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Journeying the Sixties: A Counterculture Tarot Kindle Edition

by William Haigwood (Author), Mary Greer (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

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Journalist and writer William Cook Haigwood offers a unique look at the Counterculture of the 1960s in this collection of historical essays and vintage photographs that uses the symbolism of the Tarot to describe and conceptualize the era’s critical cycles of experience. Journeying the Sixties: A Counterculture Tarot features photographs selected from thousands made by the author during more than 15 years of reporting and participation in what has come to be called “the 20th century’s longest decade.” Selected images from the period have been formatted as Tarot cards. Essays supporting the cards use the Fool’s Journey to extend a new reading of the period’s crucial touchpoints, including the changing nature of personal relationships, the sexual revolution, the emergence of the New Left, feminism, civil rights, cultural and artistic developments and social, economic and intellectual achievements. Foreword is by renowned Tarot author and scholar Mary K. Greer. It is a time that emerges in remarkably accessible ways through the Tarot, a system of symbolic silos of experience described by Sixties historian and critic Theodore Roszak as “a circle that goes somewhere.” For reasons that become evident, the Tarot offers a revealing template for a return visit to a unique and controversial period in the world’s cultural and political history. Haigwood’s photographs, many never before published, provide a fresh view of a generation’s experience with change at a crucial cultural crossroads of American history. His well-researched essays look critically at the ideas, actions, relationships and struggles of the time, as well as many of its key players. Haigwood describes Journeying the Sixties as a kind of “reverse inquiry,” a selective—if still broad—inventory of events that views the Counterculture’s primary, oscillating experiences through the lens of a psyche reactivated by Tarot symbolism. It is a “return trip” and the cards of the Tarot, reformed anew from recovered photographs of the era, are its signposts. The author studied history at UC-Berkeley during the 1960s while working as a reporter and photographer for local news media. His 35-year career in journalism included positions as editor and publisher for several Northern California newspapers. He is currently completing a trilogy of literary novels set in the San Francisco Bay Area and that address questions of identity, faith and survival against the backdrop of the Great Recession of 2008-09. He resides in the wine country north of San Francisco and serves as program coordinator for a human services agency that works locally to treat and prevent child abuse.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D7ILV96
Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (June 4, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 4, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 70078 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 676 pages

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William Cook Haigwood is the author of Journeying the Sixties: A Counterculture Tarot, a metahistory of the 20th century’s longest decade. Seventy-eight of the author’s iconic Sixties photos appear as Tarot cards that accompany researched essays offering new readings of the period’s crucial touch points.

A Time of Unsearchable Things is the first novel in Haigwood’s thematic fiction series, Stories of the Post-Counterculture.

Davenport, set during the Great Recession of 2008, describes a photographer's discovery of a 21st century counterculture forming on the beaches of Central California. It is the first novel of a picaresque trilogy in which the photographer engages with a pantheon of sybaritic and outlaw characters that draw him close while also threatening his existence. Bonny Doon and Wilder are parts two and three of the Davenport trilogy.

Songs of Surveillance comprises seven stories that explore the combustible, violent, funny, tragic and sometimes absurd outcomes that occur when the private experience of one person becomes the unintended and personal possession of another. Set during the last decade of the 20th century, Songs of Surveillance is a wild, suspenseful and poignant accounting of lives inadvertently and vulnerably revealed, and the consequences of their unexpected exposure.

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Kay Porterfield

A Journey Well Worth Taking

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016

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William Haigwood uses the archetypes represented by the 78 cards of the Tarot as a way to organize his insights about the cultural, spiritual, political and economic tumult of the 1960s.This structure enables him to take an in-depth look at the meaning and significance of individual aspects and events of the decade from sex, drugs, and rock and roll to civil rights marches, the Port Huron Statement, Kent State and the election of Ronald Reagan.

Because he worked as a news photographer in Berkeley during the 1960s,his photographs provide a window into the topics he writes about and his experience serves to both ground and sharply focus his writing. The result is a richly layered collection of well-researched and polished essays that not only evoke the past, but offer ideas for the future as well.

One need not be familiar with the tarot to enjoy and gain insight into these essays. Each piece is introduced with a short description of the standard Rider Waite tarot card illustration. Next Haigwood discusses the photo he has chosen to illustrate the card and the symbols it contains. He places the events he has recorded in both historical and cultural context as well.

As a former anti-war activist, I appreciated the research and thought that went into the book. I was grateful for the opportunity to travel back in time with a wise companion by my side as I tried to make meaning of those years and figure out how to apply those lessons of our successes and failures to the crisis we face today.

As a tarot reader, I liked how the book served the same function as other guides to tarot cards do. The author offers suggestions about what the symbols might mean, but ultimately leaves it up to the reader to sift through his or her own experiences and insights to decide what various aspects of the decade might portend for both our personal futures and for the future of our political system and society.

The first time I read Journey the Sixties, I started at page one and red to the end. Next time I’ll pull the cards made from the images in the book and rely on synchronicity to point me through the text. The tarot cards are offered for sale on Mr. Haigwood’s website for the book and through GameCrafter.

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NancyB

Journeying the Sixties

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2013

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As a Tarot enthusiast having purchased the deck of the same name by the same author, I waited patiently for the book's release. I was not disappointed. This book is a treasure for anyone even slightly interested in the era called the Sixties. Even if you have little or no interest in the Tarot, the photographs and descriptions of them found in the book are deeply insightful commentaries on the Sixties. The Sixties period, many would agree began in the mid-sixties and endured until the end of the 70's. This book contains real life stories of the people who participated in the various movements of the sixties. All the photos were taken by the author. They are candid shots, not posed and capture the real faces, raw emotions of the events unfolding. The photo journaling captures the hippie movement, the Vietnam war protests, the drug and festival scene and more. Bill Haigwood's insights into the psychological and social influences behind the experiences captured on film are captivating. For anyone who dismissed this movement as mere foolishness, this book shows all the passion, commitment and energy the people experiencing it had and gave to it. This book captures an era the world may never see again to this level of intensity.

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All That Jazz

Counterculture Tarot: New Edition

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2014

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The Counterculture era was my coming-of-age era, so this fascinating book is of special interest to me. When I recently ordered it, I checked out the reference to John Lennon on page 104. It’s been corrected in the new edition.

This is a truly unique history book. Instead of following a chronological thread, the essays explore this historical period through aspects of experience as identified by the archetypes of Tarot symbolism. You can start anywhere in the book and relive or learn about the Counterculture of the Sixties, its historical influences and lasting legacies. While specific historical events are recorded and analyzed, the essays also reflect qualities of experience. Haigwood’s narrative is so descriptive and engaging, it captures the lived experience very vividly. The photography is iconic and the images are clearly relevant to Tarot symbolism, but there is no need to understand the Tarot to appreciate the book. There are also hundreds of citations and a substantial bibliography to take the interested reader deeper into any of the 78 story lines. A marvelous read. Five stars! I’d give it six if I could.

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Wolfcrow

A Journey Worth Taking

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2015

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This is an incredible achievement! The insight into the sixties is profound, enhanced by the cards carefully chosen to embody the 78 cards of the Tarot. I recommend it both to those of us who remember the sixties and to those of us who came after and need to know how vibrant that era was. I call it the golden age of creativity and teaching, while acknowledging the agonizing events and trends that we lived through during that time. It was clearly "the best of times and the worst of times." Bill Haigwood has captured both extremes in both photos and excellent writing.

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Susan E. Anderson

Counterculture Tarot

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2016

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I'm an ex-hippie, and lived through a lot of what the book talked about. I think they did a wonderful job describing the sixties, and the counterculture. The history is focused on much more than the tarot cards, which is fine with me.

The book made me nostalgic for the innocence of those times. I think we need them back again.

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015

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More than just a companion book for the Counterculture Tarot (which is quite wonderful), this book contains an essay exploring the subject of each Tarot card illustration. It's an interesting examination of the 1960s.

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Hermit189

A Fun Read for the Taroist

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2013

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If you grew up in the 60's or had parents who were part of the 60 generation, this Tarot book is a great read and a trip thorough history in a fun and stimulating way. Highly reccommended.

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Cal photographer

Excellent!

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2023

This is a brilliant history of the Counterculture. Thorough, well-researched and a wonderful read with a 25-page bibliography and more than 400 references. Haigwood's photography is remarkable and historically important. The Tarot theme makes a terrific motif for grasping this era. Read it now!

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