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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:09 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:20 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:23 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:44 pm
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I own a tarot deck, and I do think they work, but I also think there's a reason why they work. I think tarot cards are good because they sometimes get people to think and focus on things that they might not otherwise. However, I think that tarot readings can be interpereted in very broad and general terms. One general meaning might have many potential meanings. For example, if someone gets...let's say someone gets the death card, face up. The Death card usually represents a major life change, and symbolizes both Death, and new life. The end of one thing, and the start of another thing. Just about anybody can think of a point in their life where one major thing ended and a new major thing started.
But I do think they serve a good purpose. I think they can make people focus on whatever is bothering them, or stressing them out, or holding them back, and I think things like Tarot cards can make people think harder about certain things, and even make better decisions. So I don't really discredit them or anything, but I don't believe that they're 100% driven by mystical forces or anything. I took a tarot reading class once, and it was really cool. I had total respect for the guy who taught the class too. 3nodding He definatley belived in a deeper mysticism behind the cards and I didn't think any less of him for it. Just personally, I think there's a more logical force behind tarot cards than a mystic one. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:43 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:28 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:40 pm
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My dad has the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, which I use. I like it because the images on the cards are colourful and have a lot of small details that say a lot. I use an unconventional reading style, which works a lot better for me than any style I've seen in books or anything. It's kinda hard to explain, easier to show. Also, I've just gone over looking at all the cards and gradually deciding what I think each of them mean. Some of them, of course, mean something specific, but others, like, say, the cups and the swords, well, I think cups represent the world and the swords represent conflict. Other sources say otherwise. But oh well, it works for me. :3
*is too tired to say much more, and fears that what is there already makes no sense*
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:03 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:41 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:13 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:16 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:24 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:30 am
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Elcia God-The-RapistV2.0 Elcia Considering we as humans use so little of our brains I think that kind of focus be it in reading divination/meditating/praying all does more or less the same thing the way that you just described.
I have neither of said items but I think it would be neat to have a deck of one or a bag of the other. .. even for the very superficial reason that some of them are very pretty xd
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We use 100% of our Brains.
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"What you don't seem to understand is that I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me." - Rorschach Go find a scientist who studies the human brain and ask them whether or not we use the entirety of our brain. biggrin OR: http://tinyurl.com/dau82kWe use 100% of our brain almost 100% of the time. It is constantly active doing passive work that our body needs to survive. Like regulating your body temperature or your heart rate or telling your body how much or how little of a certain chemical you need. Even the things that arn't passive like movement and cognitive reasoning take up passive actions in your brain. If you were to only use a portion of your brain your abilities to interact with the world would be drastically reduced. It's even a misconception that we only use 10% at a time. Mostly this is from MRI's that we have taken of the brain and a lay person trying to explain it. The reason that it SEEMS that we are only using certain portions is because they are "lit up" this actually only means that they are the MOST active part of the brain. While watching an MRI you can see that the brain is, if nothing is wrong, entirely Grey. This means that those parts of the brain are creating a a "passive" signal. If it were not being used at all it would appear BLACK. This is what also happens when there are dead portions of the brain. --------------------------------------------
Art By: La Belle Isolde
"What you don't seem to understand is that I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me." - Rorschach
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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:44 am
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