Mapping the Hero's Journey With Tarot

Author: Arwen Lynch
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781546969457
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
TELL YOUR STORY Starting is easy. But finishing it? There is no one way to "the end" other than writing. Arwen Lynch will show you how you can use a pack of cards to get your story line arced and sparked! When she applied her knowledge of Tarot to the craft of writing, things took off. This book takes you through mapping your hero's journey in a down-to-earth way. There's no need for crystal balls and neon signs. FINISH YOUR BOOK The Hero's Journey is a tried-and-true method of building your story. Because the goal here is to activate your voice and to use your imagination, there is no need to memorize anything. The Tarot is your tool because you are your own boss. Let this book give you a secret weapon disguised as 78 cards. Vision boards can be created. Outlines defeated. Your own creative voice comes out loud and clear. - Learn How Mapping The Hero's Journey Works - Use Tarot In A Completely New Way - Finish Your Book

Tarot and the Archetypal Journey

Author: Sallie Nichols
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1633411184
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
This highly innovative work presents a piercing interpretation of the tarot in terms of Jungian psychology. Through analogies to the humanities, mythology, and the graphic arts, the significance of the cards is related to personal growth and what Jung termed "individuation." The Major Arcana becomes a map of life, and the hero's journey becomes something that each individual can relate to one's personal life. "Sallie Nichols, in her profound investigation of the Tarot has performed an immense service. Her book enriches and helps us to understand the awesome responsibilities laid upon consciousness. She has done this not in an arid fashion but derived from her own experience of the Tarot and its strangely translucent lights. As a result her book not only lives but quickens life in whomever it touches." --Laurens van der Post

Tarot for Writers

Author: Corrine Kenner
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738714577
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 383

Book Description
Once reserved for mystics and seers, the tarot is one of the best tools for boosting your creativity and shifting your imagination into high gear. Famous authors such as John Steinbeck and Stephen King have used the tarot deck to tap into deep wells of inspiration, and you can enliven your own writing the same way--whether you craft short stories, novels, poetry, nonfiction, or even business proposals. This book on reading tarot cards and applying them to your writing will guide you through each stage of the creative process, from fleshing out a premise to promoting a finished work. Enhance your storytelling technique through over 500 enjoyable writing prompts, exploratory games for groups and individuals, tarot journaling, and other idea-stimulating activities that call upon the archetypal imagery and multi-layered symbolism in the tarot. Infuse flair and originality into your work as you learn to: Interpret symbols, myths, and learn to read all seventy-eight cards in the tarot card deck Use classic tarot layouts and spreads to structure your story Brainstorm story ideas and develop dialogue and plot Create detailed settings, powerful scenes, and dynamic characters Overcome writer's block and breathe new life into existing projects As a writer, you hold the power of creation in your hands. By exploring the tarot and incorporating it into your writing practice, you will set your creative potential soaring to new heights.

Tarot and the Journey of the Hero

Author: Hajo Banzhaf
Publisher: Red Wheel
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
This full-color, profusely illustrated book provides an insightful approach to the 22 cards of the major arcana. Drawing on Jungian psychology and his own considerable knowledge of esoterica, Banzhaf clearly shows how the major arcana of the Waite tarotdeck tell the story of the hero's journey. It is the world's oldest story, residing in our collective unconscious, as women and men alike find themselves engaged in the heroic task of maturation. 126 color illustrations. Color foldout. Notes. Bibliography

Jung and Tarot

Author: Sallie Nichols
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609259025
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
Highly innovative work presenting a piercing interpretation of the tarot in terms of Jungian psychology. Through analogy with the humanities, mythology and the graphic arts, the significance of the cards is related to personal growth and individuation. The major arcana becomes a map of life, and the hero's journey becomes something that each individual can relate to the symbolism of the cards and therefore to the personal life. "Sallie Nichols, in her profound investigation of Tarot, and her illuminated exegesis of its pattern as an authentic attempt at enlargement of the possibilities of human perceptions has . .. performed an immense service for analytical psychology. Her book enriches and helps us to understand the awesome responsibilities laid upon us by consciousness .... On top of it all, she has done this not in an arid fashion, but as an act of knowing derived from her own experience of Tarot and its strangely translucent lights. As a result her book not only lives but quickens life in whomever it touches." --from the Introduction by Laurens van der Post

Mary K. Greer's 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card

Author: Mary K. Greer
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738716855
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Drawing on nearly forty years of tarot experience, Mary K. Greer has developed a new energizing approach-made up of twenty-one stimulating techniques to interpret or deepen your understanding of each card. Just as the twenty-six letters of the alphabet can be combined to form billions of words, Greer's twenty-one methods can be used in any combination for gaining amazing new insights and perspectives. Emphasizing both traditional and personal methods of interpretation, Greer's techniques involve storytelling, sketching, symbols, metaphors, dialogues, acting, and other imaginative exercises. Designed to bring about interaction, transformation, and empowerment, this twenty-one-pronged approach to tarot can help readers expand standard interpretations and evolve new ways of connecting to the cards. COVR Award Winner or Best Divination Book

Learning the Tarot

Author: Joan Bunning
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609254139
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Learning the Tarot, Joan Bunning offers a complete course in 19 lessons that covers the basics and then gradually goes into more advanced concepts. First published in 1998, Joan Bunning’s Learning the Tarot has become a tarot classic. Written in a confident and natural style, the book communicates the basic depth and beauty of each card, shows how the cards trigger psychological projection, and enhances intuition. Learning the Tarot is a thorough (but never overwhelming) invitation to the beginner. The book focuses in detail on: the actual process of discovering meaning in the cards how to consider one card by itself, how to look for card pairs how to create the "story" of a reading The book includes a convenient reference section that contains two pages of information for each card, including a picture from the popular Waite-Smith deck, a description, keywords, action phrases, and suggestions for cards with similar and opposite meanings. The author first presented this course online at learntarot.com, which continues to attract over one hundred thousand visitors per month. “When I first created my website in 1995,” writes Joan Bunning, “I never dreamed how much interest in the tarot I would find. People from all over the world began writing to tell me about their experiences with the course and their adventures with the cards. This response was music to my ears! I knew from my own experience that the tarot is a wonderful tool for personal guidance and inner exploration. “My goal with this book was to give you the basics you need to begin working with the tarot on your own. I try to make this inner process understandable by breaking it up into a series of steps that are simple while still doing justice to the depth and beauty of the cards. I concentrate on the everyday, showing how the tarot makes real, practical sense in the modern world. The tarot is a living system that adapts creatively to each user. Rather than rules, I offer guidelines. While reading my book, I want you to feel that you have a teacher sitting next to you who is introducing you to this special tool, but also encouraging you to go on to discover your own unique approach to the cards.”

Transformational Tarot

Author: Arnell Ando
Publisher: U S Games Systems
ISBN: 9781572815391
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Drawing upon a rich collection of images from diverse cultures, these abstract collages, embellished with symbolic artifacts, present a universal mythology for our time.

Tarot and Other Meditation Decks

Author: Emily E. Auger
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476686793
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277

Book Description
Arthur E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith's Rider-Waite Tarot (1909) is the most popular Tarot in the world. Today, it is affectionately referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in recognition of the high quality of Smith's contributions. Waite and Smith's deck has become the gold standard for identifying and analyzing contemporary Tarot and other meditation decks based on archetypes. Developments in both visual and literary history and theory have influenced Tarot since its fifteenth-century invention as a game and subsequent adaptations for esotericism, cartomancy, and meditation. This analysis consider Tarot in relation to established modern and postmodern art movements, such as Symbolism, Surrealism, and Pattern and Decoration Art, as well as the concepts and theories informing both the dominance and the dissolution of the modernist "grid" and hierarchical priorities. This work also explores the close connection between Tarot and the invention of the literary novel and includes new material on the representation of Tarot in film and fiction. A new chapter addresses the growing influence of the archetypal "shadow" and "shadow work" on Tarot as an artistic form, narrative genre, and practice in the new millennium.

Faeries' Oracle

Author: Brian Froud
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743201116
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
This divination kit comprises of a deck of 66 divination cards and a book that introduces the most powerful and important members of the faery kingdom.