The Suit of Cups

What a major undertaking the analysis of Aleister Crowley's Tarot is! I guess I knew this even when I summoned the audacity to start. Anyway, I've made a start on the Suit of Cups, whose root power is Alchemical Water. It's turning out to be much more complex that I anticipated, and my understanding of Crowley's constant dilemma becomes ever clearer - how to convey in terms comprehensible to the average student the meanings of symbols and structures whose nature morphs under every act of scrutiny and interaction?
It's actually quite like the lessons we learn in engineering and physics concerning non-linear systems. What we find in that domain is that we can NEVER get an answer for all possible situations that is consistent and predictable. We thus call these systems non-deterministic - that is to say that we haven't a clue what they'll do next! Furthermore, it's all but impossible to make these systems repeat their behaviour at any time because they are so sensitive to starting conditions that they diverge wildly from what we would expect them to do even if we are one part in a trillion out in the information we feed them under analysis. That's why we can't predict the weather, or repeat a snooker shot by the way. Anyway, if you're new here, have a look at our site and you'll easily find our Tarot Pages. Join us! Contribute! We'd love to hear from you.

Fraternally in Thelema,
Keith Rowley