The Tao of Tarot: The Way to Health, Happiness and Spiritual Illumination Through QiGong Dreaming
Christina Bjergo
$24.95 (P), ISBN 978-1-84694-265-5
O Books
The tarot has always been held up as a key to esoteric wisdom. In particular, the detailed symbolism of A. E. Waite’s well-thought-out deck has been correlated with a vast array of spiritual philosophies. This author now makes the case that Taoist philosophy and QiGong practice are represented in those famous images. She believes the tarot images served as a bridge to carry Eastern esoteric wisdom back into Western society after it had been suppressed in the West for centuries.
Bjergo takes each major arcana card individually and describes its lessons and challenges. She especially focuses on what she calls QiGong Dreaming techniques, and the way in which the tarot images relate to dream images, and the healing that occurs when those images are analyzed.
The book is thorough and dense with background information from both Eastern and Western culture. It will be a good resource for those who are doing serious dreamwork and/or Jungian-based therapy
Anna Jedrziewski