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La voie du tarot

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Esther said: " I haven't yet properly read through this book, but I've been using it as a reference for a while now, so I wanted to start writing an initial review.
Let me start off by saying that this is a fantastic book. No book is ever going to come close to cov I haven't yet properly read through this book, but I've been using it as a reference for a while now, so I wanted to start writing an initial review.
Let me start off by saying that this is a fantastic book. No book is ever going to come close to covering all of things there are to say about tarot, but it can provide you with a good basis of the symbols and archetypes that tarot is based on and it does a great job of it. You can both read through the entire book (which I've just started doing) or use it as reference during readings - interpretations of cards are easy to find and instead of just giving you a list of potential meaning, they walk you through the different aspects of that card (numerical, visual, its suit etc.)
This is where some of my criticism come in. Jodorwosky wrote this book to accompany a specific deck, the Jodorowsky-Camoin Marseille Tarot. This is not in itself a bad thing, but occasionally some descriptions focus entirely on the visuals of that specific deck without giving you useful tools for analysing them, which can be frustrating when working with a different deck. (Although I will say that just as for any kind of research you would do, your tarot readings should not be based on a single reference)
My second frustration with Jodorowsky is his initial claim for this book. Supposedly, he has recreated the "original" Marseille tarot at its truest form and this is it. Each arcana is the original, and every single detail should be interpreted as some sort of divine (?) message. I hardly believe that there is or ever was an original Marseille tarot, and secondly I think Jodorowsky does not do justice to his impressive research or years of experience by claiming this. I'm of the opinion he would benefit a lot from learning to say "I made this particular design choice based on my research/experience because it matters" rather than "I have found the true image and what it symbolises"

I will probably come back to edit/add to this review later on, but I hope these thoughts are useful to anyone considering buying this book. ...more "

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The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

by Kassia St. Clair

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Women Who Run With the Wolves

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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