Sorry, but I am still working on this page. . .But here are a few books listed to get you on a roll though... *smile*
- Nancy Shavick
- She has written three, small inexpensively priced, books on reading the cards. The Tarot Reader, Mastering The Tarot, and Tarot For Relationships -- I recommend them as she goes into the meanings of the cards on a different level and she has some fun spreads listed in them for you to try your hand at!! Her books offer great incentive to delve into adding more books to your library on the subject. Since they are small books, she offers many avenues to continue learning ....
- Mary K. Greer
- She has written a three part series on the Tarot that is available in the mid-range of pricing. She has methods listed how to use the cards to explore the self, i.e. personality cards, and encourages the reader to attach some of their feelings/meanings to the cards. Some of the books are pretty repetative when read next to each other, but there is some pearls of wisdom here though too. Recall though that "The Tarot For The Self" is sometimes recommended fora first timer at learning about the cards, but this is NOT a teaching book but a self-help classification of book -- she has the person use the Tarot cards to get in better in touch with themself and who they are.
- Eden Gray
- A name synonomynous in who a learning reader is recommended to read when they first buy a deck and her book (in softback cover) can be found in the inexpensive range. I found her books OK to read but it mainly centered itself with assigned definitions *though* she does point out some interesting symbology of the cards. A great book to use together in with Waite's Pictorial Key To Tarot. I used this book as a partial reference while writing the history segment on the Tarot. These books were authored back in the 1970's when not a lot of Tarot material was on the market to refer to.
- Cynthia Giles
- She wrote a book called "The Tarot" that I read with interest as she dealt with the background, myths, and such of it and not with the reading of them. She found many interesting pictures and illustrations as well. This book was one of my main references while posting my little history segment in this home page ... but as with any book pertaining to the "history" of the cards, you do have to read it with an open mind. *smile*
- Anonymous
- *why are some of the great books written by this particularly named persona??* Published by Bracken Books in London, "The Complete Book Of Fortune" discusses many types of divination techniques and oracles/omens. I used this book as one of my references for the Divination Table page. It is a nice thick book full of little thoughts of whimsey and learning materials.
A. E. Waite- Pictorial Key To The Tarot is his companion book to the Rider-Waite deck designed by Pamela Coleman Smith and himself. Dry reading (in opinion of some) but recall and bear in mind that this book was written in the early 1900's and Waite did love long words. Also, he is one of the distinguished alumni from the orginal Golden Dawn group.
- Anonymous
- *busy little author huh?* "Napoleon's Book Of Fate" pulished by Foulsham in Berkinshire only really delves into two techniques....dreams is one but the "Book of Fate" is the full version of the oracle supposedly consulted by Napoleon Bonaparte. *cough cough*
- M. C. Poinsoit
- The Encylcopedia Of Occult Sciences was another reference I used for the Divination Table page, this book delves into divinatory sciences; magical applications; and metaphysical aspects.
- Rosemary Ellen Gully
- The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft is set up like a the Brittanica's of the encyclopedias, only in one book.
- Peter Brent
- Past, Present, and Future was another book I pulled out to refer to while compiling the Divination Table page.
- Francis X. King
- The Encyclopedia Of Fortune-Telling is pretty interesting reading about some of the mainstream divination techniques and yet another reference for the Divination Table page.
I will be working on this some more....
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