Haindl Book Release! Hermann Haindl: Life - Art - Tarot
Channel: Not Fortune's Fool
Date: 2017-08-31

I struggled with this video several times - at first it wouldn't record properly, then the camera froze, then the light faded as it began to rain, I had to bring the laundry in. .. but rather than let the perfect be the enemy of the good, I just did another recording - in poor light, with cranky iphone camera, with laundry drying in the background. . .because I feel so strongly that you all know about this book project. The new book about the classic Hermann Haindl tarot, with text by Rachel Pollack. This book really changed my life  - seriously - and means so much to me, I had to share it with you ASAP no matter what. 

To talk about Haindl's life and how it gives birth to his astonishing & important painting as well as his tarot means we have to talk about some difficult issues. By which I mean WW2. In this video I talk about Haindl's service in the German army on the Russian front. We can't back away from that, from what he saw, from the guilt and responsibility. Haindl did desert when the opportunity arose. His experiences - brutal, dehumanizing, unspeakably horrific, unequaled in history - led him to a true revolution in consciousness, even as he struggled with guilt, with PTSD. I don't want to minimize or gloss over this. It has to be confronted because it is the genesis of his remarkable oeuvre, and of his tarot. Finally note that when I say he sought a universal spirituality, I don't mean to imply anything mandatory or domineering. Haindl's experiences led him to reject all forms of totalitarianism and to realize all humanity had to come together in a new earth-based consciousness, open to all, accessibile to all, acknowledging the different experiences and truth presented by each path. So by universal I mean "accessible to all people and gaining value from everyone's participation." 

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on social media. I truly think this book is a must have for every card lover, every art lover, every spiritual person no matter what your path. You can find it on tarotworld.com or soon on Amazon. And do seek out the deck as well as Rachel's two in-depth books if you don't have them already - they are available used. Thanks for watching. Very grateful for your support. Sample chapter on my site: http://bit.ly/2uFFpob