Book list.

[aeonx]

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.)

 

[Kiama]

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

 

[Strange2]

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!

 

[Greenman]

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

 

[Kalin]

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

 

[divinerguy]

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

 

[faunabay]

divinerguy, I'm sure I have no idea what you're talking about?????
ROFMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Madonna]

My favorites are Mythic Tarot *
*The Thursday Night Tarot*
*The Tarot Handbook *
* Tarot for A New Generation* An A one book to have in one's personal library.

 

[aeonx]

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.

 

[jmd]

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).