The Book of Doors Divination Deck: An Alchemical Oracle from Ancient Egypt
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Average customer review:Product Description
The Book of Doors presents an entirely new divination system that accesses the ancient knowledge of Egypt, enabling you to unlock your intuitive abilities and call upon the energy of the Egyptian deities, whose powers transform both matter and spirit.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #626935 in Books
- Published on: 1994-11-01
- Released on: 1994-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
The Book of Doors book and card deck provides a key to ancient Egyptian spiritualism, providing a tool for meditation and magic which encourages intuitive energies. An interest in self-improvement and the occult will win attention to this ancient Egyptian practice of using cards to open new doors. -- Midwest Book Review
About the Author
Italian artist and architect Athon Veggi has conducted extensive research into the archetypal relationships between place, art, and architecture in Egypt, the Middle East, and India. Alison Davidson, a teacher of esoteric traditions in her native New Zealand and the United States, is a writer and editor for the Borderland Sciences Research Foundation.
Customer Reviews
An excellent tool and learning vehicle
As an archpriestess of Isis in the Fellowship of Isis, I am always looking for good tools to help introduce people to the Gods of ancient Egypt. The Book of Doors is one such tool.
The Book of Doors gives both a wonderful introduction and a detailed look into the Gods of ancient Egypt, presented as a medium for divination. The authors' heavy emphasis on alchemy as a path for understanding and transformation draws on the long tradition that historically traces that discipline to Egypt. While I do not always agree with their interpretation of the meanings of the Gods, which they sometimes distort to fit their alchemical model, I still find this a useful tool for both divination and for studying the Gods and Goddesses. I recommend it highly as an alternative or backup to your everyday Tarot deck!
I also find the use of a die to select cards to be a wonderful randomizing tool, as opposed to traditional shuffling and other selection methods. They supply an 8-sided die with the deck, along with instructions for using it. Interesting method.
well put together
I have been useing the book of doors for 3 years now, and I have found that this is the easyist, and most acurate set of cards I have ever used.
This is a perfect gift forthose bitten by the Egyptian bug.
This attractive set of cards and book make an excellent introduction to the world of the Egyptian pantheon. Well researched, written with poetic sensibility and insight, the Book of Doors makes a perfect gift for anyone interested in Egyptian spirituality. There is even an e-mail list dedicated to the study of the individual cards, in themselves a guide to the often confusing Egyptian Cosmology.




