Barleywine
I just rediscovered on my bookshelf The Dictionary of the Tarot by Bill Butler from 1975 (Schocken Books, NYC). It's basically a roll-up of what I would call "capsule interpretations" from a host of tarot sources, a few of which I'm unfamiliar with: Case, "Christian" (especially unfamiliar with that one ), Crowley, Douglas, Gray, "G. Dawn," Grimaud, Huson, Kahn, Kaplan, Knight, Lind, Mathers, Mayananda, Papus, Sadhu, Thierens, Ussher, Waite and Butler's own "suggested" meanings. In addition, it has written comparisons of the various designs of decks available at that time, and a few b&w illustrations. Kind of an interesting New Age artifact with good intentions.
Looks like Butler had a lot of books and did a lot of reading to put this together. I will be dipping into it to see how it squares with current thinking. (Oh, and the title of this thread is ironic; I don't believe there is such a convenient all-in-one source book anywhere in the tarot literature. If there's something even close, I'd love to know about it.)
Looks like Butler had a lot of books and did a lot of reading to put this together. I will be dipping into it to see how it squares with current thinking. (Oh, and the title of this thread is ironic; I don't believe there is such a convenient all-in-one source book anywhere in the tarot literature. If there's something even close, I'd love to know about it.)