Celtic Wisdom
Celtic wisdom tarot with high-quality hardcover companion book.
creator unknown · Destiny Books · 1999
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The record
This deck had my heart and soul from the very beginning. The presentation of the book stopped me in my tracks - it drew me to paying attention to it before I even looked at the cards! The 143 page book is hardcover - very unusual for books that act as a companion to a deck, the pages are high quality glossy, and there are numerous scans of the cards, in differing sizes - but all in color. The sequence of presentation is well thought out and easy to assimilate - which is of major importance for those of us lacking a background in Celtic mythology, which is what this book is based on. There are several layers of understanding within this deck. Caitlin Matthews has based the "Celtic Wisdom Tarot" on the oral tradition of the "celtoi" (hidden people) and the Celtic belief that all things have soul. The soul's path is viewed through the 22 Wisdom Cards (Major Arcana), which depict the archetypes of the Celtic Otherworld. The 56 minor arcana cards depict the everyday aspects of our earth journey. The first layer of understanding for this deck comes through the use of Ogham trees - following the tradition that each species of tree has wisdom of a specific nature to impart to us. Each of t
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