by Marcus Katz
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Your path of unity is to escape living on the edge and to engage with all that is front of you.
Conclusion
Est una sola res [there is only one thing]
A. E. Waite [also written on his tombstone]
The unity card contains much within its symbolism that can advise you on your own spiritual path. The simple sentences we have given above are merely starting-points for your own understanding of this card and its purpose in your spiritual life.
In the final three booklets in this series, we will continue to deepen this practice into our spiritual and magical lives, finding even further insight to the manner in which the Tarot reflects our inner being and what Waite calls, in his brief description of the Ace of Cups, “the true house of the heart”.
We have also provided in the final section a list of reading materials and website resources to discover more in the very best of Tarot and Tarosophy®.
In this series, released monthly over 2013:
1. Discover Your Destiny
2. Remove The Blocks
3. Make Decisions Better
4. Enter the Flow
5. Ride the Lion
6. Connect to Service
7. Find Equality
8. Die To Your Self
9. Entering Unity
10. Becoming the Real
11. Your Keys to Freedom
12. The Depth of Divinity
What Follows Next Month
In next month’s Tarot Life, we enter the “real” by using the Tarot to remind us constantly of our relationship to the Universe, as one combined and consistent experience. We celebrate that experience and dwell in it, generating a profound sense of our own existence.
This we call, “becoming the real”.
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The Tyldwick Tarot
The Tyldwick Tarot, whose images grace the covers of this Tarosophy Kickstart series, is a fully complete Tarot deck published by Neil Lovell. It can be viewed and purchased online on the comprehensive and beautifully designed site:
http://www.malpertuis.co.uk/tyldwick.
The theme of the deck is that of an elegant house, through which one can wander without “being distracted by a cast of characters” as might be found in other Tarot decks. The cards are beautifully layered and suffused with tonal casts from the international travel that the designer has enjoyed – and not so enjoyed - as described in some fascinating cases which are revealed in the extensive interview on the site.
The deck reminds us very much of the film, Last Year in Marienbad (1961, dir. Alain Resnais) which is a dream-like excursion into an environment which may or may not be real, in which the characters not so much inhabit the place, but are extensions of the place itself. In the Tyldwick Tarot, the few characters we see are the Court Cards where faces are reflected in mirrors – or perhaps are even looking out from the other side of the mirrors themselves.
The deck is available for purchase and you can view a straight out of the box review at: http://youtu.be/NX9qzCAdatM or type “Tyldwick Tarot Review” into Youtube.
We highly recommend this deck.
The KickStart Guides
Look out for more titles in this innovative series of Tarosophy KickStart Guides.
Volume I.
Book I: Tarot Flip - Reading Tarot Straight from the Box
Book II: Tarot Twist - Finding a Spread for Every Question
Book III: Tarot Inspire – Tarot & Western Esotericism for a Spiritual Life
Volume II.
Book I: Tarot Switch – Methods of Engaging Tarot in Life
Book II: Tarot Solution – How to Read in Real Life Readings
Book III: Tarot Decode – Signs, Symbols & Portents in Tarot
Also
Tarot Turn Vol. 1 - 3: A massive crowd-sourced reference guide to all 12,200 possible combinations of reversed Tarot card pairs.
Tarot Life: A revolutionary method to change your life in 12 Kindle pamphlets.
Bibliography
Conforti, M. Field, Form and Fate. New Orleans: Spring Journal Books, 2003.
Katz, M. Tarosophy. Chang Mai: Salamander & Sons, 2012.
Katz, M. & Goodwin, T. Around the Tarot in 78 Days. Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2012.
Katz, M. & Goodwin, T. Tarot Flip. Forge Press, 2012.
Waite, A. E. Pictorial Key to the Tarot. London: Rider, 1974.
Waite, A. E. The Way of Divine Union. London: Rider, 1915.
Tarosophy Websites & Resources
Tarosophy Tarot Associations: http://www.tarotprofessionals.com
Tarot Professionals Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/tarotprofessionals
Hekademia Tarot Course: http://www.tarosophyuniversity.com
Tarot Town Social Network: http://www.tarot-town.com
Tarosophy by Marcus Katz: http://www.tarosophy.com
Tarot Book Club: http://www.tarotbookclub.com
The Tarot Review: http://www.thetarotreview.com
Join the Tarot Life Facebook group at:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/150952695052327/
There are many threads, questions & answers, examples, discussion and sharing of this life-changing technique.
If you cannot locate the group, contact us directly at [email protected] and we will be delighted to add you to the group.