Sunday, May 30, 2010

Rachel Pollack's Tarot Wisdom



“The application to Tarot is clear.
It offers us a great gift, a way to understand the wonders of life,
a form of guidance when events or our own souls trouble us.
To receive that gift, we must open ourselves -
not just emotionally, but also conceptually.” R Pollack


Rachel Pollack has written over a dozen books on the subject of Tarot, including the classic guidebook Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, so I expected to be impressed with her latest offering. But I didn’t expect to be so surprised, delighted and awed by it!

Since publishing Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, Rachel has spent the last three decades exploring the deeper aspects of the cards, and this book overflows with insights and esoteric knowledge.

Actually, the term “book” doesn’t do it justice, this is more like a manual of cartomancy - one that seamlessly blends Kabbalistic and Pythagorean concepts with astrology, fairy tales and grail legends. It was an ambitious undertaking, but one that is unequalled in its scope and brilliance.

Tarot Wisdom will transform the way that you look at each and every card. It’s a fresh approach to a fascinating subject, and no serious student of Tarot should be without it.

Author: Rachel Pollack
Published by: Llewellyn
ISBN: 978-0-7387-1309-0