Greenwood
Mythic forest exploration combining Arthurian legend and nature symbolism.
by Chesca Potter, Mark Ryan · 1996
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The record
First published in 1996 by Thorsons The Greenwood Tarot is a deck and book set that is a collaborative effort from the artist Chesca Potter and the actor/writer Mark Ryan. As a deck it announces itself as '...a journey of exploration into the symbolism and legend of the mythic forest.' As a system it draws upon the history, archaeology and mythology of Europe to align the cards of the tarot with the Wheel of the Year, the changing of the seasons as they pass through the solstice and the equinox points and through the four Celtic fire festivals of Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas and Samhain. It was not long after its first publication that The Greenwood Tarot went out of print, due one might assume to lack of original interest in the deck. However since then it has attained such unprecedented levels of interest that it is hard to contemplate it now without thoughts of its value, its supposed rarity and its apparent depths of spirituality. Indeed this deck has become something of a 'holy grail' for both for tarot collectors for whom it commands extremely high prices on the second hand market and for those immersed in a pagan or shamanistic spiritual path. Despite this it is, in the end, a ta
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