Tarot of the Crone Companion Book

[BodhiSeed]

I've just fallen head-over-heels for the Tarot of the Crone, and even though I have the PDF that explains the deck, I'm wondering if I should get the book as well. Do those of you who have seen both (the PDF and the book) think the book is an important resource for this deck?

 

[strings of life]

I am in the same boat as well. I just ordered the deck (2nd edition obviosly) finally!

It appears as if the PDF just has the meanings, whereas the book has added content and spreads.

MoonGypsy recommended that I buy the book.

By the looks of the table of contents, the book has this:

Table of Contents:

About The Crone.... pg. 6
About The Deck..... pg. 6
Color Meanings..... pg. 7
Major Arcana..... pg. 8
Minor Arcana..... pg. 52
Wands..... pg. 53
Cups...... pg. 58
Swords...... pg. 63
Disks...... pg. 68
The Crone’s Journey..... pg. 73
Spreads, Exercises And Sample Readings... pg. 81

Cronebody Spread
Crone's Eye View Spread
To Speak, To Be Silent Spread
Breathing Black Exercise
Hekate Spread
Faces Of Kali By Christina Gage
Lilith Spread By Diane Wilkes
Colors Of The Crone By Laura Jackson
Message From My Crones By Debbie Lake
The Crone In The Moon By Sally Anne Stephen
Journey Into The Shadow By Bonnie Cehovet
Card Inspired Spreads
The Teaching Of Age Spread (Ten Of Disks)
Knowing Pain Spread (Sacrifice)
Facing Fear Spread (Devil)
Know Your Enemy Spread (Witch Of Swords)
Crossroads Spread
Spider Grandmother Spread (Justice)
The Hermit’s Quest
Dancing Destruction Spread (Tower)
Temperance Exercise
The Beginning Of Time (Fool)

 

[BodhiSeed]

Since my first post, I have received the companion book (thanks to a trade with Tarot Heart). Most of what is different about the book is that the majors have a poem associated with each card, each card is illustrated in the book (b&w), and there are LOTS of cool spreads at the end of the book (forget the past/present/future and celtic cross - these are some I've never seen before!). I'm sure if I read what I just wrote above, that might not convince me to buy this book. But now that I have seen it, I'm really glad to have it.

 

[strings of life]

^ Oh, yes, I remember reading about that now!

It looks like I have been enabled on the book, twice .