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<p>This, then, was how I approached tarot and stood as my first 'tangible' exploration into practical applications of these internal and slightly more spiritual aspects of my life. Not only had the cards become a tool for me to view the inner workings of myself, but I began to, as my friend Ryan put it, "think in archetypes," particularly those shown in the deck of tarot cards. This was the 'verb' part of the system: application. Each archetype provided a means for self-improvement by laying bare the root of the issue at hand. For a rather pertinent example, the card The Heirophant loosely represents religion, or at least religion as a system: a framework upon which to build one's own system, an individual faith. However, it can also represent being stuck in that framework of rules, being caught up in the church while forgetting the religion for which it stands as a house. While "thinking in archetypes" this became, for me, a guide: many ideas that crop up in my life should be taken as guidelines upon which I can build myself and grow into a better person.</p>
<p>This logical approach to the cards did not omit that connection to the unknown, but took it in its own context. Just as I saw the cards as a tool for introspection instead of divination (for how could I even pretend to lord over time?), I saw the connection to the unknown as inherent chaos instead of spirits choosing the order of the cards for me. Perhaps due to my Discordian background, the chaos became an important part of cartomancy for me. I began, over time, to eschew spreads as an element of order, preferring instead for a more chaotic approach to laying down any number of cards. The subconscious was not an ordered entity for me, so I felt that if I were to lay the cards out in an ordered fashion, my conscious mind was more likely to impose order on what thoughts my subconscious had on the pattern of archetypes shown.</p>
<p>Thinking on this, chaos was, to me, the largest of limits on our free will. Only through chaos could we recognize how little control we had over our lives. It affirmed the individuality of our own personal system by pointing out that the systems of others truly have nothing to do with ours, and that as a result, other people are truly among the greatest of outside influences in our lives. This chaos is a personable chaos and the cards showed how external influences can't be changed, but that the self can be changed to deal with these influences. This was the self-betterment that I sought through the cards: helping myself to relate better to others in the world.</p>
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<p><q class="comment">Systems I (rules), music III? Synthesis</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Mysticism II, tarot, Kabbalah, researching mysticism</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Love (emotion into system)</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Systems II taken with mysticism in mind, religious theory</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Triangulation of self</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Conclusion, why this is never finished (Real Buddhism)</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Selected bibliography</q></p>
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<p><q class="comment">Manifesto Project replies and footnotes</q></p>
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