Pure Tarot Magick
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As I learn more about the Tarot, after nearly 25 years of study and comprehending the symbols and their energies and relations to other symbols and cards, it occurrs to me that one could ideally use just the Tarot only to affect change, that is, no other ritual tools or dressings. All the correspondences are there, and to apply Tetragrammaton or alchemical formula to a series of Atu that are cohesive in terms of the objective and will, the current and magickal link could flow through the cards. Has anyone ever experimented with this approach, i.e. without any other ritual components except maybe banishing and charging up with the MP to provide the energy for the currents? I will conduct some experiments when I have time but figured I'd check around.
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93 Vortex,
Donald Michael Tyson wrote a book called "Portable Magic" which is all about using nothing but Tarot cards to perform magickal operations. I've done some tarot magic myself. Both operations were successful although one of the operations brought about some pretty disasterous results. It was a "love" operation. The second operation was performed in order for me to get a certain job that included a transportation allowance. While I didn't get the job I performed the operation for, I did obtain a job (which I still hold) and my transportation expenses are covered by the company.
I'm curious to hear about your experiments.93 93/93
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Check out the Cicero's book Tarot Talismans
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I have both Portable Magic and Tarot Spells. Portable Magic has all the correspondences mapped out and it is a chore to read everything you already know looking for the part that is actually inspiring. I was unable to find anything inspiring.
Tarot Spells is decidedly not Qabalistic in its approach, yet it works much better, imo. It gets to the heart of it quickly. If you know all the correspondences (which I'm sure already do), then you can just see what's written there and go, "Oh yeah, I can do this" and elaborate on it however you like. If you want to work with SHEMHAMPHORASH and Enochian angels, you could get Lon Milo DuQuette's Tarot of Ceremonial Magick.
Note: Tarot Spells is mostly low magick and it looks downright fairy wicca in every way. It's very simplistic. Still, to me it is better than Portable Magic, which is very detailed, has lists of correspondences and plenty of theory and overall looks like a more sophisticated product. Like I said, I found it boring. Good for a reference, I suppose.
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Well it sounds like there are some applications here. I dig Tyson, IMO he is an underrated innovator. Cicero, hangs a bit too close to new age for my taste. Best approach I guess is to work out my own techniques. I don't know that I would consider Tarot spells lower magick. Seems to me one can apply it to work on all the planes. Thanks for the insight.
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@v0rtex666 said
"Well it sounds like there are some applications here. I dig Tyson, IMO he is an underrated innovator. Cicero, hangs a bit too close to new age for my taste. Best approach I guess is to work out my own techniques. I don't know that I would consider Tarot spells lower magick. Seems to me one can apply it to work on all the planes. Thanks for the insight."
I was referring to the book Tarot Spells when I said it is mostly low magick: www.amazon.com/Tarot-Spells-Llewellyns-New-Age/dp/0875426700. This book is basically is like a recipe book of spells you use for everyday stuff in combination with the Tarot. Actually, you choose a significator, appropriate surrounding cards, a symbolic spread for the action required and a visualization with affirmation. Obviously, they are just template ideas. It is very "fluffy bunny" or fairy goddess wicca whatever you want to call it. However, the simplicity of it is what I like. I have had my biggest successes with the simplest of books, oddly enough. I have enough reference and instruction elsewhere about getting into the zone and symbolic meaning of the cards.
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@v0rtex666 said
"Well it sounds like there are some applications here. I dig Tyson, IMO he is an underrated innovator. Cicero, hangs a bit too close to new age for my taste. Best approach I guess is to work out my own techniques. I don't know that I would consider Tarot spells lower magick. Seems to me one can apply it to work on all the planes. Thanks for the insight."
Don't underrate a book that you have not read, it is full of extremely useful information especially for a ceremonial magician. The Ciceros provide the Hermetic Talismanic Image for every angel associated with the Tarot. If you have worked at all with Talismanic Imagery you would immediately see the usefulness of such a text. True, the Ciceros do have a repetitive writing style, but I can assure you they are anything but "New Age." I have met both Chic and Tabitha in their home and got to spend some time talking with them and had awesome tour of their GD temple.
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"I was referring to the book Tarot Spells when I said it is mostly low magick: www.amazon.com/Tarot-Spells-Llew ... 0875426700. This book is basically is like a recipe book of spells you use for everyday stuff in combination with the Tarot. Actually, you choose a significator, appropriate surrounding cards, a symbolic spread for the action required and a visualization with affirmation. Obviously, they are just template ideas. It is very "fluffy bunny" or fairy goddess wicca whatever you want to call it. However, the simplicity of it is what I like. I have had my biggest successes with the simplest of books, oddly enough. I have enough reference and instruction elsewhere about getting into the zone and symbolic meaning of the cards."
Thanks for the link, looks interesting. The higher magick I am thinking of is akin to riding the lightening down the tree using a linkage of symbols in the Atus to formulate the circuit and current according to the goals of the operation, preformulating the × with Atu 0, etc. I suppose the Tarot spells book & Cicero book is worth a look to see how others do it. However, most books don't offer me much these days. There are a few cornerstones of my library I frequently reference, the rest I have found a rehash/repackaging of well known theory and practices with little innovation. There is much yet to know that is not written in any printed books IMO.
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"The Ciceros provide the Hermetic Talismanic Image for every angel associated with the Tarot."
Are not the Atus themselves Talismanic images? Why create a different one for their Angels? I suppose if one wanted to create a corresponding talisman for an Atu a simplified mandala of the energy frequency might be useful.
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@v0rtex666 said
"Thanks for the link, looks interesting. The higher magick I am thinking of is akin to riding the lightening down the tree using a linkage of symbols in the Atus to formulate the circuit and current according to the goals of the operation, preformulating the × with Atu 0, etc. I suppose the Tarot spells book & Cicero book is worth a look to see how others do it."
I don't think you'll get much out of the Tarot Spells book. Portable Magic would make a cheap reference, though. Used on Amazon, it's practically free. That Ciceros deck is probably good. They have an Enochian set, too. Never was too sure how the 30 Aethyrs were supposed to coincide with the TOL. Lon Milo DuQuette seems to approach them as separate things, which is interesting if you think about it-- like you glean different perspectives from each and approach them a bit differently. So, I guess, maybe TOL doesn't actually map out the whole universe like it's supposed to, eh?
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@Redd Fezz said
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@v0rtex666 said
"Thanks for the link, looks interesting. The higher magick I am thinking of is akin to riding the lightening down the tree using a linkage of symbols in the Atus to formulate the circuit and current according to the goals of the operation, preformulating the × with Atu 0, etc. I suppose the Tarot spells book & Cicero book is worth a look to see how others do it."I don't think you'll get much out of the Tarot Spells book. Portable Magic would make a cheap reference, though. Used on Amazon, it's practically free. That Ciceros deck is probably good. They have an Enochian set, too. Never was too sure how the 30 Aethyrs were supposed to coincide with the TOL. Lon Milo DuQuette seems to approach them as separate things, which is interesting if you think about it-- like you glean different perspectives from each and approach them a bit differently. So, I guess, maybe TOL doesn't actually map out the whole universe like it's supposed to, eh?"
Yes the Enochian/ToL correspondences have been unclear to me as well...then again I have not set out to really research that in detail, it's on my list though. I think Jim's latest project may help address some of that
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@v0rtex666 said
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"The Ciceros provide the Hermetic Talismanic Image for every angel associated with the Tarot."Are not the Atus themselves Talismanic images? Why create a different one for their Angels? I suppose if one wanted to create a corresponding talisman for an Atu a simplified mandala of the energy frequency might be useful."
For the MAJOR ARCANA, yes, that is true.
