Scarlet Imprint have a new book coming out. XVI refers to the Tower Major tarot card. The depiction of the lightning stuck tower signifies the destruction of a world view or idea, such as 9/11. I wrote a series of articles about experiences with the Tower card which demonstrated a totally different view. Continue reading
Given the iconic status of the Book of Thoth, it is amazing that it has taken so long for anyone to write a serious commentary. Rumours of the imminent publication of such a book by the O.T.O have been going on for years. Continue reading
In Kate Mosse’s latest book Sepulchre, tarot is central to the plot, so I decided to investigate. At the front of the book eight major arcana are illustrated (in English rather than the French titles for clarity):
I have only just come across Robert M. Place’s book on the history of tarot. It seems to be very good – at least that is what the enthusiastic reviews say. I did venture on to the tarot elists some years ago with a few comments on the history of Tarot, but it was very clear that everyone was better than me on the subject. Maybe this book will put me on the right track.
There were no plans for a Christmas wishlist – I think I am too old for that, but if somebody would like to have a word with Santa, now you know what would be appreciated.
First of all, this is not a tarot deck. Tarot decks have 78 cards: Major, Minor and Court cards. This has 89 cards that are reversible; that is to say, on one side are aspects of the Angelic Watchtower system, while the other side has a conglomeration of tattva and I Ching symbols. Confused? You bet!
I received The Grail Tarot in the post this morning, which was a nice surprise. John Matthews has long been associated with the Arthurian myths, so I suppose this unification with the Templars (the subtitle is ‘A Templar Vision’ ) is not surprising. Continue reading