The Tarot Book of the Dead: A Chthonic Journey of Death, Mediumship, and the Art of Guiding Souls

The Tarot Book of the Dead 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. The Tarot Book of the Dead 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 a