I grew up in a strict Lutheran family. As a matter of fact, once I turned 16 years old, it fell to me to drive Oma to Akron every sunday morning, so she could hear the German Service as I was the only grandson who'd kept his German sufficiently to keep up with the service. You and I have that in common, it seems.
The Pickingill Papers should be taken as a novel. Beyond that, they represent a complete fabrication. Huson is a more interesting figure. "Mastering Witchcraft" has some good bits and some very funny bits, although he has yet to assert to me (unlike Jackson) that I should be called a "Gabelreiterin" rather than, say, a "Gabelritter." His "Devil's Picture Book" deals with the Tarot as a Picturebook of Lore, a very useful concept indeed, and a very accurate one at that. I would couple him up with Crowley's Book of Thoth, actually, and consider that a good start into investigating Tarot as an magical resource - which it is. Huson also has some good ideas dealing with familiarizing yourself with the deck, I would suggest taking those and building upon them. Some ceremonial information is not a harmful thing, as the constructs of the Spiral Castle and the Cabalistic Tree of Life are derived from the same source. Celtic information that informs Traditional Witchcraft? The Llyfr Taliesin? (Source of the only extant poetic description of the Spiral Castle) The Imran Bran and The Cath Magd Tuirread are all good places to start. I recommend getting hold of Will Parker's "Four Branches of the Mabinogi" when it comes out later this month as well as the new Sioned Davies translation. ALso of use is Ross Nichol's Book of Druidry, although one does have to sift the universalist leanings and extraneous additions, there is some good stuff in there. You might also give "Celtic Mythology" by Pronsias Mac Cana a looking through.
So, woher in Deutschland wohnst du? Ich war vier Jahre in Heidelberg und Mannheim, und die Familie meine Mutters, kommen aus Eisenach.
Ich lebe 25 km westlich von Mannheim in der Nähe von Neustadt a.d. Wstr. I'll look for the recommended books in the next month. Although I don't have any connection to Tarot as such. I thought Traditional Witchcraft is about to be connected with your ancestors and the land around you, where you've been born?
That's a start, although in Witchcraft terms, you may be startled to find who your ancenstors are. The land you're born in is one clue, although not the only one and your roots may run differently than you expect. Traditional Witchcraft was described by Robert Cochrane accurately as "A Mystery Tradition and an Occult Science." I agree with this definition quite wholeheartedly. At its very root, it is quite shamanistic (for lack of a better generic term, a better way of saying this is that it involves the cross-working of Seidr and Galdr with other elements and influences) and a potent occult science grown from these roots. It all sounds very grandiose, and to work through it is all very gruelling. Ultimately it involves casting off the fetters of Fate, invoking Consequence and ultimately wrestling with Wyrd.
The Tarot is the Witches' Picture Book. How do you suppose you connect> Through the door/threshold provided by the Tales and Ballads. Where might the keys for these also be preserved? In the Tarot. A properly executed Tarot is a treasure trove for those who understand its language. For someone who understands the pack for what it is, there is no question in Traditional Witchcraft that cannot be answered using the Tarot to illustrate the needed keys and sequences. For the hopelessly literal minded - it's a muddle of pictures and small booklets *S*
The Pickingill Papers should be taken as a novel. Beyond that, they represent a complete fabrication.
Huson is a more interesting figure. "Mastering Witchcraft" has some good bits and some very funny bits, although he has yet to assert to me (unlike Jackson) that I should be called a "Gabelreiterin" rather than, say, a "Gabelritter." His "Devil's Picture Book" deals with the Tarot as a Picturebook of Lore, a very useful concept indeed, and a very accurate one at that. I would couple him up with Crowley's Book of Thoth, actually, and consider that a good start into investigating Tarot as an magical resource - which it is. Huson also has some good ideas dealing with familiarizing yourself with the deck, I would suggest taking those and building upon them.
Some ceremonial information is not a harmful thing, as the constructs of the Spiral Castle and the Cabalistic Tree of Life are derived from the same source.
Celtic information that informs Traditional Witchcraft? The Llyfr Taliesin? (Source of the only extant poetic description of the Spiral Castle) The Imran Bran and The Cath Magd Tuirread are all good places to start. I recommend getting hold of Will Parker's "Four Branches of the Mabinogi" when it comes out later this month as well as the new Sioned Davies translation. ALso of use is Ross Nichol's Book of Druidry, although one does have to sift the universalist leanings and extraneous additions, there is some good stuff in there. You might also give "Celtic Mythology" by Pronsias Mac Cana a looking through.
So, woher in Deutschland wohnst du? Ich war vier Jahre in Heidelberg und Mannheim, und die Familie meine Mutters, kommen aus Eisenach.
FFF,
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I'll look for the recommended books in the next month. Although I don't have any connection to Tarot as such.
I thought Traditional Witchcraft is about to be connected with your ancestors and the land around you, where you've been born?
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Traditional Witchcraft was described by Robert Cochrane accurately as "A Mystery Tradition and an Occult Science." I agree with this definition quite wholeheartedly. At its very root, it is quite shamanistic (for lack of a better generic term, a better way of saying this is that it involves the cross-working of Seidr and Galdr with other elements and influences) and a potent occult science grown from these roots. It all sounds very grandiose, and to work through it is all very gruelling.
Ultimately it involves casting off the fetters of Fate, invoking Consequence and ultimately wrestling with Wyrd.
Trystn
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