The Divinatory Tarot
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The Divinatory Tarot
Papus is one of the 'greats' of nineteenth century occultism. He influenced such luminaries as Aleister Crowley, A.E.Waite, McGregor Mathers and Mouni Sadhu. His The Tarot of the Bohemians has never gone out of print and is translated into a plethora of languages. A friend and confident of the great Parisian Mage Eliphas Levi, he can truly be said to be a founder of the modern occult movement. Highlights include: Papus' designs for his own Tarot deck; Discussions of the relationship of numerology and the tarot; New Divinatory meanings; A unique view of the French occult school; The Tarot and Astrology; This book represents a chance to fully understand Papus' mature thinking on the Tarot.
The Divinatory Tarot
Papus is one of the 'greats' of nineteenth century occultism. He influenced such luminaries as Aleister Crowley, A.E.Waite, McGregor Mathers and Mouni Sadhu. His Tarot of the Bohemians has never gone out of print and is translated into a plethora of languages. A friend and confident of the great Parisian Mage Eliphas Levi, he can truly be said to be a founder of the modern occult movement. Highlights include: Papus' designs for his own Tarot deck; Discussions of the relationship of numerology and the tarot; New Divinatory meanings; A unique view of the French occult school; The Tarot and Astrology; This book represents a chance to fully understand Papus' mature thinking on the Tarot.
The Art of Tarot
A stunning visual history of tarot Used for self-exploration or divination, tarot has, for more than 500 years, been the most popular and accessible of all esoteric tools, looming large in today's mainstream culture. Why? Because the cards are inexpensive and easy to carry--a perfect traveling companion and, therefore, an invitation to a journey inward and out. Humans are drawn to playing games and feel driven to find meaning in the chaos of paradoxical signs. The vivid iconography of the "Arcanas" speak to us like no other language, moving us to the core, weaving through each card a universal story, a metaphorical pathway of transformation. This 400-page book presents--for the first time--a close look at 500 years of figurative card decks created or used for fortune telling, divinations, and oracle purposes, and explores, one card at the time, their iconographic roots at the crossroads of the medieval imaginarium, Western esoteric wisdom, folklore, and also contemporary art and pop culture. With hundreds of images drawn from more than 100 decks, rarely published and often forgotten in library archives, this book offers the first visual history of tarot.