Tarot of Transformation: Chart Your Own Course to Healing and Spiritual Awakening (Paperback)

by Willow Arlenea (Author), Jasmin Lee Cori (Author) "While there are varying opinions about when and how the tarot originated, there is general agreement that the cards have been around for at least..." (more)
Key Phrases: trust walk, Minor Arcana, Major Arcana, Green Man (more...)

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Product Description
The Tarot of Transformation deals with life’s possibilities, hardships, and challenges in a way that encourages creativity, wisdom, and maturity.

For centuries, people have been using — and adapting — the 78 cards of the tarot to point the way in their lives. Now from psychologist, Cori, and artist, Arlenea, comes a brand new deck, not so much for telling what will be, but for helping us focus on what can be. While gently counseling readers to accept what is, The Tarot of Transformation encourages readers to get in touch with their own creativity and passion. This new interpretation, steeped in tradition but vibrating with contemporary appeal, offers new possibilities for guidance and change.

Arlenea and Cori have rendered the system of archetypes in the major arcana anew for our times — the traditional Emperor becomes the Green Man, which presents male authority not as ruler, but as an intimate, natural fathering role. The Empress is Earth Mother. The usually male Hierophant becomes a group of spiritual teachers. The Tarot of Transformation speaks to this age and its challenges. With brilliant colors and powerfully evocative symbols, Arlenea’s images are modern, cross-cultural, and visionary.

In the accompanying book, Cori draws from an eclectic blend of spiritual traditions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Vipassana meditation, and Karma Yoga, as well as psychotherapeutic approaches, such as Gestalt, Bioenergetics, and the Hakomi Method to describe the meaning of each card.

About the Author
Willow Arlenea’s powerful images spring from her diverse spiritual studies and practice of Vipassana meditation and Sufi belly dancing. She has degrees in fine arts and transpersonal psychology and lives in Northern California.

Jasmin Lee Cori is a licensed psychotherapist who uses a transpersonal approach. She has taught psychology and personal growth classes in colleges and professional programs and now writes full-time. Jasmin is the author of several books, including The Tao of Contemplation, and lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Weiser Books (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578632390
• ISBN-13: 978-1578632398
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #508,852 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous Cards, April 24, 2004

By	Dee Doyle - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These cards really are stunning; each one is beautifully drawn and has a lot of detail. As reported by others, the cards are a bit less sturdy than usual. However, if you use the gentle shuffling technique described here: http://www.learntarot.com/top.htm
the cards should last a good long time.

It is also true that the authors stray from the traditional interpretation of the cards. I have thoroughly enjoyed their spiritual transformation orientation. A friend once told me that our subconscious is so anxious to communicate with us that it will use any symbol system we choose to employ, I believe this to be true, and enjoy exploring different symbols as well as experiencing the nuances between similar decks.

With this deck, I have especially enjoyed selecting just one card, and then exploring it in my journal for several days. For fun, I sometimes do a Google search with the name of the card, for example, "Passionate Play". Sometimes what shows up is synchronicity in action. That in turn, can become more fodder for the journal.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Complaints Here, April 21, 2005

By	guadalupano (new mexico) - See all my reviews

It's rare that I come across a new tarot deck that I find to be anything more than a collage of computer generated inages, this one is so much more. While It's not a deck I use for divination, it is a powerfull meditation tool. I have read some of the other reviews where people have complained that the cards are too thin. It is true that they are thinner than many decks, however, the lamination on them makes them sturdy as can be. I have had this deck for a year and a half now, I have never once had any problems with bending, peeling edges, freying, or anything of the kind. This deck has been constructed well. The authors also offer some different interperations on the cards, if you are looking for something different perhaps this is your deck!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Divinly inspired, January 29, 2004

By	blueromany "blueromany" (Toledo, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

I have seen and worked with many decks and of all of them this particular deck is deffinently #1.....The authors have created such an amazing world for the reader to enter when looking into these cards. They are mirrors into your own soul. These cards have the ability to reflect the whole person. They promote Health, Wholeness, and Holieness. These cards nourish the reader and give such a resplendant view on lifes situations. If you are looking for a tarot deck this is one you should check out.