tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post2830377665665023219..comments2024-03-26T08:01:01.445-04:00Comments on 78 Notes to Self: A Tarot Journal: Do You Believe In Tarot?Ginny Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-1744630426218869232012-09-04T18:05:59.027-04:002012-09-04T18:05:59.027-04:00Well BrambleRose, I do think tarot can be used to ...Well BrambleRose, I do think tarot can be used to predict. But it's just one use of many.Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-83120695951238292882012-09-03T22:32:07.140-04:002012-09-03T22:32:07.140-04:00Well said!
I get a kick out of the people who thi...Well said!<br /><br />I get a kick out of the people who think it's to tell the future. I use it for clarification, etc. To see BEYOND the obvious. Not to predict.BrambleRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740399918764886286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-65819090423942630542011-01-23T10:34:55.177-05:002011-01-23T10:34:55.177-05:00Thank you for your comment, Steve. I know there a...Thank you for your comment, Steve. I know there are a lot of tarot readers who do ascribe a certain source to the information they receive during readings, but for many of us, we don't have a concrete idea where it comes from. We only know that we have derived great benefit from the practice and have seen that benefit given to our clients as well. As you said, maybe that is all we need to know.Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-83114223238086456132011-01-22T22:59:41.629-05:002011-01-22T22:59:41.629-05:00A thoughtful and positive piece. I've long tho...A thoughtful and positive piece. I've long thought of Tarot and similar beliefs in terms of the "six impossible things" quote.<br /><br />Whether (occult entities and relations) exist or not is immaterial, said a wise man: "by doing certain things, certain things happen. That is all we know and wll we need to know."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388355757666333203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-2532678475142340372010-09-26T12:47:46.973-04:002010-09-26T12:47:46.973-04:00Thank you for this article. I thoroughly enjoyed i...Thank you for this article. I thoroughly enjoyed it.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064308690078288480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-77873839897474476202010-09-24T16:18:18.128-04:002010-09-24T16:18:18.128-04:00Lovely writing, too!Lovely writing, too!D'Aradiahttp://www.flaneur.im/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-44714121158862312792010-09-23T17:55:27.814-04:002010-09-23T17:55:27.814-04:00Most of my regulars know I walk a fine line with t...Most of my regulars know I walk a fine line with the "woo-woo." I embrace it and am fascinated with it and never fail to be amazed by the supernatural and psychic moments experienced while reading tarot. It's just that I don't think the cards are necessary for those things to happen. That being so, the cards themselves are not "woo-woo" and I wish more people knew that. So many of my tarot friends and clients are brilliant, rational, well-educated people with all sorts of letters after their names. I'm so glad that tarot is showing itself to be a useful tool to those who might not otherwise delve into new-agey stuff. <br /><br />I did consider the "other beliefs" rationale, too, Katrina. "I don't believe in that stuff" could certainly be a statement that means, "I believe in other stuff that precludes tarot." Which is why I don't probe the person who says it. For whatever reason, they've made their boundary clear. No trespassing here. And what you say about the personality types makes perfect sense, too. There are many people who have no need or desire for adopting any particular belief system. Those types are exactly the ones who may hold some assumptions about tarot being part of a belief system that they want no part of and it is that presumption I am challenging. You don't have to "believe" in order for tarot to be of value to you. <br /><br />Andre -- YES! Tarot certainly does make more sense than it should. Absolutely. What a wonderful commentary. :)Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-68708514936120885082010-09-23T15:14:46.667-04:002010-09-23T15:14:46.667-04:00Dear Ginny,
Brilliant post. I appreciate the dept...Dear Ginny,<br /><br />Brilliant post. I appreciate the depth and breadth of your article. Most of us Tarot folks have heard that comment at one time of another. You definitely covered most of the thoughts that have run through my mind.<br /><br />I'd like to add a couple of ideas to expand the dimensions of this topic on "belief."<br /><br />If someone comes from a fundamentalist religious perspective, to say to a friend "I don't believe in Tarot." could be a polite way of saying, "I'll be damned if I entertain the possibility of developing a relationship with Tarot cards for they are the work of the Devil." In this case, I absolutely respect my friend's boundary and we gladly change the subject.<br /><br />"Seeing is believing" as the saying goes. To experience Tarot first hand is the threshold for most people to step into acknowledging that there might be something useful about the cards. We are experienced based, sensory-grounded, beings in our perceptions and have an easier time relating to something if we have gone through it or experienced it ourselves in some way. E.g. the taste of ice cream. Easier to try than to describe.<br /><br />My last contribution is from Jungian Psychology. In “Psychological Types” Jung (1971/1921) describes four basic functions of consciousness: intuition, sensation, feeling, and thinking. I’m over simplifying here, but the point I’m making in this post is that of these four types, only the feeling and thinking types develop belief systems, based on judgment. Thinkers are analytical in their approach, while feelers have confirming opinions of “like or dislike” without needing to know why. Intuitives and sensation types collect information and tend to take their experience on face value without the necessity of establishing a belief system. Most of us are various combinations of these four functions. Basically, some folks need beliefs while others do not. Thus belief itself is relative.<br /><br />Keep up the great work!!<br />KatrinaKatrinaWhttp://TarotCounseling.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-21744997381149704962010-09-23T03:05:36.538-04:002010-09-23T03:05:36.538-04:00Absolutely right, Ginny!! When you take the woo-wo...Absolutely right, Ginny!! When you take the woo-woo away, people see tarot in a very different way. An example is my brother. He's an scientist and quite an skeptic, but he was curious about his sister being a tarot reader. When he saw my attitude towards tarot as a counsellor and an a tool of intuition, he became really curious and now he's learning about tarot himself. I think more people would develop an interest in tarot if we showed it more as a personal tool to explore ourselves and less as a "magical belief"Rozonda Salashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043167261932827059noreply@blogger.com