An Introduction to the Tarot as taught by Ra

[kenney]

If i may add, from my perspective having graduated from the Church of Light and having mastered their way before moving on.

Studying the tarot as it is presented by Zain may be the single MOST (and i can not emphasize this enough) MOST worthwhile en devour anyone can take if they are attempting to unravel the Ra books for their own personal development. I found them (by then the Church of Light of course) in the late nineties, when I told Carla how lonely I was and I had reached my limit of learning alone, it was her suggestion. As an aside back then the only way I could get the Ra books was to write to L&L a letter and request a book, so I ended up sending a doantion with these big long letters telling why I was always loosing the first book giving it away to people hoping to make a friend to study with.

out of fear of becoming part of some crazy cult...i waited about 15 years to take her advice  

The following list are things that popped into my mind as I read all of the previous posts in this thread.

• C.C. Zain is Elbert Benjamin who along with George Llewellyn ( of Llewellyn publishing of course) would become the GIANTS of western astrology these two men and the small group around them would re-created astrology to encompass the discovery of the new planets. What we consider western modern astrology today was put in order by these two men, their friends, and their students.
  
  
•  study the cards singularly, as pairs, as trinities, as groups of seven, and cycles of nine. Investigate the alchemic use of the triangle, interlocked triangles (septenary), and the enneagram always placing the cards at each node/vertex point. Their interactions become apparent this way.
  
  
• By studying ALL of the tarot as it is set forth in the Brotherhood of Light course you learn a taste of Astrology, Kabbalah, Alchemy and Tarot. Passing all of the courses you will have mastered astrology and alchemy and tarot. Kabbalah is a totally different beast all together though it is discussed at length.
  
  
• clinging to the classical names of the cards is a mistake, burn into your soul "matrix of the mind, potentiator of the mind, Gateway of the soul, etc.." in no time you easily translate "the chariot" to "gateway of the mind" for instance.
  
  
• study the source of the Egyptian tarot, the books of Levi, Christian, and Papus in particular hold many clues and contain images and descriptions that are actually more in tune at times with the Ra view than the deck L&L had.
  
  
• Don's questioning slant would lead one to believe initially that the minor arcana is of less value than the majors, this is untrue. The major arcana is older and with a different source but the minors are highly relevant to our studies here.