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The Golden Dawn Magical System: A Complete Tarot Set

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Though I have some reservations regarding this deck's art, this deck's strength is in it's adherence to the descriptions of the golden dawn inner order deck descriptions in Book T, the initiation rituals, and Hodos Chamelionis.

Wang's deck intentional lack in certain details in the minor arcana, e.g. the astrological signs and the court cards' 'jewelery', and in it's colours, diverges from the intructions given in Book T. Having seen a few Whare Ra pips, which lack the astrological signs, possibly this divergence has some basis in previous G.D. decks.

------ Additional note, July 7th 2011 ------

Some of the court cards in this deck face forward. The Opening of the Key requires all court cards to face, even slightly, either left or right.

The court cards reproduced from Westcott's papers in The Golden Dawn Court Cards (Golden Dawn Studies No 5) by Darcy Kuntz conform to that demand, e.g. the princess of cups faces slightly to the right as indicated by the contour of her face and only the left ear being visible. Those drawings are in agreements with those given in "Key to Tarot divination", AFAIK written by Westcott as well (there are two notes signed S.A. - Sapere Aude was Westcott's moto).

I hope future editions of the deck would correct this issue.

Though the ideals and principles of this group are unique to put it nicely, I do like the tarot card parallels and definitions provided by them in their book. The book falls apart rather easily, so be careful not to snap the binding by opening it too far. The definitions are extremely simplified, so if you are looking for an in depth meaning to any of the cards, look elsewhere. However, I use astrology and tarot together and found this to be my handy dandy reference guide when my memory fails me on a card's parallel. It's rather small, can fit nicely into a purse or bag of goodies.

This deck of cards really speak. The colors are really gorgeous. The images are just right, and the art work is really fine, if not as suave as the Crowley deck. But that's neither here nor there. This is an excellent tarot deck, perfect for Golden Dawn cabalistic magical work and all-round divination. The colors alone are worth the deck; they really strike strong emotional cords. The little book that comes with the deck is very fine too. It's got all that is basically needed, and shows some interesting spreads, although a few more might have been given.

As a long standing student and teacher of the Qabala I found the book and associated tarot card deck to be a refreshing addition to Qabalistic knowledge. It is always great when new (previously private) knowledge is revealed. I thank the author for this. I can do no more than highly recommend this set of Golden Dawn Tarot cards to you for your researches. Let that which is unknown become known. As the consciousness of the world is raised, the old teachings will again be revived as it has always been in the past, enjoy.

this golden dawn of tarot set is great for any answers you might be looking for. it follows the Qablah and has a section in the book that explanes the Qabalah's mystical tree of life. also included in the cards is a way to get a date or time as the answer being the only deck iv ever seen with this feature. this is also one of the only decks of the later twentieth century to be approved by a member of the golden dawn

Well I have wanted a Golden Dawn tarot for years and I am a Golden Dawn member. There are like 3 different Golden Dawn decks, and I thought this was easily the best of them because it was the most traditional/normal deck compared to the Skrying tarot. There is quite a bit of nudity on the cards depicting humans but they are not very realistic, meaning they do not look like a photograph of a human. I also like the idea of including a unique book with the deck. Companion books for a specific deck are usually at least another 10 dollars and here is included one for the same price of a regular sized deck.

I'm a beginner at using the Tarot but I was recommended to use this instead of the more well known universal Waite Deck. The symbolism of the GD Magical Tarot is said to be more 'accurate' and it is in my opinion much more visually appealing than the Waite Deck.

Very usefull and great to work with book ,,The Golden Dawn journal,,

WHEN I SENT FOR THIS PRODUCT I ONLY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE BOOK BUT MY SURPRISE AT RECEIVING ANOTHER SET OF GOLDEN DAWN TAROT CARDS WELL I WAS GRATEFUL BECAUSE NOW I HAVE A SET I USE FREQUENTLY AND A SET TO KEEP UPON MY ALTAR THE BOOK IS A GREAT HELP I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MY TAROT CARDS THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS BUT WHEN I GOT THE BOOK WELL MY EYES OPENED UP AND THE TAROT CAME FLOWING IN I STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR FINDING THE BOOK AND MY OTHER SET OF CARDS THANK YOU

I owen this deck and love it. Itr was my first and many of my high school classmates got the "possible future" told by it. They is a bit of neudity but the pictures are easy and each minor card has its main idea under it.