09-13-2011, 02:20 PM
Thank you, Tenet. I would love to hear your commentary when you have sufficiently pondered mine.
I don't mean to discount the Rider-Waite deck. I am certain that his drawings are based on the original Egyptian drawings, which can be seen from the many similarities. Rather, I only mean to draw attention to the fact that there are some significant changes in this deck from the Egyptian deck. The Fool card is one of those significant changes, as are the Lovers, Justice (no creatures), and the Sun. These cards reflect Waite's own vision of the Archetypes. As such, their quality reflects the quality of Waite's own contact with the Archetypes. Because I know nothing else of Waite's perception of the Law of One (I admittedly haven't done any research), I do not know it's quality as well as I know the quality of the contact in the Law of One. For this reason, I lend much more weight to these cards. Unfortunately, there are still many features of the Brotherhood of Light deck that make me wonder whether they are original or contributed by Zain's perspective -- a perspective which, recall, is difficult for me to comprehend with any clarity.
I don't mean to discount the Rider-Waite deck. I am certain that his drawings are based on the original Egyptian drawings, which can be seen from the many similarities. Rather, I only mean to draw attention to the fact that there are some significant changes in this deck from the Egyptian deck. The Fool card is one of those significant changes, as are the Lovers, Justice (no creatures), and the Sun. These cards reflect Waite's own vision of the Archetypes. As such, their quality reflects the quality of Waite's own contact with the Archetypes. Because I know nothing else of Waite's perception of the Law of One (I admittedly haven't done any research), I do not know it's quality as well as I know the quality of the contact in the Law of One. For this reason, I lend much more weight to these cards. Unfortunately, there are still many features of the Brotherhood of Light deck that make me wonder whether they are original or contributed by Zain's perspective -- a perspective which, recall, is difficult for me to comprehend with any clarity.