Books by Emily Peach, Gerald Boak

[tigerlily]

Hi,
saw these titles on amazon:
Emily Peach, Tarot Prediction
Gerald Boak, Prediction Book of Taromancy

Both are oop and had no reviews, does anyone know if they're good?
TL

 

[lark]

I don't know about Gerald...but a tarot book by Emily Peach was one of the few books I have ever literally thrown away.
A mish mash of jumbled thoughts and hard to follow...I didn't want to give it away because I didn't want to put it out in the world again to confuse some poor new tarot beginner.
So I'd skip that one and save your money.

 

[Scion]

Ditto what Lark said about Emily Peach: fussy, turgid, constipated prose. Her books ( I think there are 3, but one might be retitled) read like suppository instructions from a midcentury youth detention center.

Avoid.

 

[avalonian]

Ditto what Lark said about Emily Peach: fussy, turgid, constipated prose. Her books ( I think there are 3, but one might be retitled) read like suppository instructions from a midcentury youth detention center.

Avoid.

You have a way with words.

I had one of hers , Tarot Workbook, understanding and using Tarot Symbolism". I remember flipping back through it thinking I must have missed something and feeling really stupid for not understanding it.

Hung on to it for over five years then finally admitted defeat and gave it to a charity shop.

 

[Greg Stanton]

Her books… read like suppository instructions from a midcentury youth detention center.

Ah, Scion, that is the best simile I've read all year.

Apparently, a lot of AT members don't find Emily so peachy either:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=455272&postcount=54
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=455276&postcount=55
http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=456571&postcount=60

 

[tigerlily]

Ditto what Lark said about Emily Peach: fussy, turgid, constipated prose. Her books ( I think there are 3, but one might be retitled) read like suppository instructions from a midcentury youth detention center.

Avoid.

ROFL Good thing I finished my coffee before I read this.

Well, no emily for me then, since you *all* are so unanimously voting against her. No wonder her books went out of print. Still wondering about the other one, Gerald Boake. After loads of psychological Tarot books I feel ready for some good, old fashioned Taromancy (that's the title of his book). Perhaps because the word has this Harry Potter feel to it...