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Understanding Crowley’s Book of Thoth Review
Given the iconic status of the Book of Thoth, it is amazing that it has taken so long for anyone to write a serious commentary. Rumours of the imminent publication of such a book by the O.T.O have been going on for years.
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Review: Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
In Kate Mosse’s latest book Sepulchre, tarot is central to the plot, so I decided to investigate. At the front of the book eight major arcana are illustrated (in English rather than the French titles for clarity):
The Fool
The Magus
High Priestess
The Lovers
Strength
Justice
The Tower
The Devil
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The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination
I have only just come across Robert M. Place’s book on the history of tarot. It seems to be very good – at least that is what the enthusiastic reviews say. I did venture on to the tarot elists some years ago with a few comments on the history of Tarot, but it was very [...]
The Golden Dawn Enochian Skrying Tarot
First of all, this is not a tarot deck. Tarot decks have 78 cards: Major, Minor and Court cards. This has 89 cards that are reversible; that is to say, on one side are aspects of the Angelic Watchtower system, while the other side has a conglomeration of tattva and I Ching symbols. Confused? You [...]
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The Grail Tarot Review
I received The Grail Tarot in the post this morning, which was a nice surprise. John Matthews has long been associated with the Arthurian myths, so I suppose this unification with the Templars (the subtitle is ‘A Templar Vision’ ) is not surprising.
Reviews of “Beyond the Celtic Cross”