. I've read a lot of his books and Lion of Macedon and Dark Prince are amazing!

I'ts interesting that OBE experiences figure quite a lot in Gemmel's books and I've always wondered if he's had any personal experience of them or knows people who have.
You'll nearly always find at least one character in a book who has an OBE type experience.

Regards,
Douglas
PS I'm a particular fan of his arthurian cycle - although I wish he wrote more of them!

[Parmenion]

You know, i never related the two. Probably because i read his books years ago when id never heard of concious projection. I must re-read some of his books when i get the time. I only wish there were more hours in the day..sigh... Maybe eventually i can cut sleep time down to two to three hours a night.

Parmenion

[n/a]

i started using tarot cards 3 years ago but stopped when i lopst soeof the cards, it was a little package one of those little books ith the mini cards doesanybody have a uggestion for a good set?

[silva]

I have been interested in starting to learn tarot myself.  Only for personal purposes and mostly because i cant see paying someone to have my cards read.  I think they'd be interesting to use in the morning or something to kind of make decisions.

Anyway after reading that link that silverwillow posted I got the thoth deck and then later in the week got the universal waite.  I ended up giving the universal waite to a friend because I really liked the thoth deck more although it is archetypal(sp?) i prefer it over the "universal waite" however I really want to get the "robin wood" deck or the "spiral" because many on that site raved about them and i saw the cards.. they're a lot more pleasing to the eye than the universal waite and most likely the normal rider waite cards.

I guess robin wood and spiral are rider-waite clones.  I took this as meaning they follow the rider waite tradition but the difference is mostly in the pictures.

Anyway some people there seemed to really have a problem with the thoth deck.  A few said they based their opinion on the fact they dont care for the maker (crowley) does anyone know why that is?  I was really curious to read why some said his reputation was bad.  

Anyway that site was really helpful on figuring out a deck.  thanks sylverwillow

[Gandalf]

Silva_

Crowely is controversial in some circles (esp conservative christian circles) as he was very anti-christian, in that he was against the dogma that plagued mainstream religion and in particular christianity. Crowely was very much an occultist in the real sense in that he believed that people should find things out for themselves.
Unfortunatly though, Crowely had a wicked sense of humour and liked nothing better that tinkling of conservitive christian circles by referring to himself as 'the great beast' and a 'self confessed satanist' and so on!
However, if you actually read his books you'll find that (like any true occultist)Crowely didnt even believe in the devil, other than as an archetypal image.
However try telling that to the christian hardcore, or in fact much of the mainstream population who are so indoctrinated into mainstream religious dogma that for most people 'occultism' = 'Satanism',(how often will you find these two terms refered to in the same breath by the media?) although hopefully most people here will realise that the true occultist doesnt even believe in Satan!
Mind you the goth/nu-metal scene with its fake pseudo occult/satan style mythology probably doesnt help public conceptions!

Anyway, back to your point about the Thoth deck. Crowely's deck is regarded as one of the best in the world but it is an advanced deck with a lot of archetypal imagery and require a good grounding in occult theory, for this reason many people will prefer other decks, however if you are well up on your occult knowledge then you will love the insight they bring to your readings!

Regards,
Douglas

[Nick]

Good discussion all,

I had my cards read recently here in California by a woman who seemed to be pretty intuitive. The previous posts gave me a lot of information on the Tarot that I never new, and will probably buy a recommended book at my favorite bookstore [] amazon.com

Take care,

[Metal Ice]

Tarot cards are right on the money. I don't want
to predict the future with them ,just find out
if I'm on the right path or what's going on in
times of confusion. I always ask that the cards be
divinely blessed. I don't think they are evil either.
I really like the Halloween deck.

[Spike]

I was introduced to the Tarot cards at a psychic fair this summer and since then have tried them myself with some very surprising results. I have found them a very good communicator for readings and questions that I have had.
(Though I do not use them for prophecy as the future I think is too fluid, but here and now questions and things that people need to hear right now.)

I am wondering if anyone else here uses them too?