{"product_id":"tarot-the-open-labyrinth-40th-anniversary-edition-understand-9144","title":"Tarot: The Open Labyrinth--40th Anniversary Edition: Understanding Your Journey Through the Cards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rachel Pollack was one of Tarot's greatest teachers, and this book shows why.\" \u003c\/b\u003e--Mary K. Greer, author of \u003ci\u003eEssence of Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Tarot reading lies open before us; all its images are placed on the\n table. Yet at the same time, they form a labyrinth, not simply a puzzle\n to be decoded but also a complex pathway deep into ourselves. In \u003ci\u003eTarot: The Open Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e,\n renowned expert Rachel Pollack presents interpretations and \ncommentaries on a collection of readings in this foundational book on \ndivination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe approach is both comprehensive and specific, going steadily \ndeeper into the person's concerns in a context of light and dark, the \nMagician and the High Priestess. Through a recognition of this context, \nthe subject and the reader open up their lives. In her classic \u003ci\u003eSeventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e,\n Rachel Pollack described how we can form meditation patterns--Tarot \nmandalas--to help us go beyond the reading itself. In this book, she \ngives examples of these mandalas and describes how people involved use \nthem and their experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA previously lost classic from Tarot master Rachel Pollack, \u003ci\u003eTarot: The Open Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers who wish to take their reading to the next level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cb\u003eRachel Pollack\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2023) was the leading light and foremost influence on modern tarot. Her bestselling book \n\u003ci\u003eSeventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1980 and \nnever out of print, is widely described as the \"Bible of Tarot.\" She was\n also a great influence upon the science fiction, fantasy, and comics \ncommunities, as well as being a trailblazer within the transgender \ncommunity. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A master of many genres, Pollack is renowned for her run of \nissues #64-87 of Doom Patrol (Vertigo Comics), where she created the \nfirst transgender superhero. A prolific author of both fiction and \nnonfiction, her other books include \n\u003ci\u003eA Walk through the Forest of Souls, Unquenchable Fire, Godmother Night, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eThe Fissure King\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the creator of the \n\u003ci\u003eShining Tribe Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote the guidebooks for numerous other decks, including \n\u003ci\u003eThe Vertigo Tarot \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eSalvador Dali's Tarot\u003c\/i\u003e. Pollack taught at the famed Omega Institute for over thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Pollack","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52756710228253,"sku":"9781578639144","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781578639144.jpg?v=1786571889","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/tarot-the-open-labyrinth-40th-anniversary-edition-understand-9144","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}