Rachel Pollack
Rachel Grace Pollack (* 1945 in Brooklyn , New York , USA ) is an American science fiction and - esotericism - author and comic -book-illustrator.
She studied English at New York University (Bachelor) and Claremont Graduate University (Master) and taught English at the State University of New York .
She is best known for her books on the tarot . She is considered an expert in tarot circles and her book 78 Levels of Wisdom enjoys a certain reference status. It is not only a divination guide , but also a description of the Major Arcana as a kind of initiation path or a path to enlightenment . She was inspired by the ideas of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , which she takes up again and again in the book, for example in the analogy of the Major Arcana to the Kabbalah tree of life .
In 1990 she published a description and interpretation including divination instructions of the tarot set, which was designed by the German artist Hermann Haindl .
In 1997 she received the World Fantasy Award for her fantasy book Godmother Night (German: "Patentante Nacht"). In the book, Grimm's fairy tales are woven into a story about two women and their daughter. Death is portrayed as Mother Night , a middle-aged lady.
Awards
- 1997: World Fantasy Award for Godmother Night .
Works (selection)
- 1980/1983: 78 levels of wisdom . Iris books + more. ISBN 3-8906-0508-7
- 1990: The Haindl Tarot . Droemer Knaur. ISBN 3-4262-6372-6
- 1996: Godmother Night . Abacus. ISBN 0-3491-0836-6
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Rachel Pollack in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollack, Rachel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollack, Rachel Grace (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction and esoteric writer and comic book artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York , USA |