Description
| Product ID: | 9780764366307 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | New Directions in Tarot |
| Subtitle: | Decoding the Tarot Illustrations of Pamela Colman Smith |
| Authors: | Author: Scott Martin |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Theatre studies, Theatre studies, Social and cultural history, Tarot, Social & cultural history, Tarot |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Tarot images of Pamela Colman Smith come alive through insightful interpretation to transform how the cards can be read. A look at how Pamela Colman Smith''s theatrical knowledge and experience came into play when she drew the iconic cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. The “secrets” in this book have been known all along, and they work in all who read Tarot on a subconscious level. This insightful book delves deeply into the images Pamela Colman Smith created for the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, and reminds us of what we may have known intuitively but had not been aware of on a conscious level. • A brand-new approach that focuses on how, in her images, Smith utilized a sense of direction, body movement, posture, gait, facial expression, and more • Compares the Tarot Minors to technical elements of theater, including plot, conflict, elements of a play, thought/theme, dialogue, music, and actors’ positions on stage • Provides powerful tools for interpreting the cards and discovering new meanings that the reader can make their own • Includes thought-provoking exercises that guide the reader in the mastery of these new insights The result is a fresh take on Tarot that brings new meanings to light and enables the reader to evaluate what the Tarot provides like never before. |
| Imprint Name: | REDFeather |
| Publisher Name: | Schiffer Publishing Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-02-28 |