Mary K. Greer's 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card (her new book)

it's the 'the'

It's the article 'the' that does not belong in the sentence -

"Just as the twenty-one letters of the alphabet can be combined to form billions of words. . ."

If they had said this instead: "Just as twenty-one letters of the alphabet can be combined to form billions of words. . ." - it would leave the reader in a better frame of mind.

Then again, there are times I'm glad Llewellyn did not publish my book!

Maybe they left off the vowels...a-e-i-o-u...

In any case, it is on my wish list for sure! I love Mary's books!!

U.k

I for one think this idea in corparating 21 card meanings in a card will be a great starting point for any beginner or any experienced Tarot reader, i know when i first started reading Tarot buying a good book that just dealt with its usuall card meanings is not enough sometimes. To have a book that can get more out of expressing different ways on reading just a single Tarot card must be its worth in gold. I cant wait to read it.

tarotbear said:

It's the article 'the' that does not belong in the sentence -

"Just as the twenty-one letters of the alphabet can be combined to form billions of words. . ."

If they had said this instead: "Just as twenty-one letters of the alphabet can be combined to form billions of words. . ." - it would leave the reader in a better frame of mind.

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Excellent POV. . . and at last, a rational explanation.

sharpchick said:

Excellent POV. . . and at last, a rational explanation.

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It's the type of thing that drives authors crazy - they pick and pull what YOU wrote apart, but they won't let you correct their writing! LOL!!

Deanres said:

I for one think this idea in corparating 21 card meanings in a card will be a great starting point for any beginner or any experienced Tarot reader,

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Just to clarify - this book doesn't contain 21 meanings for each card - but rather 21 ways for you to generate meanings - deriving them from number, suit/element, description, and on to more experiential methods. It's more like layers (those clear overlays in anatomy textbooks) than lists.

Mary

U.k

Deanres said:

To have a book that can get more out of expressing different ways on reading just a single Tarot card must be its worth in gold

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Hi mary thanks for clarifing that, but my quote had meant something different then thinking it was just to do with 21 meanings in each card, sorry about that.

Teheuti said:

that represents the psychic-intuitive flashes that happen in and among all the other ways. I made the decision NOT to make this a book on psychic development - that should be its own book - but, instead, to just occasionally suggest where and how it might occur and how to recognize it.

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Fascinating! I'll be looking for this book! And does this mean a book on psychic development might be forthcoming? That would also go on my wishlist.

Lurea said:

And does this mean a book on psychic development might be forthcoming? That would also go on my wishlist.

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It's a thought, but I've got several other books in mind first. Personally, I recommend a good class in the subject. There's something about having a roomful of people doing psychic work together that really makes a difference - and, of course, a great teacher. I wrote several of my books during periods when I was attending weekly psychic development classes in San Francisco, primarily with Tamara Diaghilev. They helped renew and center me, plus I always came away with new insights that I could apply to the books or the writing process itself.

Mary