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Originally Posted by dorothy hanna  For those who are aware of the secret, the history of organized religion shows that it quite deliberatly sought to suppress the secret. Those involved sought to hide, and coveted the secret for themselves. This secret is what Jesus taught.
They enslaved people to ignorance, and misinformation, and placed themselves betweeb people, and their creative power, by telling them horror stories, making them fearful of demonic poseesion, hell fire damnation etc...
In other ways, warning people to not waste their time on things that are fruitless, time wasting, money wasting etc...due to ignorance, and superstition isn't a bad thing. But, the Church, and many others capitalized on peoples ignorance, and desperation, and fear. Jesus sought to set people free of this, and was killed for it. |
If by "The Secret" you mean intention manifestation and the like well the Tarot is a symbolic "how to" manual for just that... and more. The angels on the cards are actually the holy archangels Ariel, Gabriel, Michael and Raphael. One of the cards now known as The Heirophant has been known as The Pope.
The symbolism itself agrees with the bible, but not
church doctrine.
Any path of self knowledge is a threat to established religious doctrine.
Fortune tellers aren't all sweetness and light either, within such communities plenty of stories abound of occult gurus who abuse their disciples. IMO divination can only tell u where u are and where u might be if the current course continues. Tarot can be put to use in better ways
I guess the devil is the sticking point with occult stuff. Christianity believes the big bad one is the source of occult forces and he's evil itself, so occult is evil. Funny really, in the Tarot the devil is the
force that binds you, but ultimately the
force that sets you free.