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Title: The Underground Stream: Esoteric Tarot Revealed by Christine Payne-Towler, Tina Rosa ISBN: 0-9673043-0-X Publisher: Noreah Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Badly researched
Comment: I was disappointed by the lack of quality of this book. She might have some interesting things to say about the history of tarot, but had this book been turned in as a research paper in college it would have come back with lots of red ink. There are typos on most pages, books and authors are referred to and mentioned in the text, yet are missing from the bibliography. She whines at great length at the idea that English occultists and their descendents are swayed by the editorializing comments that Levi's English translators, such as A.E. Waite, added to his text. Among those who supposedly just don't understand are the authors of "A Wicked Pack of Cards." What she fails to mention is the fact that one of the authors of that book (not mentioned in her bibliography) is French, and that both the original French and the translated English editions are mentioned in their bibliography. I would also find it hard to believe that the other authors--a distinguished philosopher at Oxford and an art historian--don't have at least a passing reading knowlege of French. It is not difficult to find the original French editions of Levi and de Court, and if one is that serious about this issue, one can seek those out. This comes across as being written by someone with little understanding of how to do basic research, and who doesn't have the skills that would be required of someone doing degree level college work. The fact that it is praised as being well researched blows my mind. I guess the intellectual and scholarly standards of a lot of people who are interesting in these things are fairly low. A pity. I was hoping to learn about the esoteric tradition of tarot from this book, but it is so filled with inaccuracies that it is hard to take anything she says seriously. At the very least, someone should have bothered to proofread the manuscript! And it's a thin paperback for that price. Yuck.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great esoteric intr oduction!
Comment: This volume is an excellent introduction to the esoteric roots and correspondences of all the major decks, with information on the Kaballah, astrology,, numerology, and gnosticism. Yet it is an easy and enjoyable read. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the archetypal symbolism and history of tarot cards, and their relationship to the Western mystery tradition.
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Title: The Forest of Souls: A Walk Through the Tarot by Rachel Pollack ISBN: 1567185339 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Magdalene's Lost Legacy: Symbolic Numbers and the Sacred Union in Christianity by Margaret Starbird ISBN: 1591430127 Publisher: Bear & Company Pub. Date: 05 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail by Margaret Starbird ISBN: 1879181037 Publisher: Bear & Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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