tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post8679069259429926122..comments2024-01-08T22:41:34.409+00:00Comments on Aquarium of Vulcan: The TowerKevin Faulknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-53828603242248545572011-03-06T20:40:18.579+00:002011-03-06T20:40:18.579+00:00Hi Michael,
yes i agree totally with you. i have a...Hi Michael,<br />yes i agree totally with you. i have a copy of this inspirational book, have read large chunks of it thoughtfully and should do so again!Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-11412343799191827902011-03-06T20:01:08.867+00:002011-03-06T20:01:08.867+00:00I have more resonance with the theory that Tarot o...I have more resonance with the theory that Tarot originated as a set of spiritual exercises amongst the Cathars in the 12th - 13th centuries. In this regard, I cannot recommend highly enough the book <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585421618/milonga07" rel="nofollow">Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism</a>, written anonymously but believed to be the work of Valentin Tomberg. In this masterpiece, the author reviews the major arcana as spiritual exercises and magical formulae. It took me 2 years to complete a first reading.<br /><br />The card seems to me a literal depiction of the baptism of fire, the tower being the central nervous system. The card of <b>The Tower</b> I feel stands for ego death. Whether or not this is experienced as "spiritual emergency" - a crisis, in classical tarot terms - seems to depend firstly upon the individual, and secondly upon the understanding and support of the people around them.<br /><br />In the Marseilles deck, this card is called <b>La maison dieu</b>, the house of God, and the part of the tower knocked off by the strike of lightning is clearly a crown, as if to say, false pretensions have been knocked off, or, the crown chakra is forcibly opened. In some early versions, the fire does not strike the tower from above, but is <i>going the other way</i> - <a href="http://tarotmeditations.wordpress.com/decks/jean-noblet/16-la-maison-dieu-2/" rel="nofollow">ascending to heaven from the tower</a>. What this means I'm not sure but it was surely significant at the time.<br /><br />A Google Image search of the term "La maison dieu" reveals some great images and some interesting web pages.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188329640841981396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-20170566606069222032011-02-22T11:22:08.681+00:002011-02-22T11:22:08.681+00:00Pat,
yes I believe the original tower of Babylon i...Pat,<br />yes I believe the original tower of Babylon is often speculated as in ziggurat formation. the University campus here has some student accommodation designed in such a fashion too. North Italy has also been one of the wealthiest regions of Europe, situated at the cross-roads of many trade routes, its a rich melting-pot of cultural influences.<br /><br />Laurie, I am sorry to hear that from you, but also relieved you're open-minded enough to even bother reading what is quite frankly a remote topic to Christianity. Perhaps even more towers must fall in the future in order for people to be restored to a shared common faith and better understanding of humanity's basic needs.Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-76829021918186010492011-02-22T04:42:12.693+00:002011-02-22T04:42:12.693+00:00I feel like I've seen a lot of towers falling ...I feel like I've seen a lot of towers falling lately, in just about all the ways you've mentioned, but none, thankfully yet have meant utter destruction - for me anyway. Sometimes, as you have indicated, it is necessary for our towers to come down.Laurie M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15840896949617719814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3205961612182676788.post-37329681802403097652011-02-21T22:12:55.496+00:002011-02-21T22:12:55.496+00:00A friend of mine has used tarot cards, and I'l...A friend of mine has used tarot cards, and I'll forward your Post to her.<br />Years ago I was taught that the original of tower of Babel may have been ziggurats, those artificial mountains built in a flat land but gravely disliked by Hebrews, as part of an incompatible religious system. The one that I always loved as a child was that of Rapunzel, as a kind of overkill chastity guarantee.<br />Do you think that North Italian society's lore is particularly important for the tarot set?teegeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719991678290299753noreply@blogger.com