Tarot Revelations by Joseph Campbell & Richard Roberts (1987, Paperback) VGC

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Seller: Top-Rated Seller force10powertools ✉️ (6,600) 99.3%, Location: Penryn, GB, Ships to: GB & many other countries, Item: 276317601274 Tarot Revelations by Joseph Campbell & Richard Roberts (1987, Paperback) VGC. Excellent condition. Please see pictures. Tarot Revelations is an analysis of the mysterious philosophy in the ancient cards that became modern playing cards. Citing Dante, C.G.Jung, and early Gnostics and alchemists, Campbell and Roberts reveal a path that has spiritual meaning for everyone. Writing in collaboration with Richard Roberts, Joseph Campbell stated, "We have come to revelations of a grandiose poetic vision of Universal Man that has been for centuries the inspiration of saints and sinners, sages and fools, in kaleidoscopic transformations." According to Richard Roberts, "In the 22 cards comprising the Major Arcana, we have a genuine document of the soul's initiation into higher consciousness. As such the Major Arcana may be interpreted as a Western Book of the Dead."

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) was an American author and teacher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology. He was born in New York City in 1904, and from early childhood he became interested in mythology. He loved to read books about American Indian cultures, and frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where he was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. Campbell was educated at Columbia University, where he specialized in medieval literature, and continued his studies at universities in Paris and Munich. While abroad he was influenced by the art of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, the novels of James Joyce and Thomas Mann, and the psychological studies of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. These encounters led to Campbell's theory that all myths and epics are linked in the human psyche, and that they are cultural manifestations of the universal need to explain social, cosmological, and spiritual realities.

After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, and then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 40s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. He also edited works by the German scholar Heinrich Zimmer on Indian art, myths, and philosophy. In 1944, with Henry Morton Robinson, Campbell published A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake. His first original work, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, came out in 1949 and was immediately well received; in time, it became acclaimed as a classic. In this study of the "myth of the hero," Campbell asserted that there is a single pattern of heroic journey and that all cultures share this essential pattern in their various heroic myths. In his book he also outlined the basic conditions, stages, and results of the archetypal hero's journey.

Throughout his life, he traveled extensively and wrote prolifically, authoring many books, including the four-volume series The Masks of God, Myths to Live By, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space and The Historical Atlas of World Mythology. Joseph Campbell died in 1987. In 1988, a series of television interviews with Bill Moyers, The Power of Myth, introduced Campbell's views to millions of people.

For more on Joseph Campbell and his work, visit the web site of Joseph Campbell Foundation at JCF.org.

Explore the mystical world of Tarot with "Tarot Revelations" by Joseph Campbell and Richard Roberts. This third edition paperback book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in spirituality, mind, body and spirit, mysticism, magic, Tarot, folklore & mythology, and historical literature. The book features 294 pages of illustrated content describing Witchcraft, Esotericism, Spirits, New Age, Astrology, Reference, Paganism, Cultural History, Alternative Belief Systems, Wicca, Rituals, Fortune-Telling, Metaphysical, Neopaganism, Card Games, Supernatural and Occultism.
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Condition: excellent condition
  • Personalised: No
  • Book Title: Tarot Revelations
  • Original Language: English
  • Item Length: 14 cm
  • Vintage: Yes
  • Format: Paperback
  • Unit Type: Unit
  • Language: English
  • Item Height: 22 cm
  • Features: Illustrated
  • Topic: Alternative Belief Systems, Astrology, Card Games, Cultural History, Esotericism, Fortune-Telling, Metaphysical, Neopaganism, New Age, Occultism, Paganism, Popular Philosophy, Reference, Rituals, Spirits, Supernatural, Tarot, Wicca, Witchcraft
  • Unit Quantity: 1
  • Item Width: 2 cm
  • Signed: No
  • Ex Libris: No
  • Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
  • Publisher: Revell
  • Inscribed: No
  • Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
  • Edition: Third Edition
  • Publication Year: 1987
  • Type: Textbook
  • Era: 1980s
  • Author: Joseph Campbell, Richard Roberts
  • Genre: Folklore & Mythology, Historical, Magic, Mind, Body & Spirit, Mysticism, Spirituality, Tarot
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1980-1989
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item Weight: 400 g
  • Personalise: No
  • Number of Pages: 294
  • ISBN: 9780942380002

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