Is autism the basis for the Jungian archetype Wise-Fool?

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You needn't alert us, as you are in good company with your intensity of obsession. I also am very much into what could be called esoterica, or maybe occult. I just don't usually buy into the whole psychic powers/crystals/magick spells thing. I'm more into the quantum physics/kybalion/all in the all/great I AM type of thing, with some secret society conspiracy speculation thrown in for good measure.

I was considering getting the companion book for my deck (I guess it might have originally come with said book, but I bought the deck used. I prefer it that way, I think a brand new deck wouldn't be as 'seasoned' so to speak. An inexperienced deck and an inexperienced reader? I don't think that would work too well.)

I have the Aquarian Tarot by David Palladini. I love the pictures, too, and the cards are slightly worn, I think this endows them with some power, like the Velveteen Rabbit.

Well...I agree you'll get better results with a well-worn (not abused) deck, but personally, I wouldn't want one someone else has handled a lot. I let subjects cut the deck when I read for them, but I do the shuffling while they talk.

There's an old tradition that a fresh deck should go under your pillow for awhile, apparently to absorb the vibes from your subconscious. Whether there's any actual benefit from that, it can't hurt anything to try it.

Use whichever deck you're comfortable with, I've tried several (impulsive collecting). I'm partial to either the Rider-Waite deck out of sheer tradition, or Crowley's Thoth deck, which are beautiful, but the symbology is somewhat less apparent. Ultimately it's Crowley's that I default to most often, though I have a virtual tarot deck on my desktop and it's Rider-Waite.

The best field guide I ever used (took awhile to find it again, I had to repair the worn binding with masking tape, so didn't see it on the shelf) is The Tarot Revealed by Edin Gray which is still in print and available through Amazon. It's a great quick reference as you're learning, (using the Rider-Waite art) simple and accurate.

After awhile though, force yourself to put it aside and go with your gut. The book definitions are just encapsulized shorthand. They tell you as much about the real message being presented as the blurbs on the back of a novel tell you about the plot inside.

Once you're comfortable with that shorthand, it's time to let go and give yourself credit for knowing more than you may feel you do. What will surprise you is how often you'll tell someone what you think the cards are showing you and hear the subject exclaim "Oh my God! How did you KNOW that?"

And keep in mind - I always stress this to people who beg for a reading, thinking they're somehow going to get a magic-bullet answer to all life's problems - all the cards can ever give you is a snapshot of a moment in time - this moment. And as for that baby-mama-drama you're so preoccupied with? There may be more important things in your life right now that you're unaware of because you're distracted by that Jerry Springer nonsense.

As we all know, reality changes from minute to minute. The best you can expect from a divinatory tool is a big-picture look at what's LIKELY to happen in the short term, AS THINGS STAND AT THIS MOMENT. Tomorrow, as Scarlett O'Hara says, is anotha day. There are no guarantees. The space-time continuum is too fluid for that.

Good luck and happy shufflin'!

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All due apologies.

Anyone know in which books Jung spoke about this Archetype? It would be very helpful for my current research.

I like Man and His Symbols by Jung a lot. The Trickster is mentioned in there. It's such an important archetype. Mentioned in very many places. I just found out that there's even a book called The Trickster (Radin, P., 1956, with an introduction by Jung).