Tarot Book tips

Does someone here know good books about the Tarot?
I´m looking for books in the more esoteric, Golden Dawn tradition...

Hello WaitingOne,

I don't know anything about the Golden Dawn tradition. Although it does ring a bell - Aleister Crowley and the Thoth Tarot maybe, I dunno!

Anyway, I'm reading a book at the moment called, Tarot Therapy by Steve Hounsome. I've waited a very long time for this book to come along. The author suggests that tarot has had a bad reputation for too long and needs to break away from the old traditions. He is promoting tarot philosophy as a means of therapy rather than a tool used by little old ladies with tea cosy's on their head predicting the future.
I welcome this book, wholeheartedly.

I'm also reading Celtic history.
It occurred to me that maybe I should know something about Celtic spirituality if I am going to be using the Celtic Cross spread.

Now I'll put on my helmet and await incoming :)

t.

[Jenny Crow]

One of the best authors on Tarot is Mary K. Greer - any of her books will help you. 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollock is also good.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say looking for books in the Golden Dawn tradition. There's a deck by Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero called Golden Dawn Magical Tarot and there's also a deck by Robert Wang called Golden Dawn Tarot - but they're decks, not books.

Originally Posted by WaitingOne

Does someone here know good books about the Tarot?
I´m looking for books in the more esoteric, Golden Dawn tradition...

It's worth remembering the relevance of the tarot to the Golden Dawn tradition. It doesn't mean you have to learn or follow the Golden Dawn magical system but just in case you're curious, Israel Regardie produced a tome about it..."Golden Dawn...An Account..."
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Dawn-...srael+regardie
A heck of a volume but could be a useful reference.

But you'll become involved at some level with the Kabbalah to the extent of a basic understanding and path-working (which is a wonderful route to enlightenment) and Regardie and others have written extensively about this.

Basically as P Foster Case said, the tarot is effectively a book of wisdom disguised as a pack of cards. Although tarot is said to have originated as a card game it took on spiritual importance through various Orders that aligned it with the Kabbalah and Tree of Life.

Card reading is in no way diminished by this but the tarot offers so much more.

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Thank you for your answers everyone!

Thank you Lorelyen, for the tip! Already ordered
I found another author which might be worth a look, Paul H. Barlowe... he has an own website, supertarot and gives a lot of insights into GD tradition.