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Thank you, and likewise. It is a pleasure talking with you.

Oh, wow. You're way deeper into studying tarot than me. I'm very new to it.

I have a few sources for tarot and all are generally perennialist teachings in some form.

In The Law of One, they cover tarot quite a bit. I'll leave a link to the search results of the Law of One material for the word "tarot" but you can probably find some more hits if you search for "key", "card", "archetype", etc. using the integrated search engine on the site:

https://www.lawofone.info/results.php?q=tarot

76.6 Questioner: Sorry we have had such a long delay between the last session and this one. It couldn’t be helped I guess. Could you please tell me the origin of the tarot?

Ra: I am Ra. The origin of this system of study and divination is twofold: firstly, there is that influence which, coming in a distorted fashion from those who were priests attempting to teach the Law of One in Egypt, gave form to the understanding, if you will pardon the misnomer, which they had received. These forms were then made a regular portion of the learn/teachings of an initiate. The second influence is that of those entities in the lands you call Ur, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia who, from old, had received the, shall we say, data for which they called having to do with the heavens. Thusly we find two methods of divination being melded into one with uneven results; the, as you call it, astrology and the form being combined to suggest what you might call the correspondences which are typical of the distortions you may see as attempts to view archetypes.

According to Ra, the tarot was received by inspired Egyptian priests. It seems that the Ur/Chalea/Mesopotamian influence became somewhat distorted, merging astrology with tarot. Astrology and tarot both are valid but blending them likely leads to some confusion and inaccuracy.

Kabbalah Unveiled by Imre Vallyon is my other main tarot source. 200/350 pages of that book are about tarot cards. I don't agree with 100% of what he has in that book but unlike the Law of One, this book is structured like a textbook. Like the Law of One, it acknowledges the, at least partial, legitimacy of many religious traditions.

Oh I wouldn't say I'm deep into tarot - I've only read one book on it and watched a lot of videos from a guy on YouTube who unfortunately passed right before I found him. Patischi (probably spelled wrong) was his name. Great reader, and gave the best presentations at the Theosophical Institute (also could be misremembering that name...) The book is 72 Degrees of Wisdom, by Rachel Pollack. Very easy read, and has great explanations. Beyond that, I just look at the nice pictures. Never done a reading on a person. I'm a little scared to try, tbh.

Hey, I recognize that excerpt from the Book of Ra. I guess I've seen it. Hmm. That's basically how I'd summarize the creation of Judaism - a Chaldean and Egyptian framework melded together. And then that kinda repeats with Christianity. Everything syncretizes.

A lot of esotericists like to map astrology to tarot. That's literally all I know about it, lol. I don't know astrology. Sometimes I take a stab at it but then just forget about it. I'm sure the writers of the Gospels were quite fluent in astrology, though, and that makes it more interesting IMO. The story of Jesus multiplying bread and fish is about astrological procession from one house to another. There's also a connection with the name of John and how he grew up in the wilderness, a wildman, which echoes Enki or Ea or both, and if it echoes Ea, then John is the fish that makes way for... Something. Idk astrology. He prepares the way for Jesus, though.

I'm gonna search that Kabbalah Unveiled book I'm a sec. I like it when stuff is laid out, textbook style.

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