Keywords For The Crowley Tarot

Toward the end of his notorious life as a radical among religious believersAleister Crowley developed a new tarot deck which was published in 1944 as TheBook of... » 

Toward the end of his notorious life as a radical among religious believersAleister Crowley developed a new tarot deck which was published in 1944 as TheBook of Thoth named after the ancient Egyptian god of wisdom and magic spells.Crowley let all his magical knowledge flow into these cards. Since he was ahighly educated widelytraveled man and an extraordinarily wellversedauthority of esoteric traditions it is no wonder that this tarot deckfascinates us and has remained unsurpassed to this day in its symbolic contentand complexity.Hajo Banzaf and Brigitte Theler provide basic backgroundabout the tarot and its use. They discuss various decks setting the stage foran indepth examination of Crowleys deck. They answer frequently askedquestions about what you can and cant learn from the cards how they work howto give a reading and how to deal with predictions of disaster. They alsooffer eighteen different card spreads to address specific questions. The uniquefeature of this book is the cookbook section that describes every card in thedeck. While many people know how to work with the symbolism of the Waite deckmost are not comfortable with the Crowley deck and find his book to difficultto understand. This easytouse reference provides a handy dictionary andoverview so you can readily check card meanings and interpret the symbols fordifferent occasions. Included are the number glyph astrological attributegeneral meaning what the card encourages what it warns against and how youcan use it if you draw it as your card for the day or card for theyear.With so few books on the market that explain the Crowley tarot asclearly as this one doesKeywords for the Crowley Tarot is sure to become aclassic in every tarot library «