Tarot and the flat earth society 1

1st Jun 2009

Hello lovely people

Imagine this:  It is the year 1492.  You are Christopher Columbus and you have just discovered that when you stand on the beach, you can see waves, but when you stand on a cliff you can see the ocean but no waves.  Did the waves disappear?  No, of course not.  You simply changed your vantage point and that made you see a lot more.

This got you thinking.  You noticed that when you approach a blind hill, it looks like the top of the hill is the end of the earth.  But when you get to the top of the hill, you discover that the road continues into the horizon.  This makes you feel really brave.  You continue to walk, expecting to reach the end of the earth any day.  But the road ends on another beach.

Now you are really curious.  You build yourself a nice big boat, and you decide to sail on the sea until you either reach land or fall off the earth.  A few months later you return triumphantly and tell people about the land you discovered.  You even show them specimens of the strange fruit and animals you discovered on this distant land.

You do notice that people are initially in awe of what you tell them, but then they start to avoid you.  When you go to town, they cross the street so as not to bump into you.  When you want to visit them, you hear them tell their children to tell you they are not at home.

All this is a bit confusing, but you know your facts and nothing can change that.  You have discovered that the earth is round and not flat.

Then you meet a new friend called Maggelan.  He listens carefully to your tales and takes you seriously.  He even goes a step further.  He sails away, vowing to keep sailing in the same direction until he returns to the point of departure.

Meanwhile you have received some warnings from the church to stop spreading false dogma.  You decide to keep a low profile until Magellan returns – and you wonder whether you will ever see him again.

Then, three years later, when your neighbours are talking to you again and the church is happy that you have stopped being a troublemaker, Magellan returns.  He confirms your story that the earth is round.

Of course this makes you very happy, and you want to shout your discovery out to the world.  You do notice the church men huddling nearby, but you are not so elated that you completely ignore them.

You hear some snippets of their conversation: “ . . .  keep quiet . . . Ptolomy . . .  that heretic Pythagoras . . must get fear back . . cannot have this . . . “

To be continued.
Please leave a comment if you feel inspired.

Love and Light
Elsabe

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