THE POWER OF THE TRUMPS
THE POWER OF THE TRUMPS: A SUBTLE BURST
CAMELIA ELIAS
How many times have you sat with the images of the Tarot, especially the trump cards, and had the feeling that although you see what you see, you also see more? I bet your answer to this is, ‘many.’ This series of eight essays based on recorded lectures explores the subtlety of the tarot trumps and how its power translates into a concrete experience that can only be summed up like this: ‘I’m reading the Tarot, and it feels like riding the hedge.’
At the heart of it is a simple method in the form of an invitation: Think in a way that bursts open your perception. Don’t think in terms of received perception. When the Tarot speaks to you, it doesn’t speak in a language that’s borrowed. It speaks in a language that you understand, as you cross the horizon line, where the seen and the unseen mingle in an oracular, and poetic way.
In addition to being a transcript of eight video recorded lectures on the practice of divination in the context of storytelling and Zen philosophy, this book also appears as part of an omnibus edition that contains further reflections on the pip and court cards of the tarot.
6×9” | Color illustrations | 70 pp
ISBN 978-8792633385
CATEGORY
Divination
EDITIONS
Standard paperback 2017 | $19
Omnibus edition 2020 | $25
NOTE
Essays in method
REVIEWS
An energy bomb on every page. — SHERRYL SMITH, writer and historian
Tarot jazz… finger popping rhythms of vision! Here the tarot trumps are an instrument, being played by a master. — CHARLES WEBB, filmmaker
