I created a similar thread questioning about the tarot recently, unfortunately it wasn't published.
In the meanwhile I have 4 packs of tarot cards.
I started out with the Rider Waite, created by Edward Arthur Waite of the Golden Dawn. As far as I am aware it is definitely laced with the Golden Dawn's Hebrew Kabbalah mysticism. The Hanson Roberts deck is a reworking of the Rider Waite, it may be slightly less Jewy.
I also got the Crowley Tarot, which is 100% based on Golden Dawn teachings as well as his own interpretations and updates. So I would not recommend it for Satanists.
Then I got the Hermetic Tarot, which I find useful because of the astrological aspect. I also like some of the designs a lot. It is black and white so one can play with the imagination and visualize colors as desired. It has some angels unfortunately, so that pack is not perfect either.
I most recently got the H R Giger Baphomet tarot which was created by him and the Swiss occultist Akron. It has a quite dark look and feel to it. Out of all the tarot's I own it is definitely th darkest. It is specifically meant to be used in "Shadow" work, utilizing aspects from Jungian psychology in connection with Giger's designs.
I think out of those mentioned, the Giger tarot is definitely one of the purest if you want to engage your shadow, if you want an overall plain set of tarot cards, the Hanson Roberts would be the way forward I think. The others are mostly useful to study the enemy's methods. Anybody who says "studying" the enemy is wrong is not Satanic in my opinion as Satan is all about knowledge and study. Know your enemy!
Out of interest: Does anybody know how to use the tarot in Magic, for example to curse somebody with the tower, or to reverse unlucky circumstances using the Wheel? I mostly just visualize the card and layer it over a subject.
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Tarot is the use of allegorical representations for divination, through which are made psychic connections.
Normal understanding of divination is limited to perhaps a couple types at best. Usually those are erroneously considered mythological when in fact hundreds of common and distinctly different types of real divination exist. Divination comes from Latin and means “to foresee; to be inspired by Satan”. Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appear to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. Cards are not called decks or sets – they are called “packs”.
Contemporary playing cards common to those that no nothing of Tarot consists of 52 cards or 54 cards if you count the two “Jokers”. They are derived from Tarot cards and consist of 13 ranks and 4 suits. Those are most commonly Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades. “Diamonds” are more formally called “Tiles”; “Clubs” are more formally called “Clovers”; and “Spades” are more formally called “Pikes”. This is typical of a “French Pack”. While these cards are truly Tarot cards, they are perversions of the real thing.
“Hearts” corresponds to “Cups” in a real Tarot pack: “Tiles or Diamonds” correspond to “Coins” which in actual Tarot would be called “Pentacles”: “Clovers or Clubs” correspond to “Clubs” which in actual Tarot would be “Wands”. “Pikes or Spades” correspond to “Swords” in a real Tarot pack. If you were to play a game with contemporary playing cards in Italy, the suits would be, Cups, Coins, Clubs and Swords. It would be the same in Spain, but the pictorial representations would be simplified from Italy’s more allegorical representations. In Germany, the suits would be Hearts, Bells, Acorns and Leaves, but the Swiss Germans would use Roses, Bells, Acorns and Shields.
Jewish perversion and replacement seems to be the motive here.
There are 4 suits in the actual Tarot and a total of 78 cards in the pack. The suits consists of, Cups, Pentacles, Wands and Swords. The suits are not called suits – but by their respected names; Cups, Pentacles, Wands and Swords. All of them together are instead called “The Lesser Arcana”. That would mean that there is also a group called “The Major Arcana”.
ARCANA IS A NOUN AND IT’S PLURAL FOR “ARCANUM”. ARCANUM “IS” THE GREAT SECRET THAT THE ALCHEMISTS SOUGHT TO DISCOVER, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE “MAGNUM OPUS”. Contemporary playing cards removed “The Major Arcana”. Means theirs 20 Major Arcana, not including “The Fool” or Joker of which there is only one in a real Tarot pack - that leaves us with 57 cards. There are 54 cards in a contemporary deck of cards including both Jokers, but means a Joker was added to the deck of contemporary playing cards it can be subtracted, leaving a total of 53. 57 – 53 = 4 cards.
One card from each suit was removed from the contemporary deck and was replaced with the “Jack” face card. In a real Tarot deck the “Jack” is represented by two separate cards in each suit, “the Page” and “the Knight”.
So, there is the “Page of Cups”, “Page of Pentacles”, “Page of Wands” and “Page of Swords”. And the same goes for the Knight. A “Page” is a youth being trained to be a Knight. A Knight is a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as a Page and Squire is raised to honorable military rank. A Squire is merely a young man that goes to work for a Knight. They and bound to a very strict code of conduct. That code of conduct involves being courageous, courteous or refined and above all else loyal.
The replacement of the Page and Knight with that of a “Jack” is disgusting. A “Jack” is the opposite of both. A “Jack” is an idiot, not capable of any rank, importance, status etc. Someone who is lacking in ethics and an understanding of basic morals. Someone that is dishonest, a liar, cheat and thief and not worthy of trust or belief.
The Major Arcana consist of 21 cards. The Fool is counted as zero, technically making 22 cards. Each card acts as a singular entity because it belongs to no suit and has a specific meaning. The images on the Major Arcana are often very heavy with symbolism, with far more to the illustration than a mere depiction of the card title.
The Major Arcana are usually regarded as relating to matters of higher purpose or deep significance, as opposed to the Minor Arcana which relate to the everyday world and matters of immediate significance.
On the subject of packs. There is a 4 volume Encyclopedia of Tarot, called, “The Encyclopedia of Tarot”. See the link below:
http://www.usgamesinc.com/Encyclopedia_ ... olume_Set/
However, this is a list of types of Tarot divination with descriptions of over 1700 different Tarot decks. Not something a novice would benefit from – but interesting as a reference work, just the same.
U.S. Games Systems, Incorporated, publishes a myriad of Tarot decks and books on Tarot. See link below:
http://www.usgamesinc.com/home.php
I purchased “The Rider Tarot Deck” and the book called, “The Ultimate Guide To The Rider Waite Tarot”; ISBN: 978 073 873 579 5. See the link below.
http://www.usgamesinc.com/Rider-Waite-Tarot-Card-Deck/
One should definitely be careful when selecting a pack. There are many packs that have to do with angels and related ilk. Thanks to “Dark_Pagan_666” for suggesting the book, “Tarot – Plain And Simple” by Anthony Louis. According to “Shannon Outlaw”, this book is recommended by High Priestess Maxine Dietrich. Probably where "Dark_Pagan_666" got the idea... I recommend the book based on the 3 people I know who recommend the book, all of whom are adept.
http://www.amazon.com/Tarot-Plain-Simpl ... hony+louis
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[email protected], <mullinsgarrett@... wrote :
I noticed on the webcite that every demon has a tarot card, i have a deck and was wondering if you can really tell the future with them, also are there any other benefits there would be to learning to use them?
Hail Satan and all the true Gods!
