Authors: Louis Martinie, Sallie Ann Glassman
ISBN-13: 9780892813636, ISBN-10: 0892813636
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear & Company
Date Published: July 1992
Edition: BK&CARD
Louis Martinie is a teacher and musician, who has served as editor of Black Moon Publishing for the past fifteen years. He is an accomplished drummer of both sacred and secular music, and is the author of Waters of Return and The Aeonic Flow of Voodoo.
Award-winning artist Sallie Ann Glassman was educated at Columbia University and the New Orleans Art Institute. She is the designer of the Enochian Tarot, and is a published book cover illustrator.
This book and 79-card deck mirror the face of New Orleans Voodoo that has emerged from the Dahomey tradition of West Africa, Creole, and South American cultures. Explains rituals of the Voodoo religion in the context of Tarot spreads and readings, adding a completely new dimension to this ancient tradition of divination.
"The first complete tarot to celebrate the magical roots and rites of an African-American culture."
Introduction
Voodoo: A Playing Definition
Voodoo and the Western Esoteric Tradition
On Using These Cards
Twenty-Two Roads & The Wild Card
Forty Spirits
Sixteen Temple Cards
The Cards In Practice
Appendix: Contacts & Supplies
Glossary
Bibliography
Index