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Book reviews on the tarot

Scarlet Imprint: XVI

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Paul Hughes-Barlow

Scarlet Imprint have a new book coming out. XVI refers to the Tower Major tarot card. The depiction of the lightning stuck tower signifies the destruction of a world view or idea, such as 9/11. I wrote a series of … Continue reading →

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Understanding Crowley’s Book of Thoth Review

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Paul Hughes-Barlow

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 … Continue reading →

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Review: Sepulchre by Kate Mosse

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Paul Hughes-Barlow

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 … Continue reading →

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The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Paul Hughes-Barlow

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 … Continue reading →

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The Golden Dawn Enochian Skrying Tarot

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Paul Hughes-Barlow

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, … Continue reading →

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The Grail Tarot Review

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Paul Hughes-Barlow

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’ ) … Continue reading →

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