The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot: Keys to the Rituals, Symbolism, Magic and Divination

by Chic & Sandra Tabatha Cicero, Chic Corro, Sandra Tabatha Cicero, et al.

An indispensable companion to Llewellyn's New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot Deck. This book provides a card-by-card analysis of the deck's intricate symbolism, an introduction to the Qabalah, and a section on the use of the deck for practical rituals, meditations and divination procedures.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875421393
• ISBN13: 9780875421391
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good intro to Golden Dawn magickal tradition

This book uses the Ciceros' tarot as a way to introduce basic Golden Dawn ritual and divination. The book provides nothing new to advanced practitioners, but may be of interest to those trying to learn more about the approach taken by this organization. While I agree with the other reviewer that I think that the origins of the Tarot lie in other places than the authors suggest, this is somewhat off the mark in that this is a book about a specific organization's teachings. The book consists of roughly three sections. The beginning contains the authors' approaches to the Golden Dawn teachings regarding the Tree of Life, a brief history of the Golden Dawn in the United States, and related topics. This is followed by a description of the cards (as the Golden Dawn saw them). These are followed by ritual discussions (LBRP and related rituals, opening by watchtower, etc). Finally divination is covered. All in all, this book is a very good introduction to the Golden Dawn approach. It is more accessible than anything Regardie wrote, for example. All in all, I would highly recommend this book to those looking for such an introduction.