The Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot book comes with the deck. This set is a treasure for every Witch who practices cartomancy in a serious way and looks to find the truth behind the common images of the cards. The Ciceros have taken the classical instructions, symbols and meaning of the Book T, which is also included and they have created a deck closer to the original one of the H.O.G.D. When Sandra began this project, Israel Regardie was alive and he has approved her work in 1985.
The purpose of the book is to propagate authentic teachings of the Golden Dawn hermetic tradition, with plain words and easy to follow drawings. In short terms, the Ciceros hare written a small introduction with all that is essential from Kabbalah to understand the first key of the tarot and then they explain the color coding, which is based on the Kabbalistic system. In my opinion the introduction will act as a triggering button to learn kabbalah if you want to understand the Tarot.
The card meaning follows with a small analysis of the planetary energies (I would like to read more), symbols, kabbalistic paths and colors. The analysis of those energies makes clear the energy that every card represents. The give two spreads and the Golden Dawn Opening of the Gate method.
The book contains rituals of the Golden Dawn, from meditations to blessings of the cards with the Tarot wand etc. The reader should know the basics of the Golden Dawn to follow the whole book. My advice is to read a book for the Golden Dawn tradition before moving to this set. Moreover, this set provides different meanings from the Rider Waite Smith deck and the reason is explained well. So, if you want to study the english school of tarot and you are determined to do it, this is an authentic book written from excellent writers.
It amazes me how so many traditions follow these ancient protocols and roles,