The Vampire Tarot
Author | : Robert Michael Place |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2015-11-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781250102805 |
ISBN-13 | : 1250102804 |
Rating | : 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Vampire Tarot ties the tales and mythic figures associated with the vampire legend to the equally iconographic figures and forms of the tarot. This book explores the history of the vampire starting with Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, Dracula, as well as those writings that inspired Stoker and the vampire lore that derived from it. Stoker and his most famous work were both closely tied to the classic Rider-Waite-Coleman tarot. Now, author-illustrator Robert M. Place brings these two mythic traditions together with this extensively researched book that guides the reader through the subtleties and parallels within The Vampire Tarot, providing a guide for getting the most out of reading. Sure to delight not only tarot devotees but the general fan of the vampire mythos as well.