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Tarot Divination by Aleister Crowley
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Aleister Crowley Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 1976-12 ISBN: 0877283478 Number of pages: 72 Publisher: Weiser Books
Book Reviews of Tarot DivinationBook Review: Best reference for Golden Dawn style tarot decks. Summary: 5 Stars
When Aleister Crowley split with the Golden Dawn, he considered his sacred duty to publish all of it's "secret" teachings. This is his version of "Book T," the GD's lesson on how to read the Tarot. This was written before Crowley designed his own deck, and the descriptions of the cards clearly refer to the original GD deck, and not his Thoth. This is, therefore, an invaluable source on interpreting the GD deck itself, and those derived from it, including the Rider-Waite and all of its clones. It is very weak on the Major Arcana, giving only short keywords and no theoretical background. As Crowley says, "This table [of keywords] is very unsatisfactory. Each card must be most carefully meditated..." The Minor Arcana, however, are described in great detail, along with their Cabalistic and astrological attributions. There is additional interpretive information, including reading by dignification, and a description of the Golden Dawn "all day method" of reading the cards. If you want to read GD style decks, this is THE source; before the est-groupies and psychobabblers got ahold of it. This same info can be found in other compendia of Crowley's works, but this edition is short and to the point.
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