tarot of oz

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rostie	15 Oct 2002
i'm curious about the tarot of oz...the more i look at it, the more i love it but i want to know more of it! have somebody here it and what do you think about it? if you don't remember the whole story anymore is it then difficult to relate? here are some pictures: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/oz/ http://www.learntarot.com/ozdesc.htm http://www.tarotpassages.com/oz-mm.htm http://www.tarotwisdomreadings.com/TarotDecks/TarotOz.html http://www.davidsexton.com/OzImages/oz.htm thanks in advance, sara.

Marion	15 Oct 2002
I love this deck. It is great for certain kinds of readings. Not work readings, but more "wondering" kinds of readings. It is the kind of deck that is the way the Inner Child should be but isn't. It makes you smile because it draws sly parallels between the world of being adult and the world of being a child. It is clever and amusing and works very well.

HudsonGray	15 Oct 2002
Re-reading the books will be easier as they've been reprinted. It's more than just the Wizard of Oz movie, there were at least 6 books he wrote about Oz from what I remember. Check around online, do a search under Frank Baum's name or the Oz series, you should be able to locate at least the titles. The cards used characters from the books, not the movie.

Zhritza	16 Oct 2002
Quote: Originally posted by HudsonGray Re-reading the books will be easier as they've been reprinted. It's more than just the Wizard of Oz movie, there were at least 6 books he wrote about Oz from what I remember. He wrote a total of 14 from 1900 to 1920. There then followed 26 others written by second parties (the first 18 or 19 of these are by Ruth Plumly Thompson). The last one, the 40th. was written in 1963. L. Frank Baum had originally intended to end with the 6th one, "The Emerald City of Oz," but if I remember correctly from the foreword he wrote for the 7th one, he continued writing them because he got so many letters from little kids clamoring for more. (I suppose he could have just made that up, but I prefer to believe otherwise...) Anyway, the 14 that he wrote are readily available. My favorite is the 7th one, The Patchwork Girl of Oz. In the Oz Tarot, Scraps the Patchwork Girl is the Star. I really like the style and colors of this deck but it is very static, with almost no kineticism. Also -- and I hate to say this, because I don't like really "cluttered" decks -- it seems too sparse. I feel like it needs more props, believe it or not. But the images are beautiful to look at, and I think it's really nice of David Sexton to put such big images on his site. EDIT: Here is a link to the cheap paperbacks of the Oz series: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?WRD=oz+series+baum+ballantine&userid=53N3VCDOWV They have the original illustrations in them, and they are $6 apiece. You will have to sift through them to find the original #1 (Wizard of Oz) through #14 (Glinda of Oz). The books are also avalable in a beautiful hardcover series; Barnesandnoble.com sells those at 30% off ($18 or so), but I have seen a couple of them as bargain books at my Borders, for $5 or $6, so you may want to keep an eye out for those if you have a B&N or a Borders near you.

marmalade	19 Oct 2002
really?? have the oz book been reprinted?? how exciting! i have this deck too, and i was so hoping it would be *perfect* for me as i'm a HUGE oz fan (i 'was' dorothy until i was about 6!). but since i've only ever seen the movie (about a million times) and read one of the books, i found i didn't connect as much to the cards as i had hoped, since the imagry was drawn from all of the books, and i'm just not familiar with them all. but if they're all available (is there a whole box set of them all?) then i'd love to read the whole set. even still, i do like this deck, but i agree that it's whimsical and probably not best suited for more serious readings.

Solandia	27 Oct 2002
A review of the Tarot of Oz is also now up on Aeclectic Tarot... http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/oz/review.html ~ Solandia

Zhritza	29 Oct 2002
Quote: Originally posted by marmalade but if they're all available (is there a whole box set of them all?) then i'd love to read the whole set. I know that those mass-markets I mentioned used to be in 2 sets of 7, but I hunted around and it doesn't look like they're still in print that way...

Kyrielle	01 Nov 2002
There have been more Oz books written since Thompson wrote hers. I think the most recent I've seen is 1993 or 1996. I have heard that people who really love the Oz books can apply for permission to use the setting and characters for a new book, if they want. There's the challenge of coming up to snuff with the original style and tone, though, as well as the challenge of pleasing lots of persnickety Oz fans. -- Kyrielle

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