rwcarter
There are two easily identifiable threads on the book-daphne said:
Huson: Mystical Origins of the Tarot
Mystical Origins of the Tarot
HTH,
Rodney
Best Tarot Books
Huson: Mystical Origins of the Tarot
Mystical Origins of the Tarot
HTH,
Rodney
Lela
Just wanted to chime in here and say that the one book that I have found the most helpful is Teresa Michelsen's Complete Tarot Reader. By far, out of all the books I purchased during my Tarot frenzy book buying binge, it's the book I got the most out of in terms of learning how to read Tarot. Definitely a keeper for the bookshelf.
Scion
Yes. Buy It. Fantastic. Not a perfect book (and saddled with a terrible title) and he makes some strange leaps, but tons of real material to chew on. Well worth the investment of time. As is the deck that the book inspired (Dame Fortuna's)... A terrific book that repays revisting.daphne said:
Le Fanu
I second Scion. This was recommended to me a while back in a similar thread to this one and it is the book which I feel has the most to chew on and think about. A very well-rounded book. Historical without being pedantic, dull or remote, and divinatory without being full of New Agey guff. This is a book where I can feel the author's presence between the lines "setting the record straight."
daphne
Scion said:
Thanks Scion, I was waiting for your feedback. It will be my first `serious` tarot book, something over the same all same introductions.
daphne
Le Fanu said:
Le Fanu, I got this title from the thread you got it recommended and I saw you bought it and enjoy it. I just needed to hear Scion`s opinion on this one. I am officially taking him as the advisor when it comes to tarot books.
Scion
LOL Many thanks for the vote of confidence, D. I hope I don't steer you wrong. If I can help I will...
You'll dig the Huson, but take his first section with a grain of salt, it's more persuasive rhetoric with a helping of scholarship than a conclusive "answer" to the big Tarot questions... Fantastic to think about, but not gospel by any stretch (or even convincingly argued in places). It's also a good lead-in to other topics so it'll give you a good nudge in your next direction.
If I can help I will... You'll dig the Huson, but take his first section with a grain of salt, it's more persuasive rhetoric with a helping of scholarship than a conclusive "answer" to the big Tarot questions... Fantastic to think about, but not gospel by any stretch (or even convincingly argued in places). It's also a good lead-in to other topics so it'll give you a good nudge in your next direction.
gregory
Huson. Yes. I think I recommended it for Le Fanu, having had it recommended to me by someone here.... ACE.
daphne
Scion said:LOL Many thanks for the vote of confidence, D. I hope I don't steer you wrong.
You'll dig the Huson, but take his first section with a grain of salt, it's more persuasive rhetoric with a helping of scholarship than a conclusive "answer" to the big Tarot questions... Fantastic to think about, but not gospel by any stretch (or even convincingly argued in places). It's also a good lead-in to other topics so it'll give you a good nudge in your next direction.
I had a look on the deck which goes with Huson book, looks interesting though a little stiff compared with RW I am using. I think I will also buy it, just to understand better the book.
Greg Stanton
Just to clarify, there no deck that "goes with" The Mystical Origins of the Tarot. Dame Fortune's Wheel was created a few years after the book was published. They weren't conceived together, but I do think that if you like the deck (I do), Huson's insights into the cards as explained in his book will be invaluable.
