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Relationships with the Cards and a Journey

My guest this week is Rachel Pollack. We discuss tarot as a relationship between you the reader and the cards. Rachel leads a guided journey into the energy of the Fool card. This episode should not be listened to while driving or using heaving machinery! The induction Rachel provides is designed to put you in to a state of relaxation and an altered state of consciousness.

Rachel Pollack

is a poet, an award-winning novelist, an authority on the modern interpretation of Tarot cards, and a Tarot card artist. Her novel Godmother Night won the 1997 World Fantasy Award and was described by Kirkus Reviews as “a magical exploration of the deepest roots of life and death.” Her earlier novel, Unquenchable Fire, won Britain’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, and was described by The New York Review of Science Fiction as “not only the best fantasy of the year, possibly the best of the decade, and the best feminist novel of the decade.”

She has published thirteen books on Tarot, including 78 Degrees of Wisdom considered a modern classic and the Bible of Tarot reading. She also has written on other non-fiction subjects, including The Body of the Goddess, which traces the origin and development of religion in the human body and nature. Her Shining Tribe Tarot, designed and drawn by Rachel herself, draws on tribal and prehistoric images from six continents and 50,000 years. She has had several shows of her artwork, both Tarot and other images. Her books have been published in thirteen languages. She has taught classes and workshops in Europe, North America, and Australia. Rachel grew up in Poughkeepsie, the setting for Unquenchable Fire. After nineteen years living in Europe, she returned, in 1990, to live in the Hudson Valley.

Rachel’s most recent book, Seeker, won the COVR Award for best book on divination at the 2006 International New Age Trade Show.

• Rachel Pollack – the Shining Tribe
  
• Rachel’s Blog
• Book List
  

Rachel’s Teaching Schedule

• Tarot Intensive: Cups, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 3. Held at the Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY. For information email: Rhinebeckia@hvc.rr.com
• Tarot Intensive: Swords, March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31. Held at the Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY. For information email: Rhinebeckia@hvc.rr.com
• Readers Studio, April 20-22, New York City, . Rachel will be co-leading breakfast discussions with Tarot creator Johanna Gargiulo-Sherman.
• Green Hermeticism Conference, May 18-20–Rachel will speak on the Eleusinian Mysteries at the Green Hermeticism Conference in New Lebanon, NY. More information at www.sulukacademy.org.
• Becoming A Tarot Reader, June 10-15–co-taught with Mary K. Greer, at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY. This is Rachel’s 18th year teaching with Mary at Omega!
• The Inner Truth of Tarot, June 15-17– co-taught with Mary K. Greer, at the Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY.
• Literary reading for the anthology Interfictions, June 20–KGB Bar in New York City, on E.4th St., west of 2n d Ave. Rachel will read from her story, “Burning Beard: the Dreams and Visions of Joseph ben Jacob, Lord Viceroy of Egypt.”
• Residency at Goddard College, VT, June 25-July 3–to begin the semester for the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. For more information on getting an MFA at Goddard (and studying with Rachel), write Rachel@Rachelpollack.com, or go to www.goddard.edu
• Tarot Association of the British Isles annual conference, July 6-8–Bristol, England.
• Wisconsin Tarot Conference, July 13-15
• Between The Worlds Interfaith Magickal Conference, Nov. 9-11–Wilmington Delaware.

Music Credits

• Opening Music: time release by the Droney Tones.
• Incidental Music: I am by Anyma from volume 1 made available through GarageBand.com
• Closing Music: Voices from the ether by Ascian from the EP Deception made availible through GarageBand.com