Selected Resources for
New Students of Tarot
By James W. Revak
Selected Resources
for
New Students of Tarot
By James W. Revak
ORGANIZATIONS A variety of organizations exists which may be helpful to new students; selected ones are briefly described below. Also, should you become an advanced student, these groups may continue to serve you well. However, before you plunk money down be sure that the organization offers what you need and want. You may also wish to ask others who have had experience with a given organization for their advice prior to making a commitment. Also, know that an organization or instructor who promises to make you a competent reader in, say, an evening is typically overstating what they can deliver.
American Tarot Association (ATA). This group “is organized,” it says, “for the purpose of bringing together qualified students, teachers and masters of the Tarot who are willing to subscribe to a high ethical standard and use the Tarot for the benefit of those for whom they read.” Offerings include correspondence courses for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students; telephone and Internet seminars; conferences and conventions; a newsletter; and personal mentors for students.
Builders of the Adytum (BOTA). Founded by renowned occultist Paul Foster Case, this well-known group reports that it is a “religious organization irrevocably dedicated to spiritual attunement through enlightened worship in the Tradition of the Western Mysteries.” Among its many programs, it has long offered its own Builders of the Adytum Tarot deck by Case and Jessie Burns Parke and correspondence courses which teach Tarot.
International Tarot Society (ITS). “Our purpose is to unite, educate and promote tarotists across the globe,” says this organization. Offerings include conferences and conventions, some local chapters, and a newsletter.
Tarot Certification Board (TCB). This group notes that it is “an independent third party certification board for the American tarot communities” and its mission is “to establish and promulgate quality standards for professional tarot readers and to increase awareness of these standards.” Caveat: Some Tarotists feel that the group lacks credibility. Its board of directors is anonymous and secretive, and some potential customers have been unable to confirm the existence of the the TCB’s accrediting board. You may wish to utilize the TCB only if you personally determine that it and its accrediting board are credible.
The Tarot School. This organization reports that it “has been created to give you a rich and continuous education in the many facets of tarot, while having fun with kindred spirits of a like mind.” Offerings include correspondence and telephone classes, workshops, a degree program, a magazine, and a newsletter.
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