posted October 07, 2003 08:32 PM              

go to the thread titled "For all who love Tarot" The person posts a site to aclectic tarot.. go under C and its about 7 entries down. They are very pretty cards, I just have a lingering bad vibe about them from the person who introduced me to them. He was one of the few souls I have met who purposely dabbled in black arts. Its just my hang up.. if I still used square cards I would probably really want that deck.

posted October 07, 2003 08:51 PM            

That surprises me too Besides the Rider deck which attracted me, I`ve only seen one other with faeries that that I felt warm to.

posted October 27, 2003 11:17 AM            

You are right and I agree with your statement The power does not come from the cards, it comes from YOU!. If the deck doesn`t 'feel' right to me the power isn`t there to work with.

I don`t view it as evil or necessarly dark; a little too dramatic for me .

juniperb

posted October 27, 2003 05:40 PM            

juniperb

posted October 28, 2003 12:26 AM              

"I have had plenty experiences with "vampires" and plenty of time with the dark.....please don't tell me I don't understand."

You don't understand.

Motherkonfessor:
" was a "donor" for my ex-fiancee and and quite familiar with the world you may be involved in. 99.9% of these "vampires" are silly children who have no idea what they are doing."

This is false. You are stereotyping here. The only Vamps you probably were exposed to were the immature suburban kids who don't have a clue. Which is usually the case when suburban kids want to follow what the urban people are doing. Where I'm from (NYC),there is a huge Vampire community here. The REAL Vamp scene is underground and 21 and over! No children are allowed to our events. This is a grown up Vampire society and our gatherings consist of music, culture(theater, dance, poetry, ritual)and socializing with like minded mature adults. We DO NOT advocate irresponsibilty, hurting people or exploiting our feeding practices. This is something private and sacred. There are some young kids where I'm from that try to follow and don't have a clue, but they are very insignificant in the scene and in our circle to even bother talking about. They are in the streets acting like fools giving Vampirism a bad name. They are not in our nightclubs or social gatherings.

Motherkonfessor:
"I merely expressed an opinion that yes, marketing exists in even the "mystical" world and these cards fill a niche."

So does every other Tarot deck.

Motherkonfessor:
"I take great issue with people who use their personal power as a tool to make those who are once-born (so to speak) submit to their will..aka psychic vampirism."

Manipulating with your will...manipulating with your words and actions...what's the difference?? It sickens me how so many people are against using magic for "selfish purposes"(what act of magic isn't?)but they go around manipulating others with thier words or actions and think it's ok because "magic" wasn't used. We are all psychic vampires in a sense. We all take in each others positive or negative energy every day. Intentionally or unintentionally. As long as you're not hurting anyone, and the donor was willing, what's the harm in it?

Motherkonfessor:
"That activity is an abuse of natural law and remember.. it will be visited back to you..
Karma works its will regardless if one's actions are accidental..or even willingly done."

That is your opinion. Karma has never been proven to exist. It's just a spiritual belief to explain why things happen. I have never had anything "backfire" on me.

Motherkonfessor:
"And yes, I do believe that deck is pretty...but beauty does not equal goodness, nor harmlessness."

It's just a deck of cards, they won't bite.

posted October 28, 2003 01:56 AM              

You just proved my point.

To repeat, since you may have reiterated my entire post, but not actually read it.. I was making a statement on marketing. That's it. Yes, role-playing games are so very adult and urban. My use of the word "children" was a metaphor. Shall I define that for you?

Defensive much?

posted October 28, 2003 02:45 AM              

I didn't attack you. You're the one who got your panties all in a bunch. You started critizing and stereotyping a scene that you know nothing about.

"To repeat, since you may have reiterated my entire post, but not actually read it.. I was making a statement on marketing. That's it."

I quoted everything you said, read it again. Your argument is flawed.

"Yes, role-playing games are so very adult and urban. My use of the word "children" was a metaphor. Shall I define that for you?"

Who said anything about role-playing games? That is not what we do. I don't have to pretend to be someone else, I like who I am. If I was to create a charactor in a role-playing game that charactor would be me! I love my life. I see no need or fulfillment in such things. I find them just as silly as you do.

"Defensive much?"

posted October 28, 2003 03:43 AM            

Ladies, please... let us agree to disagree and be done with the accusations and counter-attacks, or whatever you choose to label them.

Succubus, MotherK has been involved in the scene by her own admission, and as such has a right to express her opinions. I do not believe that anything I read could be considered an attack on you.

This forum is not intended for philosophical discussions of the merits and/or disadvantages of a Vampiric lifestyle, and I would like to please ask for a cease-fire.

Let us agree to disagree, and if you feel that you must needs defend your lifestyle, I would ask you to do so in the Free For All Forum, which is much better suited to that sort of discussion.

The original topic here was the Vampire Tarot, and not a discussion of the validity of the Vampire lifestyle. I believe that all opinions have been logged, and I kindly request that this discussion be shelved at least so far as this forum goes.

Again, I do not see any attacks toward you by MotherK, and I think that you may be taking something personally that was not meant to be taken in such a fashion.

Thank you for your cooperation.

In the Light...
A

posted December 25, 2010 05:00 PM            

I like them. They're very interesting.