rota
Hi, All --
Just wanted to give this book a great big thumbs-up. This book and its companion 'The Eastern Mysteries" are my current favorites for study. These volumes are mostly about how various alphabets around the world are related to each other (which makes for fascinating reading. ... at least *I* think so), but the reason I'm listing it here is for the 150 or so pages given over to the Tarot. These few pages include much information about the origins and meanings of the various Tarot streams we now have. Remarkably free of personal ego and bombast, this scholarly-but-readable book tabulates in understandable fashion the history and attributes of the various main decks. Fans of the Marseilles, the RWS, the BOTA and the Thoth can each read this and not feel slighted. In particular, read this for an explication of the planetary/astrological/Qabalistic correspondences to the Major Arcana. At $30- in paperback, this volume isn't cheap, but it's well worth the cost.
A quick overview by the publisher here:
http://www.llewellyn.com/bookstore/book.php?pn=K429
cheaper here:
http://www.buy.com/techtv/retail/product.asp?sku=30555384
and here:
http://enotalone.com/books/ASIN/1567184294.html
Just wanted to give this book a great big thumbs-up. This book and its companion 'The Eastern Mysteries" are my current favorites for study. These volumes are mostly about how various alphabets around the world are related to each other (which makes for fascinating reading. ... at least *I* think so), but the reason I'm listing it here is for the 150 or so pages given over to the Tarot. These few pages include much information about the origins and meanings of the various Tarot streams we now have. Remarkably free of personal ego and bombast, this scholarly-but-readable book tabulates in understandable fashion the history and attributes of the various main decks. Fans of the Marseilles, the RWS, the BOTA and the Thoth can each read this and not feel slighted. In particular, read this for an explication of the planetary/astrological/Qabalistic correspondences to the Major Arcana. At $30- in paperback, this volume isn't cheap, but it's well worth the cost.
A quick overview by the publisher here:
http://www.llewellyn.com/bookstore/book.php?pn=K429
cheaper here:
http://www.buy.com/techtv/retail/product.asp?sku=30555384
and here:
http://enotalone.com/books/ASIN/1567184294.html