This is an excellent source for the background of the Tarot and numerous subjects related. As well, I was taken with the style of the writing which gave it an extra fillip. Having read DuQuette and quite a number of other books on this subject, it added some of what DuQuette didn't have room for. Not taking away from 5 stars, I did wonder why it had card illustrations, particularly when they were in black and white - a minor cavill (excuse the redundancy).



What I got a huge charge from was finding a stem of cannabis pressed between pages a little to right of center. How did I know what it was? I lived amongst smugglers for five years and I saw an occational "mistake" popping above the ground.



A few years ago one of my daughters and her husband helped me move and found a bag of "grass" pushed into a corner on a closet shelf. They appeared, looking sheepish. They explained,rather gasping while I laughed and said, "It's catnip,you idiots!" Well... gee... they did wonder. I'm still laughing.