On another forum there was an overload of Qabalistic symbolisim running around the place (a bit too much for somes liking) and it had presented me to question it as a system and all systems in generally.
What I feel I know is that Symbol-Systems are "languages". They are for the most part culture-dependant and the symbols are not what the symbol represents.
By Cultural dependant, I mean that only those of that culture will speak only that language as their mainstream (Theres always exceptions though of course).
I'm really wondering what Symbol-Systems are used for in relation to magick, would it not be best to develop your own personal system? or is it supposed to be used as a language to help teach ideas?
I guess I'm looking for the various uses of symbol systems, subjective and or objective and the Pros/Cons that lie inherently in Symbol-Systems.