The Tarot, a visual archetypical language that makes up all of life is a
complete system of guidance and exploration of the evolutionary
journey…
By Karen La Puma
AWAKEN TO TAROT, Self-Help/Nonfiction/Spiritual, Soul Source Publishing, 420 pp.
The Tarot is visual system that reveals both our True Nature and our obstacles. Introducing a new Tarot deck, made with digital collage. Through pictures, symbols, meanings, questions, processes, Kabbalah, key words, and affirmations, you can learn to:
- Find ways to reflect your inner guidance.
- Explore the magical journey of evolution
- Blend Astrology, Numerology, and the Tree of Life with the Tarot
- Discover the power and implications of the symbols of Tarot
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The Tarot is a set of universal principles that
provide a visual system which reveals both
your True Nature and the obstacles to
living from this Unified State of Consciousness.
Tradition ally and cross-culturally these
archetypes communicate all the aspects of
existence. Through these rich symbolic mirrors
you can receive messages about where you
are at present, an external issue, a
relationship, your career, and an inner
psychological state—in fact all aspects of
your evolutionary journey. In the
following pages, you will touch on how to tap
into inner guidance and awaken internal allies.
This book was writ ten for you to draw
assistance from the symbols of your
soul’s journey as each card is like a magic
talisman.
As you explore the visual symbols of each Tarot
card, you are given different components
that add to your understanding of its
meaning. After the visuals there are: a short
meaning; descriptions; key words to summarize
them; reflective suggestions to go into your
process; questions to ponder; and an
affirmation. In the descriptions there are
correlations with Astrology, Numerology,
the Tree of Life, the Hero’s Journey, and the
general process of evolution. I have included
the Hebrew letter for each of the Major
Arcana, and the I Ching’s association to
the Royalty cards.
Toward the end of the book, you will learn to
find your life’s path, your yearly path,
some inner teachers, and sample readings
for you to try. Please take what is useful for
you and ignore the rest. For those of you
who want to dive in deeper, there are
several dense teaching chapters that I include
in Part VII, “Integrating the Tarot.”
Altogether these systems can assist your
assimilation of each card, as their cosmic
voices can exert a powerful support for
you. When you use the cards, you not only
have a self-reflective tool, a device to awaken
intuition, but also a suggestive magnifier of
the qualities you want to infuse into your
life.
This book is a part of a series called,
A Toolkit for Awakening, which
is based on the eminent mythologist, Joseph Camp
bell’s great blueprint, “The Hero’s Journey.” It
is from his classic book,
A Hero with a Thousand Faces (1948).
This formula for spiritual evolution,
presented in Chapter 83 and the conclusion,
gives the structure and foundation of this
series.
The stage of the Hero’s Journey that this book
deals with is called “Supernatural Aids.”
You are encouraged to seek helpers, animate and
inanimate, seen and unseen, ancient and mod ern.
You don’t have to rely solely upon your own
innate powers. Magical helpers appear once
you are on the spiritual path as you see
abundantly in myths and fairy tales. This book
suggests that the Tarot is “a supernatural aid,”
for these cards are external mirrors from
which you can hear your inner guidance.
Having support is one of life’s most valuable
assets. I am thankful for all the support I
have received. Yet because I have chosen “a
road less traveled,” my deepest gratitude has
been to those invisible forces—the
archetypes (also called universal symbols).
Exploring interrelated metaphysical systems,
like Tarot, Astrology, and Numerology have
given me the keys to the human journey. “Meta”
means beyond, for these maps
of consciousness go outside the physical to
bridge existence with causality. As you play
with the archetypes themselves, they become
intuitive and active spiritual
allies.
There is a vast array of metaphysical oracles to
help you gain self–knowledge. You can delve
into the many different cosmic looking
glasses to muse and reflect. You can pick cards,
gaze at charts and maps, throw coins,
select stones, add some numbers, dream,
visualize, meditate, or open a book randomly for
a message, and they will become your
guideposts and supportive tools that help you to
see another way and wake up to the highest
aspects of yourself.
My hope is that the Tarot images, the concepts
presented in this book, and the series,
A Toolkit for Awakening, will
be a source of support for you. The
empowering myth of the Goddess Warrior on the
Hero’s Journey is the underlying basis of this
series. Love and allowing are the ways of the
Goddess. Being accountable for your time,
attention and intention is how you embody
the Warrior. These archetypes become your
helpers and infuse higher vibrations to
facilitate new states of
consciousness.
My inner and outer helpers guide me and
inspire me along my sacred path of
expressing Divine Light.
Coming later today! Sorry for the delay!
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