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Tarot : Benefit of Tarot

An added benefit for the reader or anyone who uses Tarot cards is the way such use promotes the integration of the two sides of the human brain. The verbal mind receives a great deal of attention and training in our culture, including the learning of a conscious verbal language. The pictorial mind, however, the one that thinks in pictures when we dream, has not had the benefit of such acceptance, attention, training, and acquisition of a conscious language. Hence, it is a subconscious mind.

Many ancient traditions recognize our human nature as a bi-modal consciousness which was split long ago by the increasing dominance of the verbal, linear-thinking hemisphere. These same traditions teach that human happiness and planetary salvation depend upon our success at re-integrating the two halves of our minds. This process has been called the 'alchemical marriage.' Its means of accomplishment is the central teaching in the book of Tarot and a primary benefit from the study and use of the cards.