oooh, glad this thread came up to tie all those transparent threads up together. I just received the Transparent last week and am reading the book and have been meaning to check out past threads here.
I got a deck for Christmas. It's one of my favorite decks. Took a little bit to understand how to *really* use them, but once you do, they are *so* powerful.
I would only recommend them, however, for an advanced reader.