07-18-2019, 02:53 PM
I'm not exactly sure what you're replying to in my comment, but you did say something I wanted to respond to.
I've read C.C.Zain's companion book to the Brotherhood of Light deck, and my considered judgment was that it was in many ways a far cry from Ra's approach to the Tarot. While it contained a handful of interesting ideas, I do not recommend it to students of Ra. Ra is not merely rehashing what the Brotherhood of Light taught. On the contrary, Don considered the study of the archetypes to be the greatest empirical success of the entire channeling experiment precisely because Ra material was at its most novel during that study. To this date, I've found no other source except Ra that captures the essence of this approach, though some treatments occasionally do split the cards into groups of 7.
kenney Wrote:The questions Don poses and the Answers give by Ra directly reflect the Brotherhood of Light teachings that were very popular at the time and as the LOO group goes through the tarot they are merely expanding and elucidating the meanings of the cards in respect to those teachings.
I've read C.C.Zain's companion book to the Brotherhood of Light deck, and my considered judgment was that it was in many ways a far cry from Ra's approach to the Tarot. While it contained a handful of interesting ideas, I do not recommend it to students of Ra. Ra is not merely rehashing what the Brotherhood of Light taught. On the contrary, Don considered the study of the archetypes to be the greatest empirical success of the entire channeling experiment precisely because Ra material was at its most novel during that study. To this date, I've found no other source except Ra that captures the essence of this approach, though some treatments occasionally do split the cards into groups of 7.