Works by Rachel Pollack

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Fiction

• Golden Vanity (1980)

• Alqua Dreams (1987)

• Unquenchable Fire (1988)  -- Winner of the 1989 Arthur C. Clarke Award

• Temporary Agency (1994) -- Nominated for the Nebula Award, the James T. Tiptree Award, and the Mythopoeic Award.

• Godmother Night: A Novel (1996) -- Winner 1997 World Fantasy Award for Novels and Finalist, 1996 Lambda Literary Award for Science/Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
  "Almost a set of short stories, this novel breaks into discrete episodes, centered on identity, love, and death. Jaqe has no identity until she meets Laurie, introduced and named by Mother Night; in that moment, she knows herself, and that she loves Laurie. But once Mother Night has become part of their lives, Laurie and Jaqe and their daughter Kate cannot live as other people do. Knowing Death, inevitably each of them seeks to use the knowledge, to bargain with Death, and to change the terms in the balance of life and death in the world."  -- Amazon.com

• Tarot Tales (1996) with Caitlin Mathews
  "... they've assembled a theme anthology of excellent original stories. They required only that tarot cards be used in the construction of the story, and the 16 contributors were liberated by this rather than restricted. Stories by M. John Harrison, Rachel Pollack, and Michael Moorcock are the most explicitly structured on the tarot, Pollack using cards of her own design. The superb "The Wind Box" by Scott Bradfield is narrated in language so plain as to often be nearer poetry than prose. Gwyneth Jones's "The Lovers," too, is simple, direct, and strong. Many of the stories are about journeys (to be expected with tarot), but they cover varied landscapes, and all of them explore the myths and human nature embodied in the cards." -- Amazon.com

• Burning Sky (1998)
  Twenty-seven short stories.

• A Secret Woman (2002)
  Mystery novel that introduces homicide investigator Simon Goldtree, who in the course of the novel becomes . . . someone else.

Nonfiction

• Kabbalah Tree (Date?)

• Teen Tarot (Date?)

• 78 Degrees of Wisdom, Part 1 (1980)
  Considered by many to be "The Bible" of modern Tarot interpretation.

• Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom II: The Minor Arcana and Readings (1983)

• Salvador Dali's Tarot (1985)

• Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot (1986)
  Two volumes in one.

• Tarot the Open Labyrinth (1986)

• Teach Yourself Fortune Telling (1986)

• The New Tarot: Modern Variations of Ancient Images (1989)
   " ... possibly the best book ever written about the history of the Tarot." -- Dimensions Magazine

• New Thoughts on Tarot: Transcripts from the First International Newcastle Tarot Symposium (1989) with Mary K. Greer, ed.

• The Haindl Tarot: The Major Arcana (1990)

• The Haindl Tarot: The Minor Arcana (1990)

• Le Jeu Divinatoire (1991) with Yaguel Didier and Marina Karella (Author)
  France only.

• Motherland: The Earth as Goddess (1991)

• Tarot Readings and Meditations (1991)

• The Shining Tribe Tarot (1992)

• The Journey Out (1995) with Cheryl Schwartz
  A guide for and about lesbian, gay, and bisexual teens.

• The Vertigo Tarot (1995) with  Dave McKean, Illustrator.
  Guide with 78 3" x 5 1/2" full-color tarot cards.

• Tarot - Arcanos Menores y Lecturas (1997)

• The Body of the Goddess: Sacred Wisdom in Myth, Landscape and Culture (1997)

• Fabrications (1997) with Gisela Gamper

• The Haindl Tarot: A Readers Handbook (1998)
  "Hermann Haindl’s The Haindl Tarot was first published in the 1980s. Its stunning art and deep spirituality made it an immediate favorite. The original publisher commissioned me to write a text for the deck, and I traveled to Germany to live with Hermann and Erica Haindl for several weeks so that we could go over each card. Readers have often said that the resultant two-volume work was indispensable to their ability to understand and use the Haindl cards. Now, for a new edition from a new publisher, I have revised and modernized the entire work." -- Rachel Pollack

• Complete Illustrated Guide to Tarot (1999)

• Journey Out: A Guide for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens (1999)

• The Power of Ritual (2000)

• Shining Tribe Tarot (2001)
  Designed and drawn by Rachel Pollack
  "The deeper levels of creation run through this pack, with a delightful freedom and wise love." Cynthia Giles (author of The Tarot: History, Mystery, and Lore) wrote "I feel certain that Shining Tribe Tarot will have an enduring place among the most admired and enjoyed decks of this century." And Mary Greer (bestselling author of Tarot For Yourself) wrote, "I highly recommend this deck whose essence is a combination of the power and joy of the life force." -- Caitlin Matthews (creator of The Arthurian Tarot)

• The Forest of Souls: A Walk Through the Tarot (2002)
  Explore the depths of yourself and the big questions that haunt and fascinate you.

• The Big Little Book of Tarot: The Only Book You'll Ever Need (2004)
  Includes information on every aspect of the subject, with step-by-step advice from one of the leading experts in the field