Lover's Path

The record

I’m a traveler, in several senses of the word, so I’m partial to the tarot as completely re-envisioned by different creative spirits. I’ve explored and returned many times to such worlds as Ed Buryn’s William Blake Tarot, Robert M. Place’s Alchemical Tarot, and the tarots of Emil Kanzalar and Hermann Haindl. The original Waite/Colman-Smith and Crowley/Harris decks also figure in there, of course—and so does The Lover’s Path Tarot, by Kris Waldherr. I’d been looking forward to trying out this combination deck-and-book for some time. When the US Games package arrived for review, it immediately moved to the top of its respective stack. Its presentation alone would have guaranteed it at least a jump or two out of order. For one area in which The Lover’s Path Tarot surpasses all others I’ve seen is packaging. The cards, of course, are placed in their own cardboard container with a LWB (little white book), along with a larger book of 162 pages, and a basic layout scroll. Case, book, and card slipcover are all in near-burgundy with an embossed, winged and crowned heart providing an element of unity. The full-colored book includes brief discussions of each card, further resources, several

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