Tarot of the Saints
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The Tarot of the Saints is a deck grounded in neo-Platonic philosophy, early Christian Gnosticism, and the iconography of Saints. Using the stories, images, and lives of saints from around the world, Robert M. Place conveys the meanings of symbolism of the Tarot. Such saints include St. Sophia as the World and St. Francis as the Fool, each shown with symbolism appropriate to the card as well as traditional imagery associated with them. The Minor Arcana do not depict only the imagery of saints, but instead show various saints in their stories: St. Peter washing Christ's Feet, for instance. Stories from the Bible are also present in the cards, and concepts from Christian theology (such as the Immaculate Heart of Mary).
The deck comes packaged with a book that examines the development of some Tarot iconography through history (the World in particular), as well as explaining the influences on the deck (Gnosticism, mysticism, etc) and the meanings behind the cards themselves.
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2001
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- Llewellyn Interview with Robert M. Place
Tarot, Alchemy, Buddhism: A Tarot Garden Interview with Robert Place
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[edit] Reviews
- Tarot Passages review by Diane Wilkes
- Tarot Passages review by Lee Bursten
- Tarot Passages review by Kim Huggens
- Tarot Passages review and comparison of Tarot of the Saints and Pythagorean Tarot, by K. Frank Jensen
- Tarot Passages review by Mark McElroy
- Aeclectic Tarot reviews by Solandia and Bonnie Cehovet
- Tarot Wisdom Review
