{"product_id":"the-tarot-book-of-the-dead-a-chthonic-journey-of-death-mediumship-and-the-art-of-guiding-souls","title":"The Tarot Book of the Dead: A Chthonic Journey of Death, Mediumship, and the Art of Guiding Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tarot Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e fills a major gap, as there is currently no comprehensive guide to tarot mediumship, grief work, and psychopomp practice, despite the growing interest in these areas. Matlin offers readers not just techniques but also a transformational experience that reclaims tarot's deep historical and mythological relationship with death. Tarot can provide comfort and meaning for the grieving, help us center our own truth regarding mortality, and honor the spirit about to cross over. This book shows tarot readers that mediumship is absolutely within their birthright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tarot Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is structured as a chthonic journey, a descent into the Underworld, a trial within the depths, an ascent with wisdom, and a return to the living world forever changed. The structure honors the transformational paths in myths of descent, from Persephone's underworld journey to Orpheus's search for Eurydice. The book is divided into four parts. Each part has a collection of chapters that are headlined by a Major Arcana card that acts as a gatekeeper. That Major Arcana card offers an invitation, followed by a lesson to be learned, a challenge (activity) to do, and, finally, permission by that Major Arcana card to go on to the next gatekeeper. Through this mythic journey, readers will confront their own relationship to death, learn tarot mediumship, engage in grief work, and explore psychopomp practices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tarot Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on several main themes: the dying, the dead, and the grieving. A reader could use this book just for their own personal work, but the book also has guidance for people in fields that touch on death, such as death midwives and doulas, grief workers, hospice carers, and mediums. \u003ci\u003eThe Tarot Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e is, at its heart, an initiatory process that functions as a hands-on how-to manual in which the reader will deepen their practice with tarot and death. Like its namesakes \u003ci\u003eThe Egyptian Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tibetan Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, it guides readers on a journey to death and the afterlife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weiser Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51993693618407,"sku":"9781578639304","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_a7254f2e-5f43-4125-8898-54a12748b4a2.jpg?v=1776658942","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-tarot-book-of-the-dead-a-chthonic-journey-of-death-mediumship-and-the-art-of-guiding-souls","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}