What Does it Mean to be an Initiated Practicioner of Tarot?
What does it mean to be an initiated practitioner of the arts of tarot?
It means that I have studied the science of the cards, astrology and
magick under the guidance of an ancient tradition of teachers and
students that goes back into the ages. It means that I do not claim to
be a "natural born clairvoyant" or "third generation" anything. No one
is born a psychic any more so than the rest of the mammalian population
on this planet - some just learn to use it, and come to a place in
their mastery where they can learn to trust it. This is done in much
the same way one may choose to learn to be a musician or a master
craftsman of pottery. First, there is the science.
Some people pick up on things much more quickly in life than others.
This is true. But even the greatest guitarists like Jimmy Page or Eric
Clapton went to art school to learn the science of aesthetics. Even
those guitarists who do not read sheet music and learn by ear have
taken to greater masters than them for an education. Great sculptors,
painters, and poets all learn in the end that there is a need for the
science behind their art. A sonnet is a sonnet unless it is an ode,
there are no two ways about it. A sonnet is not an ode, and vice versa.
To be an initiated practitioner means to have received a direct
education from others who have had a greater amount of education and
experience - and this is wisdom.
You have sought me and found me because tarot is not a game of luck, it
is a science of connections. If it weren't, I might as well tear up
magazine pages, through them in the air and then read your "fortune"
from them. No, instead, you have sought an understanding of the weather
patterns around you. You want to forecast the trends that have already
begun to take place for you. You want someone with experience and
consistent degrees of foresight about the human experience in ways that
sometimes only the tarot can provide to you.
Please do not call on me to predict your daydreams for you. Please to
do not seek me to discover things that are none of your business. Do
come to me if you truly need answers and want to know where the safest
and surest way for your success lies. Do call me if you want the truth
and are ready for the truth.