Tarot and the Archetypal Journey: The Jungian Path from Darkness to Light

Description

This highly innovative work presents a piercing interpretation of the tarot in terms of Jungian psychology. Through analogies to the humanities, mythology, and the graphic arts, the significance of the cards is related to personal growth and what Jung termed "individuation." The Major Arcana becomes a map of life, and the hero's journey becomes something that each individual can relate to one's personal life. "Sallie Nichols, in her profound investigation of the Tarot has performed an immense service. Her book enriches and helps us to understand the awesome responsibilities laid upon consciousness. She has done this not in an arid fashion but derived from her own experience of the Tarot and its strangely translucent lights. As a result her book not only lives but quickens life in whomever it touches." --Laurens van der Post Replaces ISBN 978-0-87728-515-1

Sallie Nichols (1908-1982) was a teacher at the C. G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles and a frequent lecturer at Jungian organisations throughout California. A long-time student of Jung's psychology, she had the good fortune to study at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich while Jung was still alive and active. Mary K. Greer is a highly regarded tarot scholar, teacher and author.

"This is a book about archetypes, specifically as they are embodied in the Major Arcana. Tarot and the Archetypal Journey will help you use tarot as an interactive roadmap for your own archetypal journey."--from the foreword by Mary K. Greer, author of Tarot for Your Self and may other books on tarot.