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May 14
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51: The Tarot • Part II: Synchronicity &...

MJDorian
About this episode

By what mechanism does Tarot work? On this episode we answer that question through the illuminating writings and theories of Dr. Carl Jung and Marie Louise von Franz.

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Resources used:

• Synchronicity by C. G. Jung

• On Divination and Synchronicity by Marie Louise von Franz

• Alchemical Active Imagination by Marie Louise von Franz

• Psyche & Matter by Marie Louise von Franz

• 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack (Great for beginners)

• The Encyclopedia of Tarot by Stuart R. Kaplan

• The Way of Tarot by Alejandro Jodorowsky

• The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by C.G. Jung

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Nightgrowler • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightgrowler/

Nicolas Bruno:

https://www.somniatarot.com/

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