"Meditations on the Tarot" by Valentin Tomberg - Discussion
"Meditations on the Tarot" by Valentin Tomberg
Pål R, modified 7 Years ago at 2/26/17 8:53 PM
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"Meditations on the Tarot" by Valentin Tomberg
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Currently reading this interesting book. Has anyone else here read it?
If you have, do you think the process of "unification of intellegence and spontaneous wisdom"="attaining intuition" that he describes is identical to or related to the progress of insight?
Quote from the book:
At the beginning of this process intelligence and unconscious wisdom have so little in common that communica- ton between them is reduced almost entirely to dreams, i.e. to the state of consciousness where intelligence, although present, is most passive. Then this com- munication is extended to the waking state also. The language of communica- tion then becomes that of symbols, including those of the Tarot. Lastly, intelligence
and wisdom —no longer unconscious —arrive at such a degree of mutual com- prehension that they understand directly without the intermediary of dreams and symbols. It is only then that their union is achieved, i.e. that the state of con- sciousness that Bergson calls "intuition", and that Cabbalists identify with DAATH, is attained.
If you have, do you think the process of "unification of intellegence and spontaneous wisdom"="attaining intuition" that he describes is identical to or related to the progress of insight?
Quote from the book:
At the beginning of this process intelligence and unconscious wisdom have so little in common that communica- ton between them is reduced almost entirely to dreams, i.e. to the state of consciousness where intelligence, although present, is most passive. Then this com- munication is extended to the waking state also. The language of communica- tion then becomes that of symbols, including those of the Tarot. Lastly, intelligence
and wisdom —no longer unconscious —arrive at such a degree of mutual com- prehension that they understand directly without the intermediary of dreams and symbols. It is only then that their union is achieved, i.e. that the state of con- sciousness that Bergson calls "intuition", and that Cabbalists identify with DAATH, is attained.