What is Magic?

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However, now that I've mentioned the Tarot, a second question would be why does Ra speak so much about the Tarot and the cards in it. Is it perhaps because Carla and her group are especially interested in this "distortion"?

The significance of the tarot is that it, among other systems such as astrology and the tree of life, is a map of the archetypical mind. The reason Ra talks so much about Tarot, as opposed to the other systems or maps of the archetypical mind, is firstly because they were questioned so much about it, and secondly, when Ra was 3rd density, it was the system they used to study the archetypical mind, which they found quite useful for understanding the mind, body, and spirit.

Somewhere I think read a discussion by Carla about why she, Don, and Jim chose to investigate the tarot when Ra gave them the choice of tarot, astrology, or the Tree of Life. I can't find it on llresearch.org, so maybe I'm just remembering something she said. If I'm remembering right, they had some familiarity with the western magical tradition (Tree of Life) and felt that it would take more time and energy than they had available. I can't remember what she said about astrology, but I think she said that since they had little familiarity with the tarot they felt that it would be a good one to choose because they would be coming to it fresh, basically.