Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136748 in Books
• Published on: 1979-01-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Cards
• 78 pages

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Deck to Study
This is an excellent deck for those who wish to study the literature and symbolism of the tarot. In interpretation, it falls between the Waite deck and the Thoth deck. So it is a good choice for people who want to move up from the Waite, but do not care for the Crowley deck's card substitutions (no "Lust" or "Debauch" cards) or creepy emanations.

These cards are loaded with symbolism, including zodiac and planet signs on the minors. The court cards are marked with elemental signs on the margins. One of these is incorrect, however you can easily correct it with a fine black sharpie pen. If you add your own information or symbols with a black sharpie, the change will blend right in, due to the freehand style of these cards. I suppose you could color them, but I am not yet that ambitious.

The LWB contains a tree of life path diagram. However this is the "Outer Order" diagram given by the Golden Dawn to Neophytes, and therefore has the paths running in the wrong direction. The Inner Order will provide the correct attributions on request.

This is a serious, heavy duty tarot deck. Cards are thick and heavily coated. They are stiff and slippery when new, but gradually become easier to handle.

This deck was out of print for a few years, so there are quite a few "gray market" decks out there. The reviewers who complained about quality probably had gotten one of those. Both the legitimate and the gray market cards come in the same box pattern with U.S. Game System Copyrights for 1979 and 2006. The gray market cards have a thin line around the border of the card which may have gaps due to poor reproduction. The legitimate cards with the 2006 copyright do not have this border line.

The legitimate cards are of the very highest quality in reproduction and cutting. So if you get a deck that is not perfect, send it back for a replacement.

Amazing
The most amazing and powerful tarot that i now have, like it better then Thoth(well almost!) Brilliant in its achievement. Cards came in perfect condition. Highly recommend this deck.

Rich Symbolism Open Gates
Though the pictoral symbols on these cards may not be the most colerful, the images hail to ancient gnosticism and all the mysteries that have tormented the minds of men since the dawn of time. These cards house a myriad of symbolic keys which allows just as many interpretations; lending themselves perfectly to divination, since one truely reads the cards from the soul. These mixed and varied symbols allow the reader to draw inspiration from any number of religious schools of thought, the very fact that attracted me to purchase this deck. I am most highly joyed by the fact that these cards are now in my life.