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Title: Tarot and the Tree of Life: Finding Everyday Wisdom in the Minor Arcana by Isabel Radow Kliegman ISBN: 0-8356-0747-X Publisher: Quest Books Pub. Date: June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: New Age Diabetic Seizure Alert! CODE (pastel) ORANGE
Comment: This book typifies just about everything that is wrong with contemporary Tarot scholarship. It's not really the author's fault, she's only a product of what's become the New Age blight on Tarot -- during the last three decades -- a sort of Tabla Rosa situation where everyone and anyone projects endlessly (their childlike, magical thinking) onto the Tarot. The opportunity was truly grand here, to actually take a step-by-step inquiry into how the various sefirah correspond to the numbered suits of the Minor Arcana. Of course this has already been done, cogently, and succinctly, by (one of Quest Book's favorite author's) Aleister Crowley in his Book of Thoth. Read his section on the Naples Arrangement -- and prepare to have your mind challenged AND inspired -- search Google for a taste. Crowley details the way numbers, moving from 1 to 10, complicate and thicken in their descent into matter, finally colliding, piling and melting into a problematic, paradoxic heap when they reach the 10 spot. You'll be huanted by his description and, perhaps, driven to hunker down and explore and study and learn. Kliegman's book takes one of the most profound aspects of the Tarot and denudes it (with her clunky attempts at colloquial-styled writing) into a guazy, New Agey, cotton candy-ish, plattiude-riddled froth. Yet another book showing that when it comes to the Tarot -- the carnival STILL hasn't left town.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truly inspiring.....
Comment: In TAROT AND THE TREE OF LIFE, Isabel Kliegman-who apparently believes you have to give it away to keep it-shares some of the knowledge and insight she has acquired through years of studying and working with the Tarot. Many authors have written about the Tarot and most have something useful to say to the reader. However, the majority of these experts have linked the cards of the major arcana with various aspects of psychology, religion, and/or literature and ignored the cards of the minor arcana. Kliegman focuses her examination on the cards of the minor arcana because she says: 1) the minor cards are often treated as secondary but she believes they contain much relevant information; 2) the imagery in the minor cards is more accessible (unlike the major arcana which depict 'archetypes', the cards in the minor arcana show "real" people doing more or less "real" things; 3) studying the minor arcana can illuminate the different gifts of the two decks.
Kliegman teaches English and comparative religion and it is evident from her writing that her background has contributed to the formation of some unique and inspired ideas about the links between Jewish mysticism and the Tarot. Although her primary purpose, as indicated by the title of her book, is to link the Jewish 'Tree of Life' with the Tarot, she infuses her work with other religious material and connections as well as a bit of Jungian psychology. The most unusual aspect of this book-for which she makes a compelling case-is the notion that swords are symbolic of fire (and the thinking function) while wands are associated with air (intuition function and inspiration). Whether you agree with her ideas or not, you will want to read this book to expand your awareness. She is a provocative writer and her book complements Rachel Pollack's work on the major arcana and the minor arcana. Kliegman lives and works in California, where she writes and consults on the Tarot.
Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome & Enlightening
Comment: This book is awesome, and oh, so enlightening. So far, it's my favorite book on the Tarot, bar none. I love the explanation of the symbolism of the minor arcana cards, the history, the Kabbalah connections and the mythological connections. It's amazing how much easier it is to learn (and step into) the cards when you have some historical perspective to draw upon. I memorized the suit of Swords and the suit of Cups this weekend after reading the chapters on each of them. If you're new to Tarot and desire a deeper knowledge of the minor arcana, then this book is a must-have for your Tarot library.
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Title: Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot by Rachel Pollack ISBN: 0722535724 Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Forest of Souls: A Walk Through the Tarot by Rachel Pollack ISBN: 1567185339 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals (Special Topics in Tarot) by Mary K. Greer, Barbara Moore ISBN: 1567182852 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tarot As a Way of Life: A Jungian Approach to the Tarot by Karen Hamaker-Zondag ISBN: 087728878X Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Tarot and the Journey of the Hero by Hajo Banzhaf, Brigitte Theler ISBN: 1578631173 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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