About the author
Julia Gordon-Bramer is an American tarot teacher and writer known for her scholarship connecting tarot symbolism to the life and work of poet Sylvia Plath, built on more than a decade of research into Plath's papers. Her book The Occult Sylvia Plath: The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet, published by Destiny Books in 2024, argues that Plath had a sustained interest in mysticism and the occult, and decodes alchemical, Qabalistic, hermetic, and tarot references she identifies throughout Plath's poetry. Her earlier book, Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom from the Major Arcana, also from Destiny Books, draws on decades of experience as a professional tarot reader to illustrate each card of the Major Arcana through stories from client readings. Gordon-Bramer's work sits at the intersection of literary criticism and tarot practice, aimed at readers interested in both Plath's biography and tarot as a tool for insight.
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“Gordon-Bramer effectively demystifies the Major Arcana by anchoring its ancient archetypes in contemporary psychological reality. The strength of this volume lies in its use of narrative case studies, which ground esoteric…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom from the Major Arcana
“Julia Gordon-Bramer delivers a compelling study that unveils profound spiritual undercurrents in Plath’s output. The rigorous research and access to private archives provide a unique decoding of hermetic and alchemical symbolism,…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on The Occult Sylvia Plath: The Hidden Spiritual Life of the Visionary Poet
