Tantric decks...

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 06 Sep 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Kosmos	06 Sep 2004
Does anyone know of any Tantric Tarot/Oracles?

baba-prague	06 Sep 2004
Yes, there is a deck called the Tantric tarot. If you go to tarot garden (The Tarot Garden) and put "tantric" into the search field, you will find it. I have a copy that I got from Germany (it's a German deck). I think it's pretty widely available on places like ebay - or through shops like tarot garden of course. ___ edited to add - in fact, having just checked on tarotgarden it seems there are TWO Tantric tarots!

Jeannette	06 Sep 2004
The German set that baba-prague is referring to can be seen here: http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=tantra+tarot There's also this majors-only set by Keith Morgan and Elizabeth Taylor (not the actress, presumably): http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=the+tantric+tarot The actual cards of the above are very hard to come by, and expensive when found (we've never had one for sale through Tarot Garden until just recently, when we got one in on consignment), but the illustrations have also been published in book form. We do have a few copies of the book available at a much lower price. Finally, there's the famous "Secret Dakini Oracle," recently republished by Inner Traditions as the "Tantric Dakini Oracle": http://www.tarotgarden.com/database/dbsearchengine.php?view_title=dakini For what it's worth, there's also the "Tarot Sutra" by DK Books, but the set consists of the RW deck recolored in blue and purple tones, with a book on sexual associations/interpretations that is of dubious scholarship (IMO) at best. We have a copy in the Tarot Garden library; I just haven't had time to scan it and get it into the online database yet. -- Jeannette The Tarot Garden

rosyelf	07 Sep 2004
I'm not familiar with the tantric tarots already mentioned but I did get hold of the Secret Dakini Oracle recently (repackaged as the Tantric Dakini Oracle)-and found it almost incomprehensible ! I know I'm a beginner in this area-I suspect it's for those who are already quite well-versed in Tantra. Good luck finding the right deck(s) ! rosyelf

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