FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“This may be the wisest Tarot book ever written.” —Lisa Freinkel Tishman, author of Mindful Tarot
“Gil Stafford has become my preferred guide to the woo and the weird, both of which are inseparable from Christian faith.” —Jessica Mesman, The Christian Century
A portal for those interested in the Bible and curious about the Tarot, for both those who read the Bible daily and those who know little about it but aren’t averse to it, Gil Stafford’s The Bible and the Tarot: A Personal Pilgrimage of Discovery publishes on Tuesday, September 24.
The first two chapters provide background that place the two mystical texts in conversation with each other. The vast and complex mythos of the Bible with its complex characters, actors, symbols, stories, and parables, are the backstory of the magnificent creatures of the Tarot’s inner psychic world.
Stafford—the former Canon Theologian for the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona—demonstrates how reading the Bible and the Tarot hand-in-hand can work together to deepen a spiritual life. He explores how to read the Tarot and the Bible to provoke the unconscious, the dream world, and expand the imagination. By the final chapter of The Bible and the Tarot (Paperback original; ISBN 978-1958972458; US $23.00), readers are able to connect the mysteries of the Bible with the psychological magic of the Tarot.
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For author interviews, media review copies: Jon M. Sweeney, jon@monkfishpublishing.com
Gil Stafford, PhD, DMin, Episcopal priest and former Canon Theologian for the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, was also president of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. Life is pilgrimage and Stafford has walked many, including Ireland coast to coast. He’s a spiritual director and also often leads spiritual retreats on the Bible and Tarot. He and his wife, Catherine, live in the Arizona desert west of Phoenix.
