Click here to read Monte Farber's Foreword to my book. Click here to read more advance praise and reviews for The Back in Time Tarot Book.
Whether you're completely new to Tarot or are an advanced user, there's something for everyone in The Back in Time Tarot Book! My innovative BIT (Back in Time) Method encourages you to experience Tarot cards on your own terms using memories, movies, pop culture, history, literature and more!
ISBN-10: 1571745874
ISBN-13: 978-1571745873
I've asked a few of my friends and colleagues to join in on the fun and contribute their own BIT Snapshot using my BIT Method. With BIT Snapshots ranging from poignant to comical, mysterious to sobering, these published authors, deck artists and Tarot experts include: Mary K. Greer, Joan Bunning, Lon Milo DuQuette, Lisa Hunt, Teresa Michelsen, Mark McElroy, Nina Lee Braden, Elizabeth Cunningham, Zach Wong, Ann Cass, Phyllis Vega, Wilma Carroll, Riccardo Minetti, and Josephine Ellershaw.
Below is theTable of Contents to my book. Here's the neat thing: I'm going to be posting the actual cards from the actual decks that each of us have used for our BIT Snapshots right here on my site! Now, if you don't have the book, the cards won't make sense to you (although they'll be nice to look at!).
However, if you do have my book, you'll be able to sit before your computer, read each BIT Snapshot, click on the link which will be imbedded in the corresponding title below, and watch each visual "story" unfold before your very eyes! Cool, huh? I'll be posting them every so often until my book comes out in October 2008; by then, each BIT Snapshot re-creation will be completely finished for you to enjoy with the book.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Tarot
An Overview of Tarot Structure
Choosing a Tarot Deck
Reversed and Combined Cards
The Light-Shadow Continuum
Chapter 2: How to Use the BIT Method
What You’ll Need
What to Do
A Sample BIT Snapshot
Part II: The BIT Method in Action
Chapter 3: Personal Experiences
You Can Catch a Robin If You Put Salt on Its Tail – Ann Cass
Overcoming Writer’s/Artist’s Block – Lisa Hunt
Journey Through the Dark Night of the Mind – Teresa Michelsen
Lawyers, the Police, a Judge—Oh My! – Wilma Carroll
The Arts Festival – Janet Boyer
Flying the Nest – Josephine Ellershaw
Selling House – Phyllis Vega
Treachery at the Office – Wilma Carroll
Learning to Ride a Bike – Janet Boyer
Unrequited Love – Zach Wong
The Year of the Tower Card – Lisa Hunt
No Hell – Janet Boyer
The Special Gift – Wilma Carroll
Chapter 4: Literature, TV, and Movies
Cinderella – Janet Boyer
Of Mice and Men – Nina Lee Braden
Mary Poppins – Janet Boyer
The Little Match Girl – Janet Boyer
Maeve: The Celtic Mary Magdalen – Elizabeth Cunningham
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! – Janet Boyer
The Wizard of Oz – Janet Boyer
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Janet Boyer
Chapter 5: Headlines and History
Paris Hilton, Jailbird – Janet Boyer
Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor Extraordinaire – Janet Boyer
BTK: The Devil Personified – Janet Boyer
Crikey!: Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter – Janet Boyer
9/11 – Lon Milo DuQuette
Chapter 6: Odds and Ends
U.S. States – Janet Boyer
Songs from the 1980s – Janet Boyer
Holidays, Dates, and Celebrations – Janet Boyer
Appendix: The Cards of the Universal Waite
Bibliography
References
Additional Recommended Books
Tarot Decks Referenced in This Book
About the Contributing Authors and Artists