The dragon tarot box set

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By nigel suckling, the dragon in western culture appears in myth and legend as the jealous guardian of a treasure hoard more recently epitomized by j. R. r. Tolkiens smaug. J. k. Rowling has ensured that a future generation of children is imbued with the cult of the dragon with her evocative description of the fearsome hungarian horntail jealously guarding her eggs. But that is not the whole story – dragons are complex creatures, and even in the negative tales the beast is usually credited with cunning and often the power of speech – it is not just a brutal, terrifying monster driver by blind lusts. Yet behind the hostile stories, in which the dragon serves largely as a test of valour for passing knights-errant, lies an esoteric tradition of it embodying spiritual forces of nature that are slightly beyond our grasp or understanding. Although occasionally hostile, as when an earth dragon stirs and human cities crumble, there is no personal malice. Dragons simply operate by different laws that do no always place our interest at their centre. Understanding those laws and adapting to accommodate them is one path to wisdom. This is the spirit in which dragons inspire this tarot – tarot also operates by laws that are slightly beyond our conscious grasp, lifting the veil on the spiritual undercurrent of the worlds we inhabit. And, divided by elements – the fire-breathing dragons, winged dragons of the air, sea serpents and earth dwellers form a natural alliance with the swords, pentacles, cups and staves of the minor arcana. In the major arcana, glastonbury tor, with all the dragon associations suggested by its dedication to st michael, stands perfectly for the tower card. The ouroboros the serpent that renews itself by devouring its own tail – makes the perfect world card, the endless circle signifying completeness, endings and new beginnings, a symbol of the tarot sequence itself. The tail-eating serpent also appears on europes oldest tarot cards, dating from the fifteenth century, as insignias of the royal families of france and italy. The cockatrice, which appears at the top of the wheel of fortune card in classical decks, flourishes particularly well here in the company of its fellow dragons. Paperback book with 64 pages and tarot cards.