For those of you who have read it, is it recommended? The Archetype study guide on the web is nice, with the general meaning of each image able to be studied, but I'm thinking it would be nice to have the original clearer images. Some of the details are drowned out. Those that aren't aware, the images the group used when speaking to Ra came from this set. http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Tarot-Broth...526&sr=1-2
I'm thinking it might also be useful to read the Serpent in the Sky for an understanding of Egyptian symbolism http://www.amazon.com/Serpent-Sky-Wisdom...5BQKMX49I9
Any general comments on Egyptian feline symbolism, its intended meaning..especially in terms of what they guard? From what I've read Egyptians considered them seers (the ability to find their way through the darkness), their usefulness in capturing mice/snakes, and the protective nature of the lion. It seems there are relationships to the unconscious, intuition, and female principles.
So for instance, in the Experience of Body, I see the lion with its mouth open (as if some kind of snarling gesture) possibly representing the body turning on one's self, representing the conflict/experience that occurs in the body or the natural instinct of repulsion when confronting unconscious aspects of the self. When we reject or hold things back, this would be reflected as poor health or physical problems. Or the lion is opening its mouth to be fed, in which this would represent the illusory stimulating conscious desires (which may be driven by unconscious activity), and our tendency to succumb to or feed our emotional desires and intuitive notions, in essence being led around by them. The female in the picture closing the mouth would represent the necessity of not letting our intuitions and "conscious" desires run wild, in an attempt to be more balanced and perhaps recognize the unconscious activity taking place.
I'm thinking it might also be useful to read the Serpent in the Sky for an understanding of Egyptian symbolism http://www.amazon.com/Serpent-Sky-Wisdom...5BQKMX49I9
Any general comments on Egyptian feline symbolism, its intended meaning..especially in terms of what they guard? From what I've read Egyptians considered them seers (the ability to find their way through the darkness), their usefulness in capturing mice/snakes, and the protective nature of the lion. It seems there are relationships to the unconscious, intuition, and female principles.
So for instance, in the Experience of Body, I see the lion with its mouth open (as if some kind of snarling gesture) possibly representing the body turning on one's self, representing the conflict/experience that occurs in the body or the natural instinct of repulsion when confronting unconscious aspects of the self. When we reject or hold things back, this would be reflected as poor health or physical problems. Or the lion is opening its mouth to be fed, in which this would represent the illusory stimulating conscious desires (which may be driven by unconscious activity), and our tendency to succumb to or feed our emotional desires and intuitive notions, in essence being led around by them. The female in the picture closing the mouth would represent the necessity of not letting our intuitions and "conscious" desires run wild, in an attempt to be more balanced and perhaps recognize the unconscious activity taking place.