The Hollow Tree: a Beginner's Guide to Tarot and Qabalah

by Melusine Draco

108 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 1999

About the author

Mélusine Draco originally trained in the magical arts of traditional British Old Craft with Bob and Mériém Clay-Egerton. She has been a magical and spiritual instructor for over 20 years with Coven of the Scales and the Temple of Khem, and writer of numerous popular books including Liber Agyptius: the Book of Egyptian Magic; The Egyptian Book of Days; The Egyptian Book of Nights; The Thelemic Handbook; The Hollow Tree, an elementary guide to the Qabalah; A Witch's Treasury of the Countryside; Root & Branch: British Magical Tree Lore and Starchild: a rediscovery of stellar wisdom. Her highly individualistic teaching methods and writing draws on ancient sources supported by academic texts and current archaeological findings. She now lives in Ireland near the Galtee Mountains and has several titles currently published with John Hunt Publishing including the Traditional Witchcraft series.

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Hollow Tree really is an excellent guide to understanding the mystical Qabalah and Tarot from the magical practitioner's point of view. It is an ideal dip-in for instant referencing and is couched in layman's terms for the beginner, until many of the books on the traditional Jewish versions. Leans heavily towards Aleister Crowley but this does not detract from it being a perfect student's guide - for which it was intended. Suzanne Ruthven