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aeonx
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Book list.
Greetings. I'm going to shop for quite a few tarot decks and books, so I wonder if you guys could set up a book list with the 'best' books on the subject. I've tried scanning the forums, but it's slow, so I thought I'd do it the easy way. *s* Thanx to all and be blessed. (If you know the price and the best & cheapest place to obtain them, I would be grateful. Thanx.)
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Kiama 
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Two very good books are: Living The Tarot, by Amber Jayanti. £2.99 (Despite its cheapness, it is a cassic, and very *very* good) 78 Degrees of Wisdom, by Rachel Pollack. Again, very *very* good. Kiama
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I *highly* recommend: Tarot for Yourself, by Mary K. Greer. Really gets you into the cards. For some other book recommendations: Check out James Revak's "The Bookworm's Guide to Tarot", for a nicely organized and detailed list of Tarot-related books: http://jwrevak.tripod.com/biblio/biblio_con.html Tarot Passages has a good section on Tarot books: http://www.tarotpassages.com/books.htm Wicce's recommended books: http://www.wicce.com/wicceslist.html http://www.wicce.com/books.html Have fun!
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here's some of my favorites... 'Tarot: History, Mystery and Lore' by Cynthia Giles 'Tarot and the Journey of the Hero' by Hajo Banzhof 'The Element Tarot Handbook: Initiation Into the Key Elements of the Tarot' by Naomi Ozaniec and i could never be without these... 'A Dictionary of Symbols' by J.E. Cirlot 'An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols' by J.C. Cooper 'Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey' by Sallie Nichols and, of course... 'The Book of Thoth' by Aliester Crowley
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I can second Greenman on the Cynthia Giles' Tarot: History, Mystery & Lore recommendation. So far that's the book I've learned from most. I also have the Sallie Nichols' book but haven't read it yet. I've read other books on tarot but didn't feel as strongly about them, although I did get quite a lot from the book that came with the Mythic deck; the book that came with the Arthurian Legend deck, and the book that came with the Faerie Oracle deck. I also liked the Osho book a lot, but for different reasons. Kalin  |
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I'd include the following: The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort, and 101 Uses For Olive Oil Oops, wrong list. Never mind me. I'll be going now. Gary |
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divinerguy, :o I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about????? ROFMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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aeonx
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Vote!
Greetings all! Thanx for suggesting books, I've already ordered a few from amazon. But listen, why don't we vote for the best books? Sounds like a good idea? Set up a list no. 1--> I'm excited. *s* Blessed be.
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In my opinion, the absolute best book on the Tarot, but by far not the easiest, is Meditations on the Tarot, published by Element. Many of the other books already mentioned I would also rate as fair to very good. Another introductory book not mentioned is Kaplan's Tarot Classic (by the same author as the three volume Encyclopedia of Tarot, and (co?-) owner of US Games). |
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