Badly Written Tarot Book/Tarot Book to Avoid?

[Demonesse]

So far, have you read any badly written tarot books/tarot books you'd advise others to avoid, and for what reasons?

[truthsayer]

the jungian tarot and its archetypal imagery by robert wang. the book and deck describe women in a very negative light. there's a thread somewhere in the archives that goes into a lot of depth about this deck.

[RingTheory]

Well, for me, I've never liked Eden Gray's books, although some beginners do. To me,they seem deceptively simple, as if they're too dumbed down.

Another one is Eileen Connolly-her books give out weird interpertations on some cards, and has rhymes to remember that seemed to me to confuse you instead. Also, she is very dogmatic, whereas I don't always beleive you have to actually write down some question before a reading.

I like Pollack's books, and a good one just to read up on various interpertations in Louis' books. Reading a variety of authors gave me new perpectives, and it's good to see how other people view it, even if I didn't happen to agree with them....

[Kyrielle]

There's one that I think is called Tarot in Ten Minutes --- sorry, can't be done. There's also one with a green cover with the word Beginners in the title that I disliked so much that I have forgotten the title.

-- Kyrielle

[MystiqueMoonlight]

those "Tarot reading for dummies" books. Another grab at religious commercialism.