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u/lymantriidae_ · 9 pointsr/tarot

The Tarot is an entire spiritual path in itself, a superb tool to understand your sub-conscious and the world around you.

Can I suggest you look at Meditations on the Tarot by Anonymous, and, [The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Tarot-Key-Wisdom-Ages/dp/1585424919) by Paul Foster Case.

Both will give you an enormous amount of wisdom. None of them are incompatible with your faith, in fact will reinforce and broaden it.

u/TieingTheStrings · 5 pointsr/occult

There's a sub called holysummoners on the sidebar that you might like to be aware of. It has links in its sidebar to some specifically christian occult subs you should explore as well. Probably they can give you leads. Meditations on Tarot


I'm just going to spitball here. I would say that the important thing for you to explore if you want to explore this is looking beyond language. What are the words in your specific tradition pointing at. Probably not the same things that another tradition is even if it uses the same words.


God's universe is closer to an act of Magic than anything else and by emulating that act of creation we can come to know and love God more. (I typically wouldn't use that language )


The way I see it, Jesus was a magician. Soloman is explicitly a magician. As is Moses.


Popular Christianity as practiced today looks very little like historical christianity in many many ways.



The bible has many levels within it. The exoteric which is taking the book either literally or as stories to strive to live by. Then underneath the surface there are several esoteric, hidden, or occult(means hidden) levels. The bible is about You. Just You. It's also about everyone else but I mean read it as an allegory for your life and development as a soul. It is a retelling of the ancient star myths which also point at the microcosmic story of You. In the old testament the entire text is numerological(not sure about the new testament). It teaches magic. It shows the evolution of a particular lineage of human consciousness. It reveals the code behind creation and the Thoughts of God. Many more levels besides that. It trains you to see the many levels operating in every moment of your experience.


There are demon armies all over. Have been for a while. They just don't look how you imagine they look and demons aren't what you think they are. Neither are angels. No one posts pictures of them doing magic because that would be no proof. Magic directly effects the non-physical. The change that occurs in the physical is typically a string of the oddest coincidences. I'm afraid the barrier between our realities might be too great for me to communicate here. Have you considered that you know nothing? Not saying that your belief in the Bible is wrong, just putting out the possibility that you might be only seeing .0001% of reality and basing your assumptions on that tiny sliver.


In my experience, God wants us to become more and more conscious so that we can give service and aid in creation. And to generally enjoy creation. which is more and more possible the more conscious you are.



Do you think there has ever been a moment when you have been seperate from God?



David Mathisen has a book called the Undying Stars that is an interesting esoteric take on the bible. There's plenty of youtube videos he's made and a recent interview on The higherside Chats podcast that you might be interested in.



Witchcraft isn't inherently evil. It was competition so it was demonized by The Church. Do you mean why do people do so-called "low magic"? If the nature of the universe allows for magic, then making use of magic is just another way of getting things done. Most biblical characters do magic.


You have seen magic I'm sure. If you're looking for Harry Potter you're going to miss it. People all around you are doing it unconsciously if they aren't doing it consciously. This includes you. So it isn't possible to be a Christian and not do magic. It's not possible to be a human and not do magic. Sure you can never do it consciously but by existing you are operating on that plane to some degree.


The easiest magic to point at over the internet is advertising. Some dark black magic there.


Magic is probably both more and less than you think it is. It will boggle your mind if you ever actually see it.


I hear [https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Tarot-Journey-Christian-Hermeticism/dp/1585421618](this book) is a key esoteric christian text.


There is a world more subtle than the physical that you can learn to see. It effects you whether or not you're aware of it. That's why watching a video of someone summoning wouldn't work. They aren't conjuring up a physical manifestation, though they and others might "see" it if they can.


Would you believe Heaven and Hell are within you?



God is the Source. The First Shaman, the Ancient Wizard, The Primal Magician. The Sorcerer. The Source-rer.


I really enjoy the book The Sacred and the Profane by Mircae Eliade atm.



God Bless you.

u/k0np · 4 pointsr/freemasonry
  1. They are primarily located in LA, as such you get mailings to read

  2. The literature they do send is similar to what you are going to find in AMORC, OTO, etc (and you can find their stuff to read without ever being a member)

  3. I find this book to be a better exploration of the tarot as far as symbolism goes (https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Tarot-Journey-Christian-Hermeticism/dp/1585421618/ref=pd_sim_14_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1585421618&pd_rd_r=AJT8A5A189DBHHKY321Q&pd_rd_w=PTxEB&pd_rd_wg=jtrY0&psc=1&refRID=AJT8A5A189DBHHKY321Q)
u/jothco · 3 pointsr/Christianity
u/thebookelf · 2 pointsr/tarot

I suggest picking up a Marseille deck. It has a much older history than any other deck. The Arcana are a lot more subtle than a deck like the Rider-Waite. Any other deck seems like a bastard deck to me. The Camion Marseille deck restored by Alejandro Jodorowsky is incredibly beautiful.

http://en.camoin.com/tarot/Tarot-Marseille-Camoin-Jodorowsky-en.html

You can find a lot of great books written about the Marseille deck.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Way-Tarot-Spiritual-Teacher/dp/1594772630

http://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Tarot/dp/1585421618/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373642673&sr=1-1&keywords=meditations+on+the+tarot

u/solxyz · 2 pointsr/religion

You may be interested in [Meditations on the Tarot] (https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Tarot-Journey-Christian-Hermeticism/dp/1585421618/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3O35TMR80N5FZ&keywords=meditations+on+the+tarot&qid=1573677811&sprefix=Meditations+on+the+T%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-3) . It is one authors understanding of how the Tarot teaches a Christian spiritual path. It is pretty heavy reading, but very deep and insightful. It is also, of course, just one person's perspective, on both the Tarot and Christianity.

u/X7spyWqcRY · 2 pointsr/CapitalismVSocialism

For an interesting fusion of Catholicism and occult, check out Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism.

u/nkanter666 · 1 pointr/tarot

Among the most relevant references that we have about tarots there is a book titled Meditations on the Tarot written by a clever Christian mystic, that comes with a preface by a Cardinal, Hans Urs von Balthasar. I strongly recommend to read this book even if you are not Catholic Christian (I am not) because it's a real in-depth ermetic analysis about the tarots. If your parents will ever ask you something on this subject, talk them about this amazing literary work. You can buy it on Amazon .

u/Raptor-Llama · 1 pointr/Christianity

I have a friend who became a christian, and was looking between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. He was about to be baptized Tridentine Mass Catholic, but then he started going East. But then he did some mediation thing with the hierophant Tarot card (he was into this previously) and he wound up Roman. Moral of the story: don't mess with the Tarot or you'll end up a Papist.

Seriously though, while the modern use of Tarot is some new age nonsense at best and spiritually dangerous at worse, the card set actually originates from a Roman Catholic tradition. The cards have meanings related quite closely to Christianity. Check out this video for more details. There's also a deck from Russia that uses more Byzantine images, so there's even an Orthodox version (I'm curious what the hierophant card is on this deck!).

But yeah, the more you know. There's also this book that expands on the link between Christianity and the Tarot.

Anyway, practical advice, for your uncertain times; Christ is unchanging. Do not find rest in circumstances, but in Christ, and then the uncertainty will have no meaning. And the Tarot probably won't help with your future anyway. So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

u/SergiusBulgakov · -6 pointsr/TrueChristian

The Tarot does not have to be used for divination. Indeed, that is a later "use" of them, a later creation, which is a poor one at that. But there are other ways to use them which can be good. This is the book to look into: https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Tarot-Journey-Christian-Hermeticism/dp/1585421618