The Hermetic Tarot

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Summary: Very Detailed Deck
Review: I have read with this deck for many years now it is one of the 2 best decks I have read with. Very Detailed. Be warned though this detail makes for a deck thats best for longer readings not quickies

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Summary: A Treasury of Ancient Wisdom
Review: The most scholarly of all Tarot decks, its black and white images add to the impression of antiquity. This deck fully expresses the relationship of the Tarot to the Qabala as succinctly described in Robert Wang's extraordinary book, "Qabalistic Tarot". Tragically out-of-print, the serious student should obtain this deck at any price. Once you have worked with this deck, you will never part with it.

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Summary: Unfortunately Out Of Print
Review: Yes, Unfortunately this great deck is now discontinued from U.S. Games Inc. becuase of its sales. It seems that poeple are more interested in faries & fantasies than sacred geometry, cabalistic mysticism, and esoteric symbology, in other words they are too lazy to truly understand the divine nature of the universe and rather be bedazzeled with witches, fairies, goblins, ghosts, and other shiny sparkly things.
Okay onward about the "Hermetic Tarot" deck, by
Godfrey Dowson... It is a highly intricate and exceptionally detailed work of art and a true testament of the will. The Hermetic Tarot deck was created by Mr. Dowson in the 1970's and contains 78 pen and ink (back and white) illustrations. each card contains a vast amount of symbolism within astological, geometric, elemental, & cabalistic
symbology. This deck is not for "Dabblers" I have personally used this deck for 8 years and I would'nt trade it for anything to date.
It does work well with the Golden Dawn system; However it is not
dominated by it. The "Hermetic Tarot" stands on its own... This deck is a great tool for divination and learning the correspondences within all the aspects before mentioned. The artistic detail will keep you interested for years. Most other decks are pretty vague too leave plenty of room for interpretation, but unless you are truly clairvoyant and already capable with those forces I highly doubt you can do much but B.S. yourself and you friends... So here was a great tool and gift from a talented individual that you can only purchase now for $200.00 or more from price gouging shiesters that buy these decks on ebay for $50 to 80 dollars... it's a real shame, so search the net and resaerch these cards, THEY WON'T DISAPOINT YOU!!!! and write to Stuart Kaplan & co. at U.S. Games and tell them you want them to reprint them, because they will not reprint them unless more than 5000 people want them. That is how many they have to order at a time. So there it is! email me if you want to inquire more information about this tarot deck or other any other ideas or questions good or bad, it's all the same to me.