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Most of the writing presented here will be of my own creation. The content will be original but very rudimentary at times. Please keep in mind this is someone who knows very little about these subjects. As time goes on I'm sure things will get more interesting...I will do my best to also post any books, videos or other resources that I find useful in my study of the tarot.

All that stated, I am already 2 months into the studies.  You may notice that a bunch of entries are out of order and all posted within a short time frame.  This is because I'm taking some time to write and publish everything that has happened in order to catch up to the present.  My goal is to take a much needed break from daily tarot study to catch up the blog.  Lastly, I will do my best to organize the posts as this gets easier.  Blogging is also very new for me, surprise! P

How I Got Started with Tarot

My tarot path began with a seed planted in my brain whilst reading the book, The Lost Teachings of Atlantis by Jon Peniel.  This is an excellent book by the way, highly recommended.  In this book, the author mentions the Thoth Tarot in the context of understanding the deeper meanings behind Thoth's teachings as written in the Emerald Tablets.  "What!?"  I was completely intrigued.  I had literally just read the Emerald tablets before reading Peniel's book, so their mysteries were still fresh and swirling about in my blown mind.  What a synchronicity!

The next day I grabbed my computer and searched, "Thoth Tarot deck".  To my surprise Alister Crowley's pretty face came up in the search, along with many of his amazing books, and of course the THOTH Tarot cards.  At the time my knowledge of Crowley's work was mainly in the form of his books like Magick, The Book of the Law, Book of Lies, etc.  These are all fascinating writings, to say the least.  However, my interest at the time was getting my hands on one of those tarot decks.

Printed in Belgium in 1978

There I was on my computer looking at a deck of THOTH tarot cards.  There were several options actually.  There was a standard THOTH deck for around $23, or various used decks from over the years.  They all looked to have different backs or boarders.  Nothing game changing, but piqued my interest once again.  As it turned out there were many publications of the THOTH deck over the years, starting in the early 1960s up to now.  Somehow I was drawn to the older used decks with prices of $75-200.  "Hmm," I thought.  "You always did have an affinity for collectable things that happen to be expensive".

Since I really could not afford those older decks I set up a search watch to alert me whenever one was listed for sale.  About 2 weeks later a used THOTH deck printed in 1978 was listed for only $40, including shipping.  "This is a steal!" I thought.  The cards were in fine shape, the box in tact (see below).  The only drawback was that it shipped from Canada, so I'd have to wait a couple of weeks.  Also, it  did not have the original instruction manual and essays by Frieda Harris.  "I can deal with that" I thought, pulled out the wallet and became a proud friend of a gorgeous set of tarot cards.