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Alchemy
and Mysticism. By Alexander Roob. The Hermentic Museum.
Koln, Germany, Taschen, 2006. Index, 573 pages. ISBN: 9783822850381.
An extensive collection of color and black and white prints for antiquity.
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Bibliography of the Eight of Wands Tarot
Website by Mike Garofalo
Book of Changes, I Ching, Tao Oracle.
This deck was designed by Ma Deva Padma in 2002. It is based on the
Chinese Book of Changes, the I Ching. VSCL.
The
Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot). This deck was designed by Aleister Crowley and painted
by Frieda Harris. It was created and painted by Frieda Harris in from 1938
to 1942. It was first published as a Tarot
deck in 1969. The deck comes in large and small sizes, and the artwork
colors vary somewhat depending upon who is publishing and printing the deck. VSCL.
The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, Being the Equinox Volume III No. V.
By Aleister Crowley, The Master
Therion. A Short Essay on the Tarot
of the Egyptians. Equinox, Volume III, No. V., 1944, 200 copies.
Published by U.S. Games Systems,
Inc, 1977. 287 pages. ISBN: 0913866121. VSCL.
The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals.
By Mary K. Greer. Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2002.
288 pages. ISBN: 1567182852.
Court Cards of the Tarot and Playing Card Decks by
Mike Garofalo
The
Crowley Tarot. The Handbook to the Cards by Aleister Crowley and Lady
Frieda
Harris. By Akron (C. F. Frey) and Hajo Banzhaf. Translated from the
German by Christine M. Grimm. Stamford, CT, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 1995.
222 pages. ISBN: 0880797150. I have found this book to be an
extremely useful reference tool when doing an analysis of a card. This is
my favorite book on the Thoth Tarot. VSCL.
Cups, Hearts, Suit, Tarot and Playing Cards Suit
A
Dictionary of Symbols. By J. E. Cirlot. Translated from the
Spanish by Jack Sage. New York, Philosophical Library, 1962. Index,
400 pages. VSCL.
Dictionary of the Tarot.
By Bill Butler. New York, Shocken Book, 1987, 1977. Glossary, 254
pages. ISBN: 0805205594. VSCL.
Discks, Pentacles, Worlds, Coins,
Diamonds, Suit, Tarot and Playing Card Suit
Eight of Wands Tarot Website by Mike
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Everyday Tarot Magic: Meditation and Spells. By Dorothy Morrison.
St. Paul, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2002. Index, 241 pages.
ISBN: 0738701750. VSCL.
The
Haindl Tarot, Volume I: The Major Arcana. By Rachel Pollack.
Foreword by Angeles Arrien. North Hollywood, New Castle, 1990. 222
pages. ISBN: 0878771557. VSCL.
The
Haindl Tarot, Volume II: The Minor Arcana. By Rachel Pollack.
Foreword by Angeles Arrien. North Hollywood, New Castle, 1990. 228
pages. ISBN: 0878771565. VSCL.
I Ching, Book of Changes, Tao Oracle.
This deck was designed by Ma Deva Padma in 2002. It is based on the
Chinese Book of Changes, the I Ching. VSCL.
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Keywords Index by Mike Garofalo
Intuitive Tarot
By David River.
Jung
and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey. By Sallie Nichols.
Introduction by Laurens van der Post. York Beach, Maine, Samuel weiser,
Inc., 1980. References, 392 pages. ISBN: 0877285152. VSCL.
Keywords for the Crowley Tarot. By Hajo Banzhaf and Brigitte Theler.
San Francisco, CA, Weiser Books, 2001. Index, glossary, bibliography, 244
pages. ISBN: 1578631734. VSCL.
Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners. By Joan Bunning. Weiser Books, 1998. 320 pages. ISBN:
9781578630486.
Learning Tarot Reversals.
By Joan Bunning. Weiser Books, 2003. 192 pages. ISBN:
9781578632718.
Major Arcana:
Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism, Correspondences,
Symbolism, Iconography.
Meditation/Contemplation Techniques
Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Mysticism. By
Anonymous. Rockport, Massachusetts, Element Books Limited, 1993.
Martin Kriele, 1985; English translation by Robert A. Powell, 1985. A
detailed study of the Major Arcana. 658 pages. ISBN: 1852302224.
This book uses the Marseilles 1751 Tarot deck for analysis and interpretation. VSCL.
Minor Arcana: Index
to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism, Correspondences,
Symbolism, Iconography.
New Age
Tarot: A Workbook and Glossary of Symbols. A Guide to the Thoth Deck. By James Wanless,
Ph.D. Carmel, California, Merrill-West Pub., 1986. ISBN: 0961507918.
163 pages.
Voyager Books VSCL.
Numbering System used for files on this website.
One Old
Druid's Journey: The Notebooks of the Librarian of Gushen Grove
Pictures from the Heart: A Tarot Dictionary.
By Sandra A. Thomson. St. Martin's Griffin, First Edition, 2003. 544
pages. ISBN: 9780312291280.
Pips, Numbered Cards of Each Suit,
1-10
Portable Magic: Tarot is the Only Tool You Need. By Donald Tyson.
Woodbury, Minnesota. Index, bibliography, 230 pages. ISBN:
0738709802.
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Quotes, Sayings, Poems, Spells for Tarot
Reading and Ceremony for Charging a Tarot Deck: Charging and Clearing Decks.
By Joy Vernon.
Ripening Peaches: Daoist Studies and Practices
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot. By Rachel Pollack.
Revised with a New Preface. San Francisco, California, Weiser Books, 1980, 2007.
Index, bibliogrpahy, 354 pages. ISBN: 1578634083. This book uses the
Waite-Smith-Rider 1909 Deck for analysis and interpretation. VSCL.
Spiritual Healer
License Board
Strategic Intuition for the 21st Century: Tarot for Business. By James Wanless, Ph.D.. Carmel, California, Merrill-West Publishing, 1996.
193 pages. This is a workbook type format with exercises. ISBN:
1886708010. VSCL.
Suits, Four Suits, of Tarot Deck and Playing Card
Deck
Symbols of Transformation. By Carl G. Jung. Translated by R.F.C.
Hull. Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series XX, 1956, 1976.
Index, Bibliography, 557 pages. VSCL.
Tao Oracle. This deck was
designed by Ma Deva Padma in 2002. It is based on the Chinese Book of
Changes, the I Ching.
Tarot as a Way of Life: A Jungian Approach to the Tarot.
By Karen Hamaker-Zontag.
York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, 1997. Index, bibliography, 271 pages. ISBN: 9780877288787. VSCL.
The
Tarot Book. Basic Instruction for Reading the Cards. By Jana
Riley. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1992. Bibliography,
203 pages. ISBN: 0877287236. VSCL.
Tarot Classic. By Stuart Kaplan. New York, Grossett and Dunlap,
1972. Index, detailed bibliography, 240 pages. ISBN: 0448115441.
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The Tarot Court Cards: Archetypal Patterns of Relationship in the Minor Arcana.
By Kate Warwick-Smith. Destiny Books, 2003. 224 pages. ISBN:
0892810920. VSCL.
Tarot Decks
Discussed on this Website
Tarot for Your Self: A Workbook for Personal Transformation. By Mary K.
Greer. 2nd Edition. Pompton Plains, New Jersey, Career Press, Inc.,
2002. Bibliography, 299 pages. ISBN: 9781564145888. VSCL.
The
Tarot: History, Mystery and Lore. By Cynthia E. Giles.
New York, Fireside Book, Simon
and Schuster, 1992. Index, 238 pages. ISBN:
0671891014. A well written general introduction to the Tarot. VSCL.
Tarot: Mirror of the Soul: Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot.
By Gerd
Ziegler. San Francisco, California, Red Wheel, Weiser Books, 1988.
Brief glossary of symbols. 192 pages. ISBN: 0877286833.
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Tarot Major Arcana: Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism,
Correspondences, Iconography
The
Tarot: Methods, Mastery and More. By Cynthia E. Giles.
New York, Fireside Book, Simon
and Schuster, 1996. Index, 240 pages. ISBN:
0684818833. VSCL.
Tarot Minor Arcana: Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism,
Correspondences, Iconography
Tarot: Mirror of the Soul: Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot
By Gerd Ziegler. Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot. San
Francisco, Weiser Books, 1988. 193 pages. ISBN: 0877276833.
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Tarot
of Ceremonial Magic: A Pictorial Synthesis of Three Great Pillars of Magick
(Astrology, Enochian Magick, Goetia). By Lon Milo Duquette.
York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, 1995. Bibliography, 276 pages. ISBN:
0877287643. VSCL.
Tarot
of the Spirit. By Pamela Eakins, Ph.D.. Companion to the tarot
deck painted by Joyce Eakins. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, 1992.
Index, 424 pages. ISBN: 0877287309. VSCL.
Tarot
Revelations. By Richard Roberts. San Anselmo, California, Vernal
Equinox Press, 3rd Edition, 1979, 1987. Footnotes, 294 pages. ISBN:
0942380002. VSCL.
Tarot
Symbolism. By Robert V. O'Nell. Lima, Ohio, Fairway Press, 1986.
392 pages. ISBN: 0895369362. VSCL.
Tarot
Teachings: The Art of Learing and Using Tarot. By Avia Venefica.
"If our minds are glorious mansions, and our spirits are the surrounding
landscape, then the Tarot is a doorway revealing a wide realm of ever-increasing
beauty, insight, and mystical experience."
Tarot
Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings. By Rachel Pollack.
Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2008. 480 pages. ISBN:
0738713090.
Thoth Companion: The Key to the True Symbolic Meaning of the Thoth Tarot.
By Michael Osiris Snuffin. Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications,
2009. Index, bibliography, glossary, 216 pages. ISBN: 9780738711928.
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Ways to Read a Tarot Card. By Mary K. Greer. Woodbury,
Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2006. Glossary, bibliography, index,
310 pages. ISBN: 9780738707846. VSCL.
Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot.
By Lon Milo DuQuette. San Francisco, California, Red Wheel, Weiser Books, 2003. 330 pages.
Glossary, notes, bibliography. ISBN: 1578632765.
This is an outstanding guide to the Thoth Tarot by an expert in the O.T.O. and Golden Dawn
systems and a Master Tarot scholar. VSCL.
Understanding the Tarot Court. By Mary K. Greer and Tom Little.
Special topics in Tarot Series. Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2004.
Index, glossary, 265 pages. ISBN:
0738702862. VSCL.
Wands, Clubs, Suit, Tarot and Playing Card Decks
Wheel
of Tarot: A New Revolution. Tarot Anthology edited by James Wanless
and Angeles Arrien. Carmel, California, Merrill-West Publishing, 1992.
Index, 303 pages. ISBN: 0961507977. VSCL.
The Voyager Tarot.
This photomontage deck was designed by James Wanless. The photographic collage
artwork was created by Ken Knutson. It was first published in 1984, and
then in 1991
and 2008.
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Valley Spirit Center Library, Red Bluff, California.
The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards.
By Alejandro Jodorowsky and Marianne Costa. Translated by John E. Graham.
Interpretation of the Marseille Deck. Rochester, New York, Destiny Books, 2009. 536 pages. ISBN:
9781594772634. VSCL.
Tarot Decks Referred to in this Website
Visconti 1450 Bonifacio Bembo for Duke Visconti and Duke Sforza in Milan, Italy
Marseille Tarot 1751 Claude Burdel, Switzerland
Waite 1909 Arthur E. Waite and Pamela Coleman Smith, Rider Publisher, England
Thoth 1940 Aleister Crowley and Freida Harris Tarot Deck, Book of Thoth Tarot, England
Voyager 1984 James Wanless and Ken Knutson, California
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