Tarot mysteries
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 18 Jul 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Razz |
18 Jul 2004 |
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Hi everyone,
I am just wondering if anyone has heard of or read a mystery that involved tarot. Or that the main character read tarot cards?
Thanks,
Razz
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| HudsonGray |
18 Jul 2004 |
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There's at LEAST a few books out, oh yes. One of them a collection of short stories that involve divination (usually tarot cards)--I think that one was published by Daw Books. They do the CatFantastic series.
Have you checked through the threads with a search on the words 'tarot fiction'?
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| Teranar |
19 Jul 2004 |
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And for anyone who's into a cynical, humourous view on the end of the world, Good Omens has one of its main characters a witch who reads tarot, crystals, and has a book of prophecies.
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| jmd |
19 Jul 2004 |
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The Discovering Tarot in Literature - a bibliography list, available also in the February 2004 issue of the Conference Newsletter has quite a number of books which include the usage of Tarot.
The Newsletter also has information on the web as to where to update this list.
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| SongDeva |
20 Jul 2004 |
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Ah, Nina Lee Braden's list!
I found it originally on her website, JMD, and was trying to figure out how to search for it again. Did she perhaps take it down recently? I have a vague memory.
Anyway it's a fantastic list, and we owe her a debt of gratitude.
***I just found a link to Nina's Site, all.
I like it better myself because she rates the books
by Lots of tarot, fleeting mention only, Personal Favorite,
etc.
JMD's newsletter has a URL printed at the top, but here's a live
version:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2282/tarot/tarlit.htm
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| Maly |
20 Jul 2004 |
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Or watch any murder movie that involves Tarot or divination. It usually ends up as the guy visited the tarot person at Midnight, and she drew the Death & Devil Card. So the guy died and was sent to hell.
Just any murder movie, or anything invloving tarot. :p
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| Pook |
21 Jul 2004 |
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I dont know if it's considered a mystery...there are some mysterious happenings going on....but have you checked out the 'Pual the Tarot Mage' threads written by Mercenary30 in the Tarot Games and Fun forum? If youre looking for a good story....even though this one isnt complete yet....it's a good one!!
;)
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| hyatt |
21 Jul 2004 |
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great post! i am an avid reader and i am going to check a few of those books out from the newsletter. thanks!
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| hyatt |
28 Jul 2004 |
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I just finished reading "The Tarot Murders" by Mignon Warner. I read it in one sitting. It is a very fast read. I checked it out from my library. It was very enjoyable. Each chapter is named after a different card and the whole plot is about a killer who leaves tarot cars at the scene. It was good. But mysteries have come along way since 1978. I would recommend it. It's a good quick read. She has another called "A medium for murder" which i checked out oo. I'll report on that one when I'm finished.
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| Red Emma |
28 Jul 2004 |
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One of my favorite mystery writers is Kate Green. She's a professor of literature (or maybe English) at a New England college and, unfotunately she's not written one in a very long time. If you can dig up three of her latest, they're really worth the effort.
-- Drat! I thought they were in the hall book case. No luck. I don't remember their names.
The heroine is a tarot reader, very psychic. In the first book her husband, who works with his father in the family-owned funeral home, has her committed to an insane asylum. The husband had gotten mixed up with drug dealing--and when a murder results, the psychic wife 'sees' too much -- too many bodies in the funeral home.
Since the doctors and administrators of the asylum do not believe in psychic phenomenon, she has a terrible time getting released. But that's only a very small part of the plot. From there on, it really gets good. The second book is even better.
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| HudsonGray |
08 Aug 2004 |
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Found one at the library today--put out by Daw Books.
Tarot Fantastic, edited by martin Greenberg & Lawrence Schimel, in 1997, 16 short stories dealing with tarot (and a lot of murder too). ISBN# 0886777291
http://www.directtextbook.com/prices/0886777291
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| smokey |
08 Aug 2004 |
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I'm just finishing a novel,"Borrowed Flesh" by Sephera Giron,whose resident-witch reads the Tarot. In reality, the author claims to be a professional Tarot counselor & holistic practioner.
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The Tarot mysteries thread was originally posted on 18 Jul 2004 in the Talking Tarot board, and is now archived in the Forum Library. Read the active threads in Talking Tarot, or read more archived threads.
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