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In reply to Msg # 185 in Conf # 6 'Magicknet' / /
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To : Darren Hanson
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From: THE IMAGE
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Subj: Tarotic Hygene
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In message #185, Darren Hanson writes:
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Greetings Darren,
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> Okay, now I think I understand why. How about giving a
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> poor, uninformed solitary Wiccan a few hints on the HOW of
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> it now.
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Whenever someone self-describes as something like "poor,
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uninformed", alarms start pealing <grin>! But no prob.
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A bit more background, it'll make this a bit more sensible when
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I. explain how I. did it. When I. started this, I. was heavily into
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Qabbalistic Magick, Crowleyish to the core. My methods at the time,
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and which I. continue to use for this purpose simply because it's one of
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many that happen to work fine, were based upon that in basic form. I. just
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want to make sure you understand that any system will do ya just fine,
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adapt till it tastes just about right!
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First I. went out to purchase a box, and found that no such animal was
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readily available that would handle the Thoth, the thing was just too
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outsized. But I. did run across a leather dice bag in a gaming store which
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was perfect, down to the loop on the back so that I. could hang it from my
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belt. Nice bag, I. took it home, and made it into a talisman. Talisman
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making comes in a zillion different forms, again, just use whichever is
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native your Perspective, or appeals the most. I. used Israel Regardie's
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talismanic system, supplimented by the GD's work in that huge blue book.
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The details of the talisman I.'ll leave to you, but here's what it did.
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I. used the Emanation from 000->Kether for clearing a Tarot Deck
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ordinarily, just as I. would for clearing a psychically dirty room or
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implement. It is 'pure' enough that it doesn't bias anything, boundless
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in quantity and availability, and powerful enough to do a thorough job of
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it. Just as you would do a Middle Pillar exercise, but have the Talisman
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do this constantly and draw it inwards. I. was heavy into symbology as
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well and anchored support from a number of different systems in
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conjunction with Qabbalism. You can work with whatever you like, it really
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doesn't matter, as long as you get the result. The power that the Talisman
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drew to cleanse the deck was the same power source to keep it running.
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Sort of the way dams were supposed to provide self-sustaining power once
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upon a time, but in Magick it actually works. If you hold my Thoth pouch
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in your hands and 'scan' it, it feels like it's vibrating just a faint
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bit, the way a pipe does when water is flowing thru it rapidly. Neat.
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> My deck worries me some days as I stumble blindly
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> along with it. I think it would be rather nice to get any
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> of the extranious influences out and away from the deck....
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The only real danger a Tarot deck can pose is that it helps to set the
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potentials in the Pattern, not only predicting the future, but also aiding
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strongly in bringing it about.... I. rarely use mine anymore, I.'ve
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incorporated most of the Tarot's basic function, intrinsically. But on
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occassion, when I. want to really skew the potentials hard, I.'ll haul 'em
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out and lay 'em out.... Not often tho....
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Always,
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-Images of the Imagination
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