{Dangers of Tarot-reading}[14th September 1988]

[Redbook5:353-354][19880914:1053]{Dangers of Tarot-reading}[14th September 1988]

19880914.1053

*[NA] has apparently gone back to Tarot cards in a big way, starting every day with a personal reading and planning her day accordingly; not only that, but reading for her eldest daughter [E] and telling her on this basis that [E] is finished, her life wasted.

It seems fairly clear that Tarots, like any other popular method of divination (with the possible exception of astrology, which may be more mechanical), tell you what sub-consciously you want** them to. Only be genuinely clearing*** your mind at all levels of self-centred clutter might you be able to achieve something objective out of this.**** The same is true, of course, of Art – and Religion.

*[....]

**[ie in the sense ‘expect’, not implying that what is told is itself desired as an outcome]

***{Not so easy to do}

****And then you shouldn’t normally need Tarot cards – certainly not for fortune-telling. <891011>

[PostedBlogger16for18042019]