The Tarot: A Strange and Wondrous Thing

This is not the usual book on Tarot. Most reference the images of the Rider Waite Pack, first published in England in 1909, and they use an interpretive system based on teachings of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, an English metaphysical school. What has been missing, are books teaching other traditions.

This book focuses on the old common Tarots of Europe, a long tradition of block-printed cards having non-scenic pips. In the French style, the deck is known as “The Tarot de Marseille.” Its quaint and much-loved images are discussed in detail.

Tarot forum participants often ask, “How can I learn to read the Tarot de Marseille? What books should I read?”

The answer is: This book. It is filled with related history and symbolic associations, and it teaches an updated version of a relatively simple, historically based method for reading NSP (non-scenic pip) decks.  It makes rational and intuitive sense without the extensive study required in the English system. But this book goes further; it introduces a deck that makes this method especially easy to learn and remember. See CARDS in the menu. With or without the new deck, this book will bring a new appreciation of the Tarot, and let you enjoy and actually read the fascinating historic reproduction decks now available.

See a REVIEW OF THIS BOOK  Sherryl E. Smith specializes in Tarot history and historic reproduction decks now available. Visit her site: https://tarot-heritage.com Click Blog and Tarot Books. This book is introduced as “A Tarot de Marseille Book for Everyone“.Visit her site often to learn about decks and books you may not have known existed. 

Read excerpts from the book itself, 7 complete pages, below.

To order this strange and wondrous book or the Triadic Tarot cards, click ORDER in the menu below.