Rosanne
Posted: 15 Aug 2023, 17:24
For those who remember her from AT and here - MollyCat just posted: (reposting with permission !)
People in this forum who were members of Aeclectic in the early 2000s might remember Rosanne.
By chance, I discovered today that Rosanne died in this life on 15 May 2021. She was 72.
She was a very kind, funny and artistic New Zealander who discovered Tarot almost alone and became hugely knowledgeable
about it. She had a particular interest in early European decks, and I think she may have even designed a deck of her own.
She was a loved and significant figure at ATF and in Tarot Perspectives, another forum established around 2006/7. I met her at the Tarot
Conference in Melbourne in 2005. In person, she was a warm and delightful character.
Looking through some of her old ATF posts, I found this one which was so typical of her contributions to all of us at ATF in those times.
Someone had asked how to use cards in meditation.
"I have two ways of meditating upon a card
1st way is to put the card at eye height and slowly imagine yourself stepping into the card as if through a doorway. Then close your eyes, and with your mental eye look around- ask some mental questions if you like. If the image starts to fade, open your eyes and look at the card again, and re-set yourself inside the card. Listen to any sounds you hear for example the dog barking etc. Ten minutes is usually my limit- but time passes fast.
2nd Way is to read out aloud a poem or some paragraph slowly. Loud enough for your ears to hear yourself speak. When you have finished reading-close your eyes and think about what you have heard by reading and allow images to come to mind. If for example the colour yellow comes up and you find your minds eye at, say the beach and no Fool is there- that is OK just go with the images that come to you.
Here is a prayer on the Fool- the guided visualisation is far too long for me to type.
The Fools Invocation
I am a ray of light in search of myself...
My head aloft, I wander the Earth, a Fool.
I chose to come here-
in a timeless moment of forgetfulness,
I must refine my vision as I walk this path of return.
But the precipice yawns before me
I can fall into this gaping chasm.....
but I know that thy hand will steady me.
May I always remember my Divine origin,
A pure spirit, forged in the holy fire:
poised, vigilant, awake-
I am now ready to overcome obstacles
that are there before me.
I hope you find what you want!~Rosanne
People in this forum who were members of Aeclectic in the early 2000s might remember Rosanne.
By chance, I discovered today that Rosanne died in this life on 15 May 2021. She was 72.
She was a very kind, funny and artistic New Zealander who discovered Tarot almost alone and became hugely knowledgeable
about it. She had a particular interest in early European decks, and I think she may have even designed a deck of her own.
She was a loved and significant figure at ATF and in Tarot Perspectives, another forum established around 2006/7. I met her at the Tarot
Conference in Melbourne in 2005. In person, she was a warm and delightful character.
Looking through some of her old ATF posts, I found this one which was so typical of her contributions to all of us at ATF in those times.
Someone had asked how to use cards in meditation.
"I have two ways of meditating upon a card
1st way is to put the card at eye height and slowly imagine yourself stepping into the card as if through a doorway. Then close your eyes, and with your mental eye look around- ask some mental questions if you like. If the image starts to fade, open your eyes and look at the card again, and re-set yourself inside the card. Listen to any sounds you hear for example the dog barking etc. Ten minutes is usually my limit- but time passes fast.
2nd Way is to read out aloud a poem or some paragraph slowly. Loud enough for your ears to hear yourself speak. When you have finished reading-close your eyes and think about what you have heard by reading and allow images to come to mind. If for example the colour yellow comes up and you find your minds eye at, say the beach and no Fool is there- that is OK just go with the images that come to you.
Here is a prayer on the Fool- the guided visualisation is far too long for me to type.
The Fools Invocation
I am a ray of light in search of myself...
My head aloft, I wander the Earth, a Fool.
I chose to come here-
in a timeless moment of forgetfulness,
I must refine my vision as I walk this path of return.
But the precipice yawns before me
I can fall into this gaping chasm.....
but I know that thy hand will steady me.
May I always remember my Divine origin,
A pure spirit, forged in the holy fire:
poised, vigilant, awake-
I am now ready to overcome obstacles
that are there before me.
I hope you find what you want!~Rosanne