The Devil's Picturebook by Paul Huson (1970), The Tarot by Alfred Douglas (1971), Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack (1980-1983).
Today I'm taking advantage of the nodisclaimers tarot tag to talk frankly about three classic tarot books that, while excellent in parts, promulgate what I see as a misconception about the origins and purpose of tarot.
00:00 - Introduction
02.31 - The Devil's Picturebook by Paul Huson (1970)
09.28 - The Tarot by Alfred Douglas (1971)
17.32 - Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack
18.43 - Conclusion
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I discuss how Paul Huson's book, good though it is, is based on false premises (a fact which he implicitly acknowledges in his later book, Mystical Origins of the Tarot), how Alfred Douglas' The Tarot reiterates these misconceptions, and how this questionable vision of tarot is explored, as thoroughly as anyone could wish, in Rachel Pollack's ubiquitous Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom.
My in-depth review of Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom is here: • Why "78 Degrees of Wis...
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11 ноя 2023