30 Week Tarot Courses
Comments about the courses
JMD is one of those rare teachers who takes you on the journey with him. He made the Noblet, history, art & the entire TdM come alive for me. I grew & expanded my Tarot knowledge with this course. I truly looked forward to EACH weekly lesson!» Mac22
Lee Bursten - author and deck designer |
Melbourne based tarot courseCost: $330 (Conc. available) - covers costs of advertising, rentals, and materials for handouts etc.
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C2: starting July 2008Last update: 42 subscribers - subscriptions will only re-open if spaces become available prior July.The forthcoming (C2) course started in July 2008. The subscription list is now closed, with current subscribers able to unsubscribe. |
C3: starting March 2009Last update: 0 subscribers - subscriptions will open in November.If you've missed out on the first two rounds, the next course (C3) will open in November for a March 2009 start. The courses are run on a three-term basis, each term consisting of ten weeks followed by a two-week break. |
Further comments about the courses
JMD's 30 week TDM course has been a surprising and satisfying journey into the TdM and the Tarot in general.
In 6 short pages every week, JMD's chapters are like fertilizer to anyone wanting to grow their understanding and expand their skills with these fascinating cards.
The ideas presented are offered with outside links creating the opportunity for a chain reaction of study that continues as far as the student chooses to go. A week was not always enough to follow a card. It covers history, philosophy, art, tantalizing educated speculation and opens a window into the minds of the TdM's creators.
The exercises provided many challenges that have opened new ways of seeing the cards. Play is encouraged and patterns and conversations between the cards or even within a single card, depending on the context, were very revealing and creatively stimulating. The amount of information and direction was just enough and suited me even when my attention span was, for what ever reason, shortened.
This course is not for the timid, however. An open mind and curiosity are required as well as the desire to stick with it to see the patterns and links emerge.. I plan to go back over the course again as I expect that I'll find new things revealed with each review. No question the author has put a tremendous amount of work and effort behind this course. I have never seen anything that even comes close! Highly recommended!!»
Bat_Chicken
I found the course (interrupted by some travel) well worth while.
It did not help me read with a TDM, but it solidified how I feel about Tarot, and historical cards. I explored new ideas in contemplating images, learned new areas of interest, re- read some books with a new eye, and became more structured in how I approach Tarot History. These things are invaluable.
I used the jmd's discussions/chapters on a trip around Italy, and it enriched that adventure. I knew what I was looking for, for starters. Perhaps not oddly, but what I learned in the course about reading the cards, I applied to non historical decks with excellent success for my inner eye.
I value education highly, and the educator in jmd is obvious and skillful.
One of the attitudes that I found great, was the spacing or organising of subjects each week. There was for me a structured UN- flow, so I wove through the deck without losing interest. For example- Alchemy before Temperance and the Devil was structured- but did not feel that way. Very clever!
Well done!!
As to the Noblet... Well I value it as I return to it again and again to check things out. I trimmed the corners too :) It is convenient to carry around too!»
Rosanne
N.B. the Melbourne-based and PDF courses are distinct with, however, inevitable overlaps