When we start on our paths (whether it be a Spiritual path, or a new project in life) we know nothing, we have experienced nothing. We are completely innocent and with blind trust and out of sheer ignorance we tend to throw all caution to the wind, and we often get hurt as a result. Certainly this is the essence of foolishness. The “Foolish Fool”.  But each time we fall we get up and become a little wiser. According to the wisdom of the Tarot “The Fool” passes through 22 steps of spiritual development.  As evolving “fools” we learn to become cautious. We learn about the world, about Spirit, about Love, about creation, about destruction, about intuition and about the universe, but when we reach the end of that journey fully developed we arrive right back at the place we started, at the place of The Fool.  Only now we are “The Wise Fool”. Continue reading →