The foreword to the Transparent Tarot workbook was written by the wonderful Naomi Ozaniec, whose own contribution to Tarot and the Qabalah has been many intelligent and insightful books, such as The Aquarian Qabalah, Teach yourself Tarot, Initiations into the Tarot and many more.
Here is what she had to say:
"Having found inspiration in the images of the Tarot for many years, I am delighted by Emily Carding’s sheer originality and new vision, The Transparent Tarot. In an area constrained by tradition, innovation is unexpected but Emily's concept has achieved a remarkable feat. The Transparent Tarot pays due homage to tradition while taking the familiar images into a new realm. The traditional pack of cards has become a series of transparencies, the characters of the Major Arcana now appear in their essential forms, simple and minimal and the Minor Arcana appear as silhouetted figures. The result is a new fusion between a modern material and the realm of archetypal ideas. Overlapping transparencies enable the reader to combine several cards and interpret symbols like layers in the mind. Emily's considerable design and graphic skill enables each of the cards to interrelate visually with others; the symbolic connections then speak for themselves.
Emily Carding is emerging as one of our most original and talented Tarot artists, this landmark deck forms a nodal point on the Tarot family tree permitting a new course of development to unfold. Whether you are a collector of outstanding Tarot design, a reader or a student of Tarot, The Transparent Tarot will engage your full attention just as it did for me."
Thank you Naomi! xx
See more about Naomi and her work on her website- www.thehouseoflife.co.uk
