Tarosophy®

The Tarot Book that will re-gear the Tarot World

Current Status

Publisher Salamander & Sons, Copy-Editing

LATEST: Book still scheduled for publishing 28th-29th August but possible to be 6 weeks later to allow for an unavoidable and brilliant "happy event" in the course of the schedule!

Current Tasks

Last changes to cover, copy-editing

Prepping cover draft for marketing.

Scanning Universal Waite cards with permission of US Games.

Creating Cover with award-winning artist Ciro Marchetti

Reviewing Astrology for the Minor cards section to include more work on Decans (in Intermediate section)

Scheduled Events

Preparing for the Bay Area Tarot Symposium (BATS) 28th-29th August 2010 which we are hoping will be the launch of the book in the USA.

Preparing for the Tarosophy Tarot Conference (UK) 11th-12th September 2010 which we are planning will be the launch of the book if the UK.

The innovative Tarot book, "Tarosophy®: Tarot to Engage Life, Not Escape It" will be published August 2010 by Salamander & Sons and available worldwide.

It is written for everyone who has an interest in learning Tarot comprehensively, and then taking that learning to deepen your understanding of yourself, and others. The book is suitable for all Tarot readers from absolute beginners to experienced professionals and is written in three sections, introductory, intermediate and advanced.

In the first section "Tarot True", you will learn new and novel ways of easily picking up Tarot and reading for yourself, friends, family and even clients. Even experienced Tarot readers have been astonished at our easy-to-learn method - see this video clip to find out what you will be able to do (in less than 10 minutes - you'll be able read any of the 40 Minor cards for any question in any position of any spread!) having read this part of the book! The second part of the book, "Tarot Deep" develops your reading skill and helps you find your own "oracular voice" and tap into your deep intuition. In the third part of the book, "Tarot High", you will discover many new ways of using Tarot to appreciate your spiritual life and your relationship to the Universe.

The book is based on thirty years studying, reading and teaching Tarot, with extensive research in the field, over 10,000 face-to-face readings, and the highest level of academic rigour and downright practical experience. The author has intended that every page have more new Tarot ideas on it than in some entire Tarot books!

The 300+ page manuscript (including over 50 unique exercises, 60 illustrations, footnotes and extensive reading lists) has already received rave reviews from leading Tarot teachers, scholars and authors worldwide, including Mary K. Greer, Rachel Pollack, Lon Milo DuQuette and Naomi Ozaniec. See what they have said below even before the book is out!

At the bottom of this page you can download FREE extracts that didn't quite make it into the book!

Recommendations

"From the first steps in reading Tarot through metaphysical correspondences and on to professional marketing, this book has it all! Marcus Katz's Tarosophy® is a work of intelligence and depth, featuring tons of Tarot tips and exercises that will help you explore the wisdom of the cards in a manner that is accessible, playful and practical. Highly recommended!"

Mary K. Greer, author of 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card.

"In precise detail, with clarity but also with wit and a playful and explorative mind, Marcus Katz maps out a course for the serious Tarot reader.  Ranging across culture, myth, and history as well as the Tarot tradition itself, this book is a major contribution."

Rachel Pollack, author of 31 books, published all over the world in 14 languages. Her Tarot books include 78 Degrees of Wisdom, often called "the Bible of Tarot readers," and the recently published Tarot Wisdom.

"Marcus Katz has recovered the spiritual dignity of Tarot."

Naomi Ozaniec, author of The Watkins Tarot Handbook and The Aquarian Qabalah.

"Marcus Katz has fixed himself as a bright Star in the firmament of Tarot. His Tarosophy® is everything its subtitle promises; "Tarot to Engage Life, Not Escape it." It's sane, sensible, and profoundly original. His 'Temple of Thoth' (Gated Spread) alone is worth the price of admission."

Lon Milo DuQuette, Author of Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot, and creator of Tarot of Ceremonial Magick.

"After twenty years of reading Tarot, I've now discovered with Marcus that they're much more - very much more - than 78 cards in a deck."

Brett Bradford, Tarot Reader

"Any system of thought such as Tarot, Kabbalah or Astrology that reflects life processes back at the user of that system, thereby enabling him or her to live life more consciously and spiritually - in harmony and accord with life itself - is, of necessity, very complex. The teaching of such is therefore commensurately difficult. Here, in a manner I would love to see employed for the teaching of other disciplines too, Master Katz - for Master he is - has delivered to us a manual for learning Tarot (and much more) by being true to its own strap line: he engages the reader, not just through clear, practical and reliable information, but through numerous interactive exercises, techniques and rituals that effectively find Tarot being taught to you from the inside out! From 'Tarot True', through 'Tarot Deep', to 'Tarot High', he takes you on an enjoyable and rewarding journey of discovery that births the unique Tarot-reader who was already inside of you. Genius!"

Lyn Birkbeck, astrological consultant and best-selling author of Do-It-Yourself Astrology, The Instant Astrologer, Understanding The Future, etc.

 

ENJOY THIS FREE MATERIAL NOT INCLUDED IN BOOK

Why You Can't Read The Court Cards (And How To Easily) 7pp PDF.

12 Spreads to Cover Every Question You Will be Asked 5pp PDF.

[3 spreads given, for more join Tarot Professionals for full version]

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