tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post115333544995056529..comments2007-02-20T14:24:22.789-05:00Ginnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-77442234429008842032007-02-20T14:24:00.000-05:002007-02-20T14:24:00.000-05:00Hi Serenity and welcome to 78 Notes To Self! :) Yeah, the Horned One has gotten quite a bad reputation over the years, for good reason, but still we mustn't overlook his positive side. I really like the DruidCraft version because it highlights the mindfulness of physical or material pleasure, of always being aware of the dangers while not becoming puritanical about it.Ginnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-77559287876774117662007-02-19T07:44:00.000-05:002007-02-19T07:44:00.000-05:00Thank you for your site...!<BR/>I get the Devil card often lately, and I loved your take on it. I wanted to add some of my own reflections on it as well, if you don't mind. Two variations of the card that I enjoy are the one from the Buckland Romani deck (where a young Horned Devil laughs as he spills the cauldron of the camping site) and the one from the DruidCraft (of the two lovers over-looked, sleeping, by Cernunos -sp? I'm feeling a bit too lazy to look up the proper spelling now!-). Both remind me that the Devil teaches that if taken with a light heart, his lesson can be to just enjoy - as you say actually. I mentioned these two variations because I never saw the Devil that way before. To me, he represents obsession, bondage, unhealthy behavior/thinking/acting. Succumbing to temptation isn't bad if one doesn't act as if it's everything. In a way, I tie up his message to the Temperance card (one can be obsessively Temperate as you said in the appropriate post) and both remind me that sometimes, you have to let go consciously without falling in the trap of... obsessional behavior.<BR/>Take care.Serenity Starhttp://serenitystar.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-1158172864898660152006-09-13T14:41:00.000-04:002006-09-13T14:41:00.000-04:00Hi Sravana, yes, you are correct. Interestingly, the more ancient decks come down to us with no Devil nor Tower cards intact, so this is indeed a re-creation of what it might have looked like. I used it as an example in this post as representative of typical historical depiction of the Devil. It has all the key symbolism of artistic renderings of the Devil of that same time period and is done in a similar style. Good call! :)Ginnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-1158156854798932942006-09-13T10:14:00.000-04:002006-09-13T10:14:00.000-04:00It is my understanding the the Visconte-Sforza Devil card was a re-creation by Scapini (?) - as the original card is not extant.Sravanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314372630681369355noreply@blogger.com