HAPPY LUGHNASADH!
WELCOME
to the Edge of the Circle Newsletter. This newsletter has come about as an
effort to reach out to the Pagan/ Occult community (particularly in Seattle
where we are based) to inform the community of what events are happening at our
store. Without further ado, welcome, and enjoy.
WHO WE
ARE: Edge of the Circle Books is Seattle's resource for Paganism
& the Occult. This newsletter seeks to provide the Seattle community with a
place to list events, post articles, and do a bit of networking.
We are located at: 701 E. Pike St, corner of Boylston Ave.,
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SPECIAL EVENTS:
EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS IS PROUD TO PRESENT
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL EVENTS AND CLASSES:
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TAROT BY THE NUMBERS
Announcing a new Tarot class to be offered at The Edge of
the Circle!
It will meet weekly on Tuesdays, beginning July 8, 2014,
from 6:45 – 8:45 PM.
The cost is $7.00 per session.
Walk-ins are welcome, and you may join the class at any
point.
The primary focus of this class will be the use of numeric
and elemental symbolism to understand the traditional interpretations of the
Tarot, putting this into use with personal insight and intuitive awareness to
create a meaningful understanding of the Tarot as its messages provide guidance
for daily life.
While the material will be presented at an introductory
level, the intuitive nature of Tarot messages speaks to long-time Tarot
enthusiasts as well as to those new to the Tarot, and all are more than welcome. If you like, you may contact Kathy at
kathytom@live.com to let her know you’re coming, but advance registration is
not really necessary. Anyone is welcome
to drop in for one session, some, or all of them.
The classes will be presented by Kathy Eckert, MSW, who is
currently teaching this class series at the Seattle Metaphysical Library in
Ballard. Kathy has used Tarot in her
therapy practice in addition to her seventeen years of Tarot reading
experience.
This is what a current student has to say:
I
started learning Tarot with Kathy last winter and can’t stop. Her many years of deep Tarot study combined
with her Graduate education in Social Work provides an educated knowledge base,
but I really appreciate that it’s her own personality that provides the fresh
and very approachable down-to-earth perspective. Through her focus on group dynamics, her
adventurous and courageous presentations and a hands-on-the-cards approach
paired with a teaching style that is unassuming (humble and non-authoritarian),
she weaves magical support for the developing student’s confidence and voice.
I’m
learning to interpret the magical symbols in Tarot through multiple lenses:
Jungian Symbolism, Integrative, Client Centered, Shadow Image (positive
messages within the dark cards) as well as the traditional and esoteric
knowledge base (numerology, elemental, seasonal, historical.) Her Jungian class takes all the fear out of
having to “get it right” by putting the process of interpretation back in the
student’s lap. I’m addicted! It’s become
a year-round adventure. I’m not going to
say it’s an energy-raising coven, or group therapy…but like a good wine, her
classes resonate with notes of both.
Enthralled
student – Orianna
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Note:
all prices are subject to change without notice.
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REDISCOVER
THE MAGICK OF THE GODS AND GODDESSES:
Revealing
the Mysteries of Theurgy
By
Jean-Louis de Biasi
Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (July 8, 2014)
List Price: $24.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The philosophical roots of much of Wicca and Paganism, as
well as Western ceremonial magick, come from ancient Egypt. In this thoroughly
researched book, the Grand Master of the Aurum Solis shares the history and
evolution of the theurgic tradition—including the origins of Hermeticism in
Egypt and the Mediterranean world, the birthplace of the theurgic tradition—and
how-to instructions for discovering the presence of the divine in the world.
Providing a seven-step system of exercises and rituals to
help the reader achieve higher levels of consciousness, Jean-Louis de Biasi
also includes tips and techniques for working with sacred texts, information
about the five temples of the human being, The Great Work, the three cosmic
rituals, and the real planetary days. A valuable resource for those interested
in the history and practices of the Western Mystery Tradition.
Reviews:
"Jean-Louis
de Biasi's book is an excellent introduction to the spiritual practices of the
Aurum Solis, which has its roots in Hermetic philosophy and the Pagan religions
of ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Middle East. Blending history, philosophy,
and detailed practical instruction, Rediscover the Magick of the Gods and
Goddesses presents theurgy in a ready-to-use system of spiritual development.
Numerous diagrams and self-tests at the end of the chapters enhance the book's
value for self-instruction."
Bruce
MacLennan
Author
of "The Wisdom of Hypathia" Llewellyn Publications
"This
book is not just a good book...it is fantastic. It makes the topic, including
the history--and many people are bored with history--fascinating to any reader
and practical for anyone who wants to start using the system of Theurgy.
Congratulations!"
Donald
Michael Kraig
Author
of "Modern Magick"
About the Author:
Jean-Louis de Biasi is a writer, speaker, and Hermetic
philosopher who has studied the various topics of the Tradition since the
1970s, and who has been initiated into the highest degrees of several Western
initiatic traditions. Introduced very early into the Ordo Aurum Solis, in 2003
de Biasi became the tenth Lifetime Grand Master. He is also in charge as
Reverend of the religious expression of the Hermetic tradition called Ecclesia
Ogdoadica.
De Biasi's philosophical and spiritual tradition is rooted
in neoplatonic and hermetic affiliations, and includes masters of the tradition
such as Plato, Proclus, Iamblicus, the Emperor Julian, Pletho, and Ficino, to
name a few. He is also the Grand Patriarch in charge of the Ordre Kabbalistique
de la Rose-Croix (the Kabbalistic Order of the Rose-Cross, O.K.R.C.)
He was initiated into Freemasonry and raised in 1992. He is
a 32° Scottish Rite Freemason, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S., F.G.C.R., Royal
Arch Mason. He is a specialist of Masonic Rituals and Esoteric Freemasonry.
He is invited regularly to various countries where he gives
workshops, seminars, trainings, and conferences on philosophical and
traditional subjects and expounds and expands on his writings.
He is the author of several books in French, published in
several languages, and is now writing in English for Llewellyn Publications.
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THE
MAGICKAL UNION OF EAST AND WEST:
The
Spiritual Path to New Aeon Tantra
By
Gregory Peters
Paperback: 216 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (July 8, 2014)
List Price: $19.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Honoring the traditions of Eastern Tantric magick, author
Gregory Peters has combined the insights of the East with the Western Thelemic
tradition. Sharing the methods for integrating mind and body with the universal
energy of the cosmos, The Magickal Union of East and West provides exercises,
meditations, mantras, and rites, culminating with the ultimate magickal ritual,
the "Diamond Sapphire Gem of Radiant Light."
In a style immediately accessible to all students, Peters
shows how to work with magickal tools and how to create the protective magickal
armor known as the "Thelemic Refuge." This book provides a modern
view of Thelema that will lead to a New Aeon of possibility for all spiritual
seekers.
About the Author:
Gregory Peters (Stanford, CA) has contributed scholarly
articles on Freemasonry and Thelema in local and international publications. He
has been a student and teacher of esoteric systems of self-discovery for twenty
years, and has held offices in Western esoteric orders. A close student of
Phyllis Seckler (Soror Meral) and a senior member of Crowley's magical
fraternity the A∴A∴, Peters founded the Ordo Sunyata Vajra in 1999.
He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area.
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WITCHCRAFT
TODAY - 60 YEARS ON
By
Trevor Greenfield
Paperback: 187 pages
Publisher: Moon Books (June 27, 2014)
List Price: $14.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
In the sixty years following the publication of Gerald
Gardner’s Witchcraft Today, new paths have appeared, and older ones emerged out
of the shadow of repression and illegality, to express with a new and more
confident voice their beliefs and practice, and share, with a steadily growing
audience, their knowledge, their certainties, their questions and their vision.
This book is a celebration of some of the many paths that Witchcraft/Wicca has
taken and of the journeys that people have embarked upon.
Review:
Dr Vivianne Crowley, Faculty of Pastoral Counseling and
Chaplaincy, Cherry Hill Seminary –
Sixty
years after the publication of Witchcraft Today, we have seen Gerald Gardner's
vision grow and evolve as it spreads around the globe. Witchcraft Today - 60
Years On is a fitting tribute, bringing together authors from different paths
within the Craft, each with a unique contribution and insight to inspire those
who are practising, teaching, and strengthening Wicca today and for the
generations to come.
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ALEISTER
CROWLEY: THE BEAST IN BERLIN:
Art,
Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic
By
Tobias Churton
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions; 1 edition (June 26, 2014)
List Price: $29.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A biographical history of Aleister Crowley’s activities in
Berlin from 1930 to 1932 as Hitler was rising to power
• Examines Crowley’s focus on his art, his work as a spy for
British Intelligence, his colorful love life and sex magick exploits, and his
contacts with magical orders
• Explores Crowley’s relationships with Berlin’s artists,
filmmakers, writers, and performers such as Christopher Isherwood, Jean Ross,
and Aldous Huxley
• Recounts the fates of Crowley’s friends and colleagues
under the Nazis as well as what happened to Crowley’s lost art exhibition
Gnostic poet, painter, writer, and magician Aleister Crowley
arrived in Berlin on April 18, 1930. As prophet of his syncretic religion
“Thelema,” he wanted to be among the leaders of art and thought, and Berlin,
the liberated future-gazing metropolis, wanted him. There he would live, until
his hurried departure on June 22, 1932, as Hitler was rapidly rising to power
and the black curtain of intolerance came down upon the city.
Known to his friends affectionately as “The Beast,” Crowley
saw the closing lights of Berlin’s artistic renaissance of the Weimar period
when Berlin played host to many of the world’s most outstanding artists,
writers, filmmakers, performers, composers, architects, philosophers, and
scientists, including Albert Einstein, Bertolt Brecht, Ethel Mannin, Otto Dix,
Aldous Huxley, Jean Ross, Christopher Isherwood, and many other luminaries of a
glittering world soon to be trampled into the mud by the global bloodbath of
World War II.
Drawing on previously unpublished letters and diary material
by Crowley, Tobias Churton examines Crowley’s years in Berlin and his intense
focus on his art, his work as a spy for British Intelligence, his colorful love
life and sex magick exploits, and his contacts with German Theosophy,
Freemasonry, and magical orders. He recounts the fates of Crowley’s colleagues
under the Nazis as well as what happened to Crowley’s lost art exhibition--six
crates of paintings left behind in Germany as the Gestapo was closing in.
Revealing the real Crowley long hidden from the historical record, Churton
presents “the Beast” anew in all his ambiguous and, for some, terrifying glory,
at a blazing, seminal moment in the history of the world.
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THE
BOOK OF PRIMAL SIGNS:
The
High Magic of Symbols
By
Nigel Pennick
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Destiny Books; 2nd Edition, New Edition (June 30,
2014)
List Price: $16.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
An in-depth study of the sacred meanings behind ancient and
enduring symbols
• Explains the multiple forms and uses of symbols from
ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in folk magic and the
Western Mystery tradition
• Examines more than 40 glyphs, such as the cross, fleur de
lis, and pentagram, as well as several families of symbols, such as craftsmen’s
marks and runes
• Includes more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings,
calligraphy, and photographs--many never before reproduced
From ancient rock and cave art to the contemporary brand
logos of politics and business, human beings have always created symbols to
denote specific ideas, groups, or important objects as well as to convey deeper
information than can be communicated in words. Many glyphs have retained their
meanings over millennia whereas some have modern meanings vastly different from
the original connotation. In this study of symbols, Nigel Pennick explores
glyphs as agents of higher consciousness and ports of access to the collective unconscious,
acknowledging the continuity of tradition, both deliberate and not, as well as
how interpretations of some symbols, such as the swastika, have changed
dramatically.
With more than 300 unique woodcuts, drawings, calligraphy,
and photographs--many never before reproduced--Pennick examines ancient and
enduring glyphs in detail, such as the circle, cross, eye, pentagram, fleur de
lis, tree of life, and horseshoe, as well as several families of symbols, such
as craftsmen’s marks, runes, symbolic beasts, human heads and skulls, and the
sigils of Mammon. The author explains the multiple forms and uses of each from
ancient times to the present day, reflecting their roots in the Western Mystery
tradition. He explores the symbols of high magic such as the glyph of John
Dee’s monad, those of folk magic such as the traditional cock on the weather
vane, and the creation of modern glyphs such as the peace sign and the anarchy
symbol.
Contrasting the hi-jacked use of power symbols in modern
advertising with the vital role of symbols in traditional arts and crafts,
Pennick reveals how symbols link the cosmic with the terrestrial and allow us
to infuse the mundane with the numinous.
About the Author:
Nigel Pennick, trained as a biologist, has traveled and
lectured extensively in Europe and the United States on sacred geometry, the
spirit of place, spiritual arts and crafts, and labyrinths. He is the author
and illustrator of more than 50 books, including The Pagan Book of Days, as
well as numerous pamphlets, scientific papers, and articles. A musician with
the Traditional Music of Cambridgeshire
Collective, he lives in Cambridge, England.
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EPHESIA
GRAMMATA:
Ancient
History and Modern Practice
By
P. Sufenas Virius Lupus
Red Lotus Library, 2014
Publication Date: Jul 05 2014
Page Count: 136
List Price: $12.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The Ephesia Grammata, the “Ephesian Letters” (also known as
the “aski kataski formula” or the “Orphic formula”) are a set of well-known
magical words from antiquity that appeared in spells, protective amulets, and
other sources in the ancient and late antique Mediterranean worlds. This small
volume will allow you to learn their history, see examples of their usage in
ancient spells and lead tablets, understand their role as protective amulets,
become familiar with the Ephesia Grammata as divine grammatical beings and
methods to connect with polytheistic deities, and to establish a practice with
the letters as a system of divination!
About the author:
P. Sufenas Virius Lupus is a metagender person, and is the
founder and Doctor of the Ekklesia Antinoou--a queer, Graeco-Roman-Egyptian
syncretist reconstructionist polytheist group dedicated to Antinous, the
deified lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, and related divine figures--in
addition to being a sacerdos in the public cultus of Antinous, a Lupercus, and
the Mystagogos of the Antinoan Mysteries. Lupus has written several books
devoted to Antinous, as well as a book of poetry, and essays, fiction, and poetry
in a variety of anthologies.
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NOW AVAILABLE!
LLEWELLYN'S
2015 SABBATS ALMANAC
Samhain
2014 to Mabon 2015
Llewellyn, July 2014
312 pages
Price: $12.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Festive Sabbats for You and Yours
Pagan Folklore • Rituals • Crafts • Recipes • Planetary
Guidance
Now in its sixth year, the Sabbats Almanac features a wealth
of recipes, rituals, craft projects, and lore. Filled with over fifty articles
by your favorite Wiccan and Pagan writers, the Llewellyn's 2015 Sabbats Almanac
provides welcome ideas and insights into each holiday on the Wheel of the Year.
Plan spiritually uplifting celebrations and family activities. Perform Sabbat-specific
rituals and world folk rites. Whip up tasty treats and crafts as reminders of
the season's gifts and lessons. Also featured are astrological influences to
help you plan rituals according to cosmic energies.
· Creative, low-cost arts and crafts projects
Ideas for celebrating the Sabbats
Simple recipes for delicious appetizers, entrees, beverages, and desserts
Astrological influences with Full and New Moon rituals
Extended rituals for groups and individuals
Journal pages for keeping track of your festival plans and memories
Fascinating Pagan folklore and customs
Ideas for celebrating the Sabbats
Simple recipes for delicious appetizers, entrees, beverages, and desserts
Astrological influences with Full and New Moon rituals
Extended rituals for groups and individuals
Journal pages for keeping track of your festival plans and memories
Fascinating Pagan folklore and customs
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PAGAN
PORTALS - BLACKSMITH GODS:
Myths,
Magicians & Folklore
By
Pete Jennings
Series: Pagan Portals
Paperback: 109 pages
Publisher: Moon Books (July 25, 2014)
List Price: $9.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Blacksmith Gods is a unique compendium of fascinating facts,
fantasy and mystery relating to that universal archetype, the blacksmith.
Covering many countries and cultures, the book explores charming folk tales and
customs alongside the often cruel myths of the metal-working Gods. Discover the
mysterious magic associated with them and their craft, from pre-history to the
modern age.
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THE
GOLDEN DAWN - A KEY TO RITUAL MAGIC
By
Gordon Strong
Paperback: 153 pages
Publisher: Axis Mundi Books (July 25, 2014)
List Price: $16.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The Esoteric Order of The Golden Dawn was a school of magic,
founded during the late nineteenth century, one vowing to reveal all manner of
occult knowledge to its members. Celebrated among these were Florence Farr, W.B
Yeats, Charles Williams, A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman-Smith. Its figurehead,
the autocratic Samuel MacGregor Mathers, inaugurated ceremonies that melded
Christian Mysticism, the Qabalah and Hermeticism. Such a potent brew would
eventually ensure that the Golden Dawn would burst asunder in an esoteric apocalypse.
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WHEN A
PAGAN PRAYS:
Exploring
Prayer in Druidry and Beyond
By
Nimue Brown
Paperback: 207 pages
Publisher: Moon Books (July 25, 2014)
List Price: $19.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
When a Pagan prays, there are many uncertainties - who we
pray to, what we pray for, and what might happen to us as a consequence. Not
having the same structures as other religions, Pagans can't frame prayer in the
same ways, and our experiences are likely to be wilder and more personal. This
book is both a wide ranging exploration of what prayer means in different faith
and cultures, and a personal journey into a spiritual practice.
About the Author:
Druid, author, bard and dreamer. Nimue Brown is OBOD
trained, a founding member of Bards of The Lost Forest, Druid Network member
and previously a volunteer for The Pagan Federation. She lives in
Gloucestershire, UK.
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ALCHEMY
AND THE TAROT:
An
Examination of the Historical Connection
With a
Guide to the Alchemical Tarot
By
Robert Michael Place
Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: Robert M Place (2012, 2014 updated edition)
List Price: $26.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The
updated companion to all editions of the Alchemical Tarot, with an examination
of the historic connection between alchemy and the Tarot. The book includes a
history of alchemy, a history of the Tarot’s major and minor suits, an
examination of the Tarot’s symbolism, a discussion of each card in The
Alchemical Tarot with detailed explanations of the alchemical symbols, and a
discussion of divinatory techniques.
A history of alchemy and the Tarot's major and minor suits
with an exploration of the Tarot's symbolism and alchemical connections. It
also contains the most up-to-date explanation in print of Place's unique
divinatory techniques. This book is also the long awaited companion for any
edition of the acclaimed Alchemical Tarot, discussing the symbolism of each
card in the deck in detail, and it is an essential text for anyone who desires
a deeper understanding of the Tarot's mystical heritage.
About the Author:
Robert M. Place is an internationally known visionary
artist, whose award winning works, in painting, sculpture, and jewelry, have
been displayed in galleries and museums in America, Europe, and Japan and
graced the covers and pages of numerous books and publications. He is the
designer, illustrator, and coauthor of The Alchemical Tarot and The Angels
Tarot, which have received international acclaim. He is designer, illustrator,
and author of the award winning The Tarot of the Saints, The Buddha Tarot and
The Vampire Tarot. He is the author of The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and
Divination, which Booklist has said, "may be the best book ever written on
that deck of cards decorated with mysterious images called the tarot." He
is the author of Astrology and Divination, Magic and Alchemy, and Shamanism
written for the Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena series. He has
also created illustrations and authored articles for numerous books and
magazines.
Robert has conducted lectures and workshops on the Tarot in
education centers in the United States and Europe, including the Open Center,
Omega Institute, The New York Tarot Festival and The Reader's Studio in New
York, The World Tarot Congress in Chicago, The Southeastern Regional Tarot
Festival in Florida, The Third International Conference of the Association for
Esoteric Studies in Charleston, The Museo Dei Torocchi in Riola, Italy, and the
Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles. He is the curator of the Fool's
Journey, a Tarot Exhibition at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum. He
and his work have appeared on A&E, the Discovery Channel, and the Learning
Channel, the TV series Moonlight and Monk and were included in a documentary on
vampires on Animal Planet. He was honored with the privilege of cutting the
ribbon at the grand opening of The Tarot Museum in Riola, Italy, in 2007 and
his recreation of a historic 15th century woodcut Tarot is included in the
collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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NEW TAROT DECKS
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THE
TAROT OF THE SEVENFOLD MYSTERY
By
Robert M. Place (Author, Illustrator)
Cards: 78
Publisher: Hermes Publications (2012)
List Price: $30.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
a full color 78 card Tarot deck designed by Tarot artist and
scholar, Robert M. Place, with a 22 page little white book, including
divinatory meanings and descriptions of all symbols. The Tarot of the Sevenfold
Mystery can be read on many levels, from the mundane to the spiritual, and it
can uncover the longings of the soul.
FROM THE AUTHOR:
Burne-Jones based his tall female “stunners” and melancholy
heroes on the paintings of Botticelli (1445-1510) and Michelangelo (1475-1564),
two artists whose works are considered primary examples of Renaissance
Neoplatonic mysticism. His work expresses the Renaissance ideal that physical
beauty and spiritual beauty are linked in one continuum that can lead to the
mystical experience of beauty itself, as a timeless, underlying reality. Plato
(428/7-348/7 BC) described this reality as a radiant light that is the true
food of the soul. He said that this light is made of the true essence of
Virtue, a higher quality of Virtue, beyond mere codes of behavior. In the
Renaissance, artists, like Botticelli, symbolized this spiritual essence as an
ideal female nude and it is this ideal that allowed early Tarot artists to
place a nude on the World card as a symbol of the primary beauty.
Because Burne-Jones was inspired by the beauty and symbolism
of the fifteenth century (the century in which the Tarot was created), it is
not surprising that he painted many of the same themes that we find in the
Tarot, such as Temperance, Lovers, and the Wheel of Fortune. It seemed to me
that he was creating a Tarot but he never finished it. I started this deck with
a desire to finish Burne-Jones’s Tarot for him. I wanted to see what a deck
would look like if it were done in his style and with his sense of sensuality
and symbolism. I also realized that it would express the Neoplatonic ideal that
I believed was expressed in the Tarot from its origin. By proceeding with this
intent, this deck became a bridge between the art and occult symbolism of the
nineteenth century and the iconography and mystical philosophy of the fifteenth
century. It shows that they are both rooted in the perennial mystery that is
like a golden thread running through Western History.
Because Burne-Jones was inspired by the beauty and symbolism
of the fifteenth century (the century in which the Tarot was created), it is
not surprising that he painted many of the same themes that we find in the
Tarot, such as Temperance, Lovers, and the Wheel of Fortune. It seemed to me
that he was creating a Tarot but he never finished it. I started this deck with
a desire to finish Burne-Jones’s Tarot for him. I wanted to see what a deck
would look like if it were done in his style and with his sense of sensuality
and symbolism. I also realized that it would express the Neoplatonic ideal that
I believed was expressed in the Tarot from its origin. By proceeding with this
intent, this deck became a bridge between the art and occult symbolism of the
nineteenth century and the iconography and mystical philosophy of the fifteenth
century. It shows that they are both rooted in the perennial mystery that is
like a golden thread running through Western History.
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THE
BURNING SERPENT ORACLE
By
Robert M Place and Rachel Pollack
Paperback: 258 pages, Lenormand Deck
Publisher: Hermes (2014)
List Price: $40.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The Burning Serpent Oracle is the creation of Rachel Pollack
and Robert M Place. It is an oracle deck based on the 19th century Lenormand
cartomantic system but with a deeper spiritual dimension. It can be used like a
traditional Lenormand deck and also allows for personal visionary
interpretations. The deck is designed by Robert M Place, and the book is
authored by Rachel Pollack, but the two are, in fact, a single work, created by
Robert and Rachel together. The price includes the deck and book together as
one set.
Rachel
Pollack’s Statement of Purpose from the Introduction for the Burning Serpent
Oracle
This is a book about meanings. The meanings of a particular set of cards
used for cartomancy—a term which means divination, or fortune-telling, done by
cards that we mix or shuffle and then lay out in patterns. There are thirty-six
cards in this deck, plus four variants, two of which are numbered 37 and 38,
and two of which are simply alternatives to cards 28 and 29. The name of this deck is The Burning Serpent
Oracle.
This is a book about a tradition, and a particular set of
cards that go back some 160 years, named for a woman who died before the cards
ever appeared. It looks at where those
cards came from, their origin in a game, and how the game itself may have come
out of fortune-telling.
It is a book about the whole tradition of what we call
readings, and why we call them that. It
looks at images, and what they mean, and why they mean, why a Mountain means
obstacles, or a Jumping Fish money, or a Book of Life secrets. And it looks at how these images, these
cards, speak to each other, how they come together to form stories, and how
these stories can reveal things about a person’s life.
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TAROT
READINGS / SPIRITUAL ADVICE
UNCOMMONSENSE
TAROT
Tarot
readings by Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler
"I've been reading Tarot for more than thirty years,
and reading professionally at the Edge for a decade. My belief is that Tarot is
best used for putting you in touch with your own subconscious, allowing you to
make healthy decisions that can change your life for the better. My readings
tend to be rather commonsensical. They are often geared toward helping the
client deal with the often self-imposed obstacles in their lives in a healthy,
self –affirming way, so that they can achieve their goals and fully enjoy the
fruits that life has to bring."
Please inquire about Tarot Parties, classes and other
events.
Available every day except THURSDAYS-- 12:30-8.30PM.
Sundays 12:30-8:30 PM
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This
concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look
for us again September1st
2014!
Raven,
Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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