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    The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana: Fool's Journey, #1
    The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana: Fool's Journey, #1
    The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana: Fool's Journey, #1
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    The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana: Fool's Journey, #1

    By Noel Eastwood

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    Have you always wanted to understand the relationship between the Fool and the Major Arcana? If the answer is 'YES' then this book will enlighten inspire you.

    In the tradition of The Alchemist, Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Wizard of Earthsea...

    Originally written for Tarot practitioners, The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana has also found a wider audience amongst those committed to personal growth.

    This extensively edited 3rd Edition 2018 focuses on Follin's journey on the mystic's path to knowledge through direct experience with each of the Major Arcana archetypes.

    It speaks to The Fool in all of us as we make our way through life, growing in maturity, wisdom and, ultimately, self acceptance.

    Follin's encounters with the Tarot archetypes not only illuminate the Major Arcana cards but tap into archetypal energies relevant today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNoel Eastwood
    Release dateFeb 20, 2017
    ISBN9781546787327
    The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana: Fool's Journey, #1
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    Noel Eastwood

    Noel Eastwood is a retired psychologist with over forty years professional experience in education, counselling and psychology. Now a full-time author, Noel shares his lifelong interests in Taoist alchemy, depth Jungian psychotherapy, meditation, tai chi, astrology and tarot. A gifted storyteller, Noel's fiction and nonfiction works blend ancient wisdom and contemporary themes. His rollicking good storytelling, knowledge and hands-on experience in esoteria, provides a satisfying experience for his readers. Available in ebook, paperback and audiobook. You can visit his website and subscribe to his free newsletters on the many diverse topics above - www.plutoscave.com

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      I really liked this story. I really brought to live the major arcana and I think when I pull my cards this narative will make me smile as I reflect. I am very much looking forward to the other stories in the Kingdom of Tarot.

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    The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Major Arcana - Noel Eastwood

    IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE

    This story is a work of fiction. The contents of this book are in no way a substitute for personal supervision or treatment by a qualified medical or psychological professional. The author, editors and publishers accept no responsibility for outcomes if you use the techniques described in this book.

    3rd Edition ©Noel Eastwood 2018

    Apart from any fair use for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review no part may be reproduced without written permission of the author.

    Please direct all communication to the author, Noel Eastwood.

    Email: info@plutoscave.com

    Tarot deck: Original Waite-Smith (1910)

    Excerpts: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)

    Cover design and photographs: JoAnn

    Map: Damijan

    Acknowledgements

    I would like to thank my wonderful team of supporters. Most importantly, thank you to my wife, Marja, for her selfless care and loving support. Thank you to my Wordmage, Kristal. A special thank you to Mark, Michael, Steven and Lorna for helping with the first edition of this book. A heartfelt thank you to JoAnn for her generous editing and cover for the 3rd edition. JoAnn brings a wealth of experience in the personal growth field and it is a pleasure to work closely with someone who understands my work so well.

    Dedication

    To my three children, Sonja, Michael and Steven. You taught me more about life than I would ever have learned without your love and support.

    Introduction to the 3rd Edition

    When I wrote the first edition of this book I wanted to expand on the rich symbolism of The Fool by exploring his relationship with the Major Arcana archetypes. Since then, it has become a popular book with Tarot enthusiasts and practitioners alike.

    It has also attracted a wider audience amongst those interested in personal growth.  I have expanded this Third Edition to include material that I believe will satisfy these readers as well.

    There are many excellent books on the history of the Tarot and on interpretations of the cards, particularly those of the Major Arcana. My contribution to the existing literature is an allegorical novella in which The Fool's Journey through the Tarot becomes a mystic's journey. It follows Follin's inner journey of discovery and his search for knowledge through direct experience with the Tarot archetypes.

    I wrote it in fictional form to make it more readable than a recipe book of Tarot card meanings. It includes interpretations I use in my readings and draws on my encounters with the Tarot archetypes during my meditations with their cards.

    The Waite-Smith deck illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith was chosen for the simplicity and clarity of her images and their ease of translation into meaning. Also, many of the more modern Tarot decks stem from the Waite-Smith deck which is easily accessible to all.

    In this Third Edition, Follin's journey contains more detail than previously, including additional interaction with the Tarot archetypes. It no longer includes explanatory notes, apart from Arthur Waite's original card descriptions. This third edition has been extensively edited and is much better for it.

    It is important to note that there is more to the Fool's journey than the Major Arcana. The four suits (Pentacles, Swords, Cups and Wands) were calling me to give them a voice, so I have. The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Pentacles and The Fool's Journey through the Tarot Swords are now published with Cups and Wands to be completed later in 2018.

    They take the story of Follin's growth much farther and deeper as he interacts with each of the Minor Arcana. I have taken the liberty to delay the introduction of The Fool's dog until later in the series. You will meet his fae pup in Book 2, as Follin journeys through the Pentacles Kingdom.

    The choice of interpretation for each card is mine alone. Each Tarotist has his or her own preferences and this will show in differences in reading style and interpretation. This reflects the broad diversity of Tarot imagery, symbolism and the vagaries of the human experience.

    Noel Eastwood

    May 2018

    The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs. Given the inward meaning of its emblems, they do become a kind of alphabet which is capable of indefinite combinations and makes true sense in all.

    Arthur Edward Waite The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911).

    The Fool

    Innocence; folly; spontaneity; faith; trust; beginning.

    The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

    William Shakespeare, As You Like It

    From The Pictorial Key to the Tarot A.E. Waite (1911)

    "With light step, as if earth and its trammels had little power to restrain him, a young man in gorgeous vestments pauses at the brink of a precipice among the great heights of the world; he surveys the blue distance before him - its expanse of sky rather than the prospect below... He is a prince of the other world on his travels through this one ... amidst the morning glory, in the keen air. The sun, which shines behind him, knows whence he came, whither he is going, and how he will return by another path after many days. He is the spirit in search of experience."

    ~

    Along a dusty dirt road in the countryside of the Mystic Isle a youth is walking. He steps out lightly with laughter in his throat and a bright smile on his face. Having left his home and family troubles behind he feels happy, carefree. He effortlessly strides through the countryside for miles and miles.

    As he passes the dry stubble of a harvested wheat field he spies an old scarecrow. He climbs through the timber-railed fence and, stepping carefully over the cut wheat stalks, walks over to the scarecrow.

    The scarecrow's clothes are old, the shirt is thin and well worn. It has many ragged holes in it. The Fool gently and carefully, almost reverently, removes the shirt and places it on the ground. Then he takes his own shirt off and puts it respectfully on the scarecrow as though he is dressing his aged grandfather. He steps back, chuckles to himself and puts the scarecrow's worn shirt on his own back and returns to the road.

    Later that day, weary and beginning to question the wisdom of his flight from home, the boy finds himself on the edge of the sea cliffs. He puts down his staff and bundle and peers over the edge at the waves crashing below. He stands up again, takes up his staff and bundle and moves on.

    ~

    The group across the channel observes him, pointing him out to those

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