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Other then PKT by Waite what other books would you recomend to understand the symbols and imagery on the RWS?
I second that recommendation. Also, Rachel Pollock's "Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom" is a generally well-regarded classic, although I believe that Place stays closer to the symbolism actually intended by A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith.cardlady22 said:http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=109788
Place's book, for one!
Thanks for this suggestion. Is there an equivalent book for the Minors?Teheuti said:To understand the Major Arcana, the best source IMHO is Paul Foster Case's Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages.
teomat said:Thanks for this suggestion. Is there an equivalent book for the Minors?
Thanks for the book suggestions - I'll have a look.fyreflye said:As for the question of what Waite actually meant to convey by the symbols, it's my understanding that Waite, like PF Case and other kabbalists, was interested primarily in the Major Arcana and left it up to Pixie to design the minors. His own contributions to the description of the minors in his book sometimes seem to be describing a card other than the one we see illustrated.
BTW, why do you assume that Waite understood anything about the tarot? He was a hack journalist.
I have 78DW and I did enjoy the first few chapters.thorhammer said:I second the 78 Degrees suggestion. That book taught me a great deal about the RW deck, and seems to take quite a moderate middle line between dry scholarly and airy-fairy-New-Agey intuitive.
PKT is really great for firelighters.
\m/ Kat