The Sangreal Tarot: A Magical Ritual System of Personal Evolution [Paperback]

William G. Gray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1988

This is not just another book about the tarot. It can be used with any deck of cards, for it looks at the symbols of the tarot from the Sangreal viewpoint to teach you a new way of meditation that will enhance your pursuit of the Western Mystery Tradition. Gray combines the symbolism of the Quabbalistic Tree of Life with the symbolism inherent in the traot so you can learn the secret language of the tarot while looking at it through the lens of the mystical path. The ten fundamental types of consciousness will be explored using the four worlds of the qabbalah that also appear in the four suits in the tarot, and Mr. Gray will explain how he workds with the meanings of the major and minor arcana. Also included is the Journey of the Fool, that mystical journey of the soul that each person who quests for the Holy Grail must take. Mr. Gray does recommend that you use the cards for fortune-telling, but rather that you use them to help your spiritual growth. By working with the cards, they will begin to talk to you, and as you better understand the symbolism, you will learn the true value of what you hold within yourself.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser; First edition (July 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877286655
• ISBN-13: 978-0877286653
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,297,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not for Tarot Parrots, May 21, 2009

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First, let me say that this is another in the series of books that William Gray has written that revolve around the Kaballah. You need to be familiar with the Kaballah as he teaches it to be able to use this book. I'm not saying this to be discouraging. I had Dion Fortune's Kaballah book for years and never could get into it because it seemed so dry and dull, and I never knew why I needed to know the Kaballah or what it could be used for. But once I read Gray's Ladder of Lights, his basic Kaballah book, a whole new and wonderful world of spirituality opened up to me.

My personal opinion is it's worth the trouble to read Ladder of Lights before you use this tarot book if you want to be anything more than a superficial reader of the tarot, in other words, a tarot parrot.

Teachers like Gray don't come along every day, and I urge you to take advantage of his instructions, as I have. I have always been ahead of my time insofar as my interests are concerned because whatever unusual idea or ideas I have found absorbing, no matter how the mainstream decried or poo pooed them, to my great amusement, 20 or more years later they not only became mainstream, but the mainstreamers denied that they hadn't always thought that way. I can tell you now that I am intensely interested in Gray's teachings, and I think they will form the backbone of the religion of the future. They won't be the end of everything, but the beginning.