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Tarot Time Traveller: Enhance Your Modern Readings with the Wisdom of the Past
Experience a journey through time with the tarot as your guide. On this journey, you will learn how to read the future as you pick up pieces of the puzzle from the greatest tarot teachers throughout history.
Tarot Time Traveller uses history as a template to explore all of the ways that tarot can be used in your life. Relying on historical usage and writings, authors Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin create new practices without being bound by the past. They guide you through the ages, examining each era thoughtfully and thoroughly. You’ll learn tarot as it developed, from the earliest cartomancy to the modern 78-card deck, and develop within yourself a deep appreciation for the meaning and importance of the practice.
Tarot Time Traveller uses history as a template to explore all of the ways that tarot can be used in your life. Relying on historical usage and writings, authors Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin create new practices without being bound by the past. They guide you through the ages, examining each era thoughtfully and thoroughly. You’ll learn tarot as it developed, from the earliest cartomancy to the modern 78-card deck, and develop within yourself a deep appreciation for the meaning and importance of the practice.
386 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 8, 2017
About the author
Marcus Katz
85 books68 followersMarcus Katz is a professional tarot teacher at the Far Away Centre, the first independent contemporary esoteric training centre in the United Kingdom. As the Director of Tarot Professionals, www.tarotprofessionals.com the world's largest professional tarot organisation, he has studied and taught tarot for 30 years and has delivered more than 10,000 face-to-face readings.
Marcus is also the co-creator of Tarot Town, www.tarot-town.com the social network for tarot readers, with thousands of people worldwide sharing innovative tarot development. He graduated from the University of Exeter as the first student in the world to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Western Esotericism - as such he is one of the few recognised academics in this field.
A licensed neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) trainer and neo-Ericksonian hypnotherapist with 20 years of experience training, presenting and teaching, he has completed training with Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, and many other NLP luminaries.
His esoteric, kabbalah and tarot courses and workshops are attended by students from across the world, and he delivers three online courses in spellcrafting, kabbalah and alchemy to students through the Magicka School. He has also travelled and taught private groups across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.
Marcus has learnt from, met and corresponded with many of the leading names in occultism during the past 30 years, and has enjoyed unparalleled access to private and academic libraries and rare manuscripts. His own library of esoteric books, magazines and materials is one of the largest and most comprehensive in private collection.
Marcus is also the co-creator of Tarot Town, www.tarot-town.com the social network for tarot readers, with thousands of people worldwide sharing innovative tarot development. He graduated from the University of Exeter as the first student in the world to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Western Esotericism - as such he is one of the few recognised academics in this field.
A licensed neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) trainer and neo-Ericksonian hypnotherapist with 20 years of experience training, presenting and teaching, he has completed training with Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, and many other NLP luminaries.
His esoteric, kabbalah and tarot courses and workshops are attended by students from across the world, and he delivers three online courses in spellcrafting, kabbalah and alchemy to students through the Magicka School. He has also travelled and taught private groups across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.
Marcus has learnt from, met and corresponded with many of the leading names in occultism during the past 30 years, and has enjoyed unparalleled access to private and academic libraries and rare manuscripts. His own library of esoteric books, magazines and materials is one of the largest and most comprehensive in private collection.
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March 15, 2018
I've read one or two tarot books before but never by these authors. I have a fairly basic understanding but still need to use books to help me give readings. This book is a little bit different from others that I've read as it goes back into the past to look at various times in history.
It is a great way to explore tarot cards and I'm glad I read it. Not sure if I would have had the same enjoyment if I was a total beginner though. It's a good book and I really enjoyed it.
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It is a great way to explore tarot cards and I'm glad I read it. Not sure if I would have had the same enjoyment if I was a total beginner though. It's a good book and I really enjoyed it.
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December 15, 2017
If you read tarot books, then you've come across Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin before. They have a good number of books on the subject, and I've read several of them, which I thought were excellent for beginners and more advanced tarot students alike. "Tarot Time Traveller" is a little bit different of a book, it really is like time traveling to specific times in tarot history.
This was a unique experience and an interesting way to explore the history of tarot. The writing is very vivid, and it is like seeing the how tarot developed through the ages and how the meanings of cards have changed to fit social growth.
This could also be used as a reference guide for someone who is wanting more depth to their tarot study. I don't think you would want to use this book alone, if you are right at the beginning of learning tarot, but for someone more comfortable with the cards, this would be a nice thing to have on your shelf to refer back too.
I received an e-copy of this from NetGalley for my honest review.
This was a unique experience and an interesting way to explore the history of tarot. The writing is very vivid, and it is like seeing the how tarot developed through the ages and how the meanings of cards have changed to fit social growth.
This could also be used as a reference guide for someone who is wanting more depth to their tarot study. I don't think you would want to use this book alone, if you are right at the beginning of learning tarot, but for someone more comfortable with the cards, this would be a nice thing to have on your shelf to refer back too.
I received an e-copy of this from NetGalley for my honest review.
November 7, 2017
I enjoyed this book--the authors took on a daunting subject and worked to make it accessible and open to readers, however, it is difficult to read. I have about 15 years of experience in the tarot and have done a lot of research on the history of the cards and how meanings have evolved through the centuries. Marcus and Tali took on a huge undertaking with this book and work very hard to open it up to all skill levels, but I fear some inexperienced readers may have some difficulty. That said, this is a great reference book for an intermediate/advanced reader.
I really enjoyed the exercises the authors provided in the book and found them enlightening for my own practices. I will definitely use this book in my own studies on tarot and it will find a place in my standing reference collection.
**I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a review.**
I really enjoyed the exercises the authors provided in the book and found them enlightening for my own practices. I will definitely use this book in my own studies on tarot and it will find a place in my standing reference collection.
**I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a review.**
September 12, 2017
Overall this book sounded interesting and it was that but for someone who has just started learning Tarot, the book was a bit confusing (it might be the formatting on Kindle). The card explanations were quite short and it did not give me all the information that would have liked and probably needed. I will however, keep going through this book and try and understand it more.
*ARC received from the publisher via Netgalley.
*ARC received from the publisher via Netgalley.
October 16, 2017
Another book for my reference shelf. This is not a book you read and then move on. This is one of those book you will want to keep referring back to over and over again. Now I normally have a problem with over description in books but in this case i could of used a bit more information. The book is good and basically written fro beginners but is still useful for those of us who have been practicing with Tarot for years.
August 3, 2017
So glad I was honored with the opportunity to read this ARC through NetGalley - A book that I will definitely be referring to over and over, not a quick once read and done! So much interesting and helpful information for newbies and experienced readers alike! Thank you for the journey!
October 2, 2025
A solid overview of the history of cartomancy that introduces many non tarot forms as well.
March 22, 2018
I found this book to be an ok read. I didn't find anything particularly new and it sadly didn't reignite my spark for Tarot but i know many of my friends would get a lot more out of this book and i would still recommend it to them.
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June 12, 2018*I receive this novel on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*
This book is nothing how I imagined it to be, which isn't a bad thing. :) The authors take an unique approach in giving us the historical background surrounding the birth of the tarot cards. The authors literally go through each card's significance history from conception to the most recent. This gives readers the opportunity to see meaning evolution which in my opinion helps new readers get a more innate sense of the cards. This reference historical novel also dedicates sections to learning how to scry and time travel through the astral plane.
This book is nothing how I imagined it to be, which isn't a bad thing. :) The authors take an unique approach in giving us the historical background surrounding the birth of the tarot cards. The authors literally go through each card's significance history from conception to the most recent. This gives readers the opportunity to see meaning evolution which in my opinion helps new readers get a more innate sense of the cards. This reference historical novel also dedicates sections to learning how to scry and time travel through the astral plane.
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