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# Re: Bardon and Tarot

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- To: <BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Bardon and Tarot
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:29:31 -0800
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    Dear Alan,

    >> My first question, if anyone knows, is the Waite-Rider deck the same
    as the original Waite deck? It claims to be, but I would just like to
    be certain. <<

    Yes, it's the same thing.

    >> I also found a few images of the BOTA deck and it is quite similar to
    the Waite deck. <<

    The differences in the Major Arcana images are very minor.

    >> The BOTA deck is in black and white, leaving the coloring of the
    Trumps to the student. Their reasons for this seem valid, but is it
    truly necessary? Given that I cannot get a BOTA deck but I can get a
    Waite deck, I was wondering what those that have studied the Tarot
    think. <<

    While coloring your own deck is not *necessary*, it is a VERY good
    practice and is, I think, really the very best way to learn and to
    develop a personal relationship with the Major Arcana images. [The BOTA
    deck's minor arcana are very plain.] You can purchase the BOTA deck in
    normal deck size or the Major Arcana alone in large size. I've even
    seen the normal size deck in occult shops but you can always order
    either one from BOTA directly.

    I HIGHLY recommend the BOTA's Tarot course. It was written by Paul Case
    and is an excellent place to begin. It does mean joining BOTA and
    paying $$$ for their lessons. If I remember correctly, there is a short
    series of lessons that preceeds the Tarot course, but they're pretty
    good too. I didn't care at all for the lessons written by Ann Davies
    that followed the Tarot course, so at that point I cancelled my
    membership. :)

    Paul Case's BOTA Tarot course provides explicit instructions for
    coloring the Major Arcana. He recommended the use to water colors but I
    preferred something more controllable and used colored lead pencils
    myself.

    >> Now for the Bardon part. Bardon's image of the Magician and Emporer
    are radically different than that of the Waite deck. Although, all of
    the symbolism seems to be there. I'm not saying that one is right and
    the other is wrong, but is one better than the other? The symbolism,
    for me, seems to expressed better in Bardon's images. Yet we have only
    three and a possible (and likely) candidate for a fourth. So if I used
    Bardon's images, I would have to mix the Tarot deck. Is there any harm
    in this? Or would it be more profitable to use cards that were designed
    under the same (what's the word...) philosophy? <<

    I'd recommend sticking with just one instead of mixing. Bardon's images
    are very relevant to his works but don't really provide an inroad to
    study of the entire Tarot Major Arcana. With the study of Tarot, I
    think a continuity of symbolism is important.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    08 Dec 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis
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