Diana
ihcoyc, concerning recommendations for books:
I cannot recommend too highly Edmond Delcamp's book called "Le Tarot initiatique symbolique et ésotérique." It is based however on Oswald Wirth's deck (22 Major Arcana), not the Tarot of Marseilles. It is a chef d'oeuvre.
I think, along with "Meditations on the Tarot" by Anonymous, as well as Wirth's own book "Le Imagiers du Moyen Âge", I rank it amongst the finest Tarot books that have ever been written. It is no matter that it does not base itself on the Tarot of Marseilles. It goes beyond mere images and touches on the Tarot itself.
It was first published in 1972, and I noticed in the bookshop up in town today that it is still being published. Not bad for a book which is aimed at such a specific and not widely-read subject.
I cannot recommend too highly Edmond Delcamp's book called "Le Tarot initiatique symbolique et ésotérique." It is based however on Oswald Wirth's deck (22 Major Arcana), not the Tarot of Marseilles. It is a chef d'oeuvre.
I think, along with "Meditations on the Tarot" by Anonymous, as well as Wirth's own book "Le Imagiers du Moyen Âge", I rank it amongst the finest Tarot books that have ever been written. It is no matter that it does not base itself on the Tarot of Marseilles. It goes beyond mere images and touches on the Tarot itself.
It was first published in 1972, and I noticed in the bookshop up in town today that it is still being published. Not bad for a book which is aimed at such a specific and not widely-read subject.