[MD] the intellect and tarot

[gav]

yo,
the tarot is a very old system of divination that we all know of. however its divinatory function is secondary to and derived from its primary instructive function - a picture book of esoteric psychology and philosophy.

in the tarot there are four suits: cups, swords, pentacles and wands.

cups became hearts in our modern decks - cups deal with the realm of feeling, emotion.

pentacles which became clubs in or modern deck our concerned with the realm of sensation - what we perceive (and cups deal with how we react to this)

swords, which became spades, deals with the intellect - with the lower intellect - analytic thought. there is an egoic, divisive flavour to this suit

wands, which became diamonds, deals with intellect also - higher intellect - synthetic thought - creative and intuitive. there is a magical mystical flavour to this suit

i think this complements how the moq works. analytic thought being taken as the whole of the intellectual level is SOM. the higher function of intellect - the creative function of intellect - is art, problem solving, invention, imagination.

so what does this mean for intellect?
intellect isn't SOM
intellect isn't just analytic thought
intellect is bigger than this....


any thoughts?


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