New Directions in Tarot (eBook)

Decoding the Tarot Illustrations of Pamela Colman Smith

Scott Martin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
Schiffer Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5073-0378-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A look at how Pamela Colman Smith's theatrical knowledge and experience came into play when she drew the iconic cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. The “secrets” in this book have been known all along, and they work in all who read Tarot on a subconscious level. This insightful book delves deeply into the images Pamela Colman Smith created for the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, and reminds us of what we may have known intuitively but had not been aware of on a conscious level. • A brand-new approach that focuses on how, in her images, Smith utilized a sense of direction, body movement, posture, gait, facial expression, and more • Compares the Tarot Minors to technical elements of theater, including plot, conflict, elements of a play, thought/theme, dialogue, music, and actors’ positions on stage • Provides powerful tools for interpreting the cards and discovering new meanings that the reader can make their own • Includes thought-provoking exercises that guide the reader in the mastery of these new insights The result is a fresh take on Tarot that brings new meanings to light and enables the reader to evaluate what the Tarot provides like never before.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2024
• Vorwort: Mary K. Greer
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebensdeutung
• ISBN-10: 1-5073-0378-5 / 1507303785
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5073-0378-8 / 9781507303788