Eden Gray
Eden Gray was the professional name of Priscilla Pardridge, an American actress, and writer on the esoteric meanings of tarot cards and their use in fortune-telling.
Early life
Gray was born and raised in Chicago, the daughter of Albert Jerome Pardridge.Career
She changed her name when she moved to New York in the early 1920s when she began her acting career. Her acting career was temporarily put on hold during World War II when she became a lab technician with the Woman's Army Corps. She also earned a Doctorate of Divinity degree from the First Church of Religious Science in New York. She opened a bookstore in the 1950s called Inspiration House Publishing, selling books on the occult and metaphysical issues. In the 1950s she wrote Tarot Revealed which was an introductory work to the tarot. She moved to Vero Beach, Florida in 1971. She was a member of the Vero Beach Art Club, Riverside Theater and Theater Guild.In the 1960s, through her books, Gray had an integral part in the creation of the contemporary interest in esoteric Tarot in general, and the Waite–Smith Tarot deck and the Fool's Journey interpretation of the Tarot trump cards in particular.
Personal life
She was married to Lester Cohen and had a son, Peter Gray Cohen. Peter was also known as Peter Gray.Death
She was 97 years old when she died at IRM Hospital in Vero Beach on January 14, 1999.Works
Tarot Revealed: A Modern Guide to Reading the Tarot Cards. Inspiration House, New York, 1960. reprinted, Signet Books 1969Recognition: Themes on Inner Perception, Inspiration House, 1969A Complete Guide to the Tarot. Bantam Books and Crown Publishers, New York, 1970Mastering the Tarot: Basic Lessons in an Ancient, Mystic Art. Crown Publishers, New York, 1971Dutch editions
- Het geheim van de Tarot: de magische kaarten die verleden en toekomst onthullen, translated by Wim Gijsen, Kosmos-Z&K, 1996
Spanish editions
- Guía completa para el Tarot, Editorial Diana, Mexico, 1976