Rusty Neon
While I like Crowley's Book of Thoth for connecting with Crowley's intentions behind the deck and explanations of symbolism, I also like Ziegler's book Mirror of the Soul for its treatment of the minor arcana cards.
While Ziegler's approach obviously strays from Crowley, I personally don't find it fulfilling nor within my general tarot interests to make a deep, painstaking study of Crowley's intentions.
Accordingly, I find Ziegler's book to be useful as it nonetheless allows me to connect with the GD/RWS card meanings for the minor arcana and with the pre Golden Dawn, pre-Crowley divinatory meanings that strongly influenced the GD / Crowley card meanings for the numbered minor arcana. Ziegler's book is relaxing and soothing bedside reading. That said, I also consult Crowley's book when so moved to.
While Ziegler's approach obviously strays from Crowley, I personally don't find it fulfilling nor within my general tarot interests to make a deep, painstaking study of Crowley's intentions.
Accordingly, I find Ziegler's book to be useful as it nonetheless allows me to connect with the GD/RWS card meanings for the minor arcana and with the pre Golden Dawn, pre-Crowley divinatory meanings that strongly influenced the GD / Crowley card meanings for the numbered minor arcana. Ziegler's book is relaxing and soothing bedside reading. That said, I also consult Crowley's book when so moved to.