Tarot of the Saints
This odd, charming hybrid of a book synchronizes Christian  hagiography, Gnostic mysticism, Jungian archetypes, and the  Tarot deck. Place, author of Angels' Tarot and other works,  draws correlations between the figures of the Major Arcana and  the Christian saints that are not hard to see and appealing in  their transparency: St. Nicholas as the Magician, St. Barbara as  the Tower, St. Valentine for the Lovers, and so forth. While the  application of saints to the predictive or prescriptive uses of  Tarot may well shock conservative Christians, Place has an  endearing way of weaving the saints' legends into the fabric of  esoteric archetype. For larger collections. (Cards included with  the book not seen.)Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.