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Topic: The Fool in Shinto mythology? (Read 2052 times)
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RChMI
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What are these strange words: mythosophic and astrosophic  I can't find them in my dictionary. Are they coined and used in context All very interesting. David is the active aspect of Mythosophy which refers to the Wisdom of Myths. Astrosophic is the active aspect of Astrosophy which refers to the Wisdom of the Stars. There are many different types of dictionaries available that cover specific aspects and/or niche categories of thought. Metaphysical and Theological dictionaries or encyclopedias should be sought out when dealing with psycho-spiritual matters, in order to aid oneself to a better appreciation of understanding of Esoteric, Mystic, and Occult meanings and terms. |
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David
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What are these strange words: mythosophic and astrosophic I can't find them in my dictionary. Are they coined and used in context All very interesting. David |
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Ferol Humphrey
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Hi Wald, I wish I hadn't missed your post so long ago~ Good point~ And thanks for explaining that RChMI, it is more clear now how you arrived at the correspondence. Although I stil have no idea what your "scopics" are all about...that is some pretty obscure language for most of us, I am afraid. I am glad that YOU understand it!  |
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mystictree
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I agree, the fool is an intensely personal thing. For me, he is the feeling I get the day before starting a new course (class) or when I hold a new book. That magical moment just before I open the cover and begin to read. It's that moment when I can imagine all the possible things the book will teach me, but really don't know exactly what lays in store.
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RChMI
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RC, I know where you are going with this, but I just have a hard time thinking of the Fool with his wistful setting-forth as this bull-killing guy with the dog jumping. Oh, now, I don't mean to be difficult, it's just that it is a hard image for me. The tones feel so very different somehow, the bull-slayer and the Fool of the Rider deck. I know, I know, but still....
The imagery of the Tauroctony is astrosophic in nature, and is all about the sacrificing of the ego within each of us. This is exactly what the Rider Fool represents with its imagery, which has become mythosophic in its nature but still retains element of that astrosophic nature. One might say that the bull slayed by Mithras has become the leather purse of the Fool and contains the emotional baggage of the ego within it. The Rider Fool embues the quality of innocence that comes from purity of essence, rather than a quality of innocence that comes from ignorance. The sacrifice that the Fool undergoes by waking off into the abyss is the same as that of the slaying of the Bull by Mithras. It is the aspect of dying to oneself and the resurrection of one's Self. The Rider Fool merely makes that statement in the literary/mythic imagery of Parzival. |
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Ferol Humphrey
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Hi Csaba!
I liked your story. It also made me think of Lakshmi in Hindu stories, who stands holding a lotus in her hand, but Lakshmi does not remind me of our Fool.
RC, I know where you are going with this, but I just have a hard time thinking of the Fool with his wistful setting-forth as this bull-killing guy with the dog jumping. Oh, now, I don't mean to be difficult, it's just that it is a hard image for me. The tones feel so very different somehow, the bull-slayer and the Fool of the Rider deck. I know, I know, but still....
I like this Shinto story you told us, Csaba.
See you later, I hope!
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Csaba
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Dear masters and fellow students of the Tarot! I have come across this picture in January, and I thought I'd share it with you for your reflection.
There is a remarkable similarity between The Fool's (Rider-Waite) image and story and image of Ama no Uzume, sister of Japanese goddess Amaterasu depicted in the centre of a XIX. century tryptich. You can find the picture by copying this on the address bar:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Amaterasu_cave.JPG
1. According to the myth, Uzume made the Japanese pantheon laugh with her foolish dance. 2. The laughter aroused the sun-goddess, Amaterasu's curiousity, and coming from the cave where she had been hiding, she brightened the days of humankind. 3. Uzume stands on her right foot. 4. she holds a flower in her one outstretched hand 5. and a stick in the other, laying in on her shoulder. 6. There is an animal by her feet, a cock, indicating dawn.
Bright blessings, Csaba
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