I have just uploaded a couple of videos to youtube that show the first part of my talk at the RWS 100th Anniversary celebration in London on 5th December with Mary Greer.
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Rider-Waite 100th Anniversary talk
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At last the day arrived. Held at the Devereux Pub just around the corner from Temple in London, where so many esoteric talks have taken place. Mary Greer spoke eloquently on the spiritual and religious dimensions that Waite incorporated into his tarot deck, and interpreted by Pamela Coleman Smith.
Mary demonstrated how the Minor suits closely followed Masonic rituals, particularly the murder of Hiram Abiff for the Swords. After my talk on the influences of the Golden Dawn on Waite, we cut a beautiful cake featuring the Magician. Mary then spoke on synesthesia, the ability to experience senses in a different way, and how Pamela Coleman Smith was able to use this ability in her art. Mary led us through an exercise to ’step inside’ a tarot card to gain extra insights, probably the way Pixie Smith did it.
The evening was for socialising. I was surprised how many people had seen me speak before, and it was great to catch up with everyone. Any more anniversaries coming up?
Photographs of the 100th Anniversary of the Rider-Waite deck in London
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Beyond The Celtic Cross available next week
Book cover of Beyond the Celtic Cross
At last, Beyond the Celtic Cross is available. Amazon gives you the opportunity to look inside the book.
ISBN 9781904658344
Price £12.99
I have copies at my Tarot Cabaret Talk on the 1st December in Brighton. Looking forward to seeing you there.
Beyond the Celtic Cross
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Word is reaching me that my second book co-written with Catherine Chapman is at the publishers and fingers crossed, it will be available at the end of next week. Beyond the Celtic Cross explores powerful techniques for analysing a tarot reading at very deep levels. It all began when Catherine emailed me about problems she was having with a reading about herself.
When I looked at the cards it was easy to see why she was struggling. Rather than stay with the Celtic Cross format, I decided to apply the techniques I have been using and show Catherine how she can do it herself, rather than me simply giving a reading. And so a half hour tarot reading became a six month project that eventually took even longer when my publisher took an interest.
Since Catherine knew the techniques (she had been reading supertarot for sometime), I realised that it was not about teaching, but mentoring, bringing out the skills that were already there. Already one very tangible outcome of the book is Catherine’s blog, quite simply the best tarot blog so far.
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Tarot Cam
Improving the experience of a long distance tarot reading is important, and now I am offering Tarot Cam, video readings via Skype, so all you pay for is the tarot reading via Paypal, and nothing for the call. Of course you will need a decent broadband connection, and there is no guarantee that the pictures will be perfect, but hopefully all will be well.
Seeing you will improve the reading experience for you as you will be able to see the tarot cards laid out in the spread.
If you call via the telephone you only pay your standard network charge – I do not use any premium rates. Your reading will also be done by me, so we may have to book a time. I have no plans to clone myself.
Looking forward to talking with you soon.
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Reviews of “Beyond the Celtic Cross”
Book cover of Beyond the Celtic Cross
It is still early days since Beyond the Celtic Cross was published in December 2009, so not many reviews to comment on.
Amazon 5 star
This review also appears on Lori Green’s blog. I think the interesting point Lori makes is that she did a reading using the Celtic Cross, and then read the cards using the techniques Catherine and I describe, and she found that:
“The Celtic Cross spread that I laid out was OK but a bit ambiguous in places and I didn’t gain much insight from the interpretation. I then re-did the reading using the card counting technique and the reading came to life and made absolute sense – I was amazed and so pleased that it actually “worked” for me.”
Clearly the proof is in the pudding.
If you have come across a review, or you have written one yourself, please let me know.