mythos
I picked up my copy of The Story of the Waite-Smith Tarot at Tarot Cafe here in Melbourne on Saturday. I powered through it and finished reading it Sunday evening.
Even if you are not a Waite-Smith fan, it is so readable and so worth getting a hold of. AND ... drum roll ... it has a Foreword by our very own jmd.
I learnt much that I hadn't previously known, not just about the main figures, but their history with the Golden Dawn, information on the changes made in sequence - Justice-Strength, the placement of the Fool, the ideas behind their version of the Sun and the Lovers; some 'facts' which turn out to be myths ... the printing processes; comparisons of the various versions; the decks that have followed (or just plain stolen) the pattern. There are heaps of great photos as well.
K. Frank Jensen writes in an easy style and obviously is passionate and highly knowledgeable about his subject. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Go on ... get a copy ... I dare you
mythos
Even if you are not a Waite-Smith fan, it is so readable and so worth getting a hold of. AND ... drum roll ... it has a Foreword by our very own jmd.
I learnt much that I hadn't previously known, not just about the main figures, but their history with the Golden Dawn, information on the changes made in sequence - Justice-Strength, the placement of the Fool, the ideas behind their version of the Sun and the Lovers; some 'facts' which turn out to be myths ... the printing processes; comparisons of the various versions; the decks that have followed (or just plain stolen) the pattern. There are heaps of great photos as well.
K. Frank Jensen writes in an easy style and obviously is passionate and highly knowledgeable about his subject. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Go on ... get a copy ... I dare you
mythos