Mystical Origins Of The Tarot

Author : Paul Huson
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892811908
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mystical Origins of the Tarot written by Paul Huson and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 2004-05-26 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A profusely illustrated history of the occult nature of the tarot from its origins in ancient Persia. The origins of the tarot have been lost in the mists of time. Most scholars have guessed that its origins were in China, Egypt, or India. Huson has expertly tracked each symbol of the Minor Arcana to roots in ancient Persia and the Major Arcana Trump card images to the medieval world of mystery, miracle, and morality plays. A number of tarot historians have questioned the use of the tarot as a divination tool prior to the 18th century. But the author demonstrates that the symbolic meanings of the Major Arcana were evident from the time they were first employed in the mid-15th century in the popular divination practice of sortilege. He also reveals how the identities of the court cards in the Minor Arcana were derived from a blend of pagan and medieval sources that strongly influenced their interpretation in tarot divination."--Publisher marketing.

Author : F. Homer Curtiss
Publisher : St. Martin's Essentials
ISBN 13 : 1250622913
Total Pages : 1852 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tarot: A Collection of Secret Wisdom from Tarot's Mystical Origins written by F. Homer Curtiss and published by St. Martin's Essentials. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 1852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A major contribution!” —Rachel Pollack, bestselling author of Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom The definitive collection of rare, secret, and arcane tarot knowledge The Tarot: A Collection of Secret Wisdom from Tarot's Mystical Origins is the ultimate guide to the mysteries and lost knowledge of the tarot. This single volume includes more than ten selections from foundational tarot books, all from the 19th and 20th century. Many of these critical texts have been forgotten, fallen out of print, or are impossible to acquire. The Tarot reintroduces these books to the modern-day reader, unlocking the invisible power of the tarot for a new generation of card readers. The Tarot includes the following complete books: The Tarot by S. L. MacGregor Mathers The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum by Eliphaz Levi Fortune Telling by Cards by P. R. S. Foli The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite The Symbolism of the Tarot by P.D. Ouspensky The Tarot of the Bohemians by Papus The Key to the Universe by Harriette Augusta Curtiss & F. Homer The Key of Destiny by Harriette Augusta Curtiss & F. Homer The General Book of the Tarot by A.E. Thierens The Tarot also includes additional selections from Manly P. Hall and others. Featuring over 400 original black-and-white illustrations throughout the book, The Tarot is a gorgeous gift and an irresistible invitation to both seasoned readers and beginners to explore the esoteric wisdom of the cards.

Author : Robert Place
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781585423491
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tarot written by Robert Place and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tarot is one of the few books that cuts through conventional misperceptions to explore the Tarot deck as it really developed in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Europe-not, as some would suggest, in the far reaches of Egyp-tian antiquity. Mining the Hermetic, alchemical, and Neoplatonic influences behind the evolution of the deck, author Robert M. Place provides a historically grounded and compelling portrait of the Tarot's true origins, without overlooking the deck's mystical dimensions. Indeed, Place uncommonly weds reliable historiography with a practical understanding of the intuitive help and divinatory guidance that the cards can bring. He presents techniques that offer new and valuable ways to read and interpret the cards. Based on a simple three-card spread, Place's approach can be used by either the seasoned practitioner or the new inquirer.

Author : Robert Place
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440649758
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tarot written by Robert Place and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-03-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tarot is one of the few books that cuts through conventional misperceptions to explore the Tarot deck as it really developed in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Europe-not, as some would suggest, in the far reaches of Egyp-tian antiquity. Mining the Hermetic, alchemical, and Neoplatonic influences behind the evolution of the deck, author Robert M. Place provides a historically grounded and compelling portrait of the Tarot's true origins, without overlooking the deck's mystical dimensions. Indeed, Place uncommonly weds reliable historiography with a practical understanding of the intuitive help and divinatory guidance that the cards can bring. He presents techniques that offer new and valuable ways to read and interpret the cards. Based on a simple three-card spread, Place's approach can be used by either the seasoned practitioner or the new inquirer.

Author : Cynthia Giles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671891014
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tarot written by Cynthia Giles and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 40 illustrations and an entertaining informative text, this elegantly designed book captures the scope, powers, and romance of the Tarot throughout the ages. "Excellently researched, entertainingly and compellingly written".--Booklist.

Author : Cynthia Elizabeth Giles
Publisher : Paragon House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781557783127
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tarot written by Cynthia Elizabeth Giles and published by Paragon House Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in one accessible volume, is a complete guide to Tarot cards: their origin, meaning, and mystical powers. After defining the structure and symbolism of the 78-card deck, both major and minor arcana, Giles captures the full scope and romance of the Tarot and helps each reader shape a personal relationship with the cards. 40 illustrations.

Author : Rosemary Guiley
Publisher : Signet Book
ISBN 13 : 9780451168009
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mystical Tarot written by Rosemary Guiley and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 1990-11-03 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This complete and comprehensive guide to the Tarot explores the history and practical uses of the cards, and includes an in-depth study of each of the three different schools of Tarot reading. It also explains the differences between the popular Ride-Waite deck and other decks, and the divinatory implications of those differences.

Author : Dai Leon
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1583945849
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Origins of the Tarot written by Dai Leon and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom traces Tarot cards to medieval Italy, but their roots go back much further in time and draw on a surprisingly rich variety of cultures and spiritual traditions. Combining pioneering scholarship with practical spiritual instruction, Origins of the Tarot is the first book to unveil the full range of the ancient streams of wisdom from which the Tarot emerged.The timeless principles of conscious realization and cosmological unfoldment underlying the Tarot have never been explored in a comparably extensive and detailed way: herein the teachings of a tremendous range of traditions, including Kabbalah, Western esotericism and alchemy, Buddhism, Taoism, yogic disciplines, Sufism, mystical Christianity, Gnosticism, and Neoplatonism, are masterfully incorporated and synthesized.Author Dai Léon explores a confluence of philosophical schools from East and West as they relate to the Tarot, giving each its due in the exposition of a universal procession of evolution and the soul’s quest for enlightenment. In the process, the Tarot is seen as a unique exemplification of perennial teachings on the soul and its liberation, as well as a still-unfolding window into concealed currents of human history. The book’s profound learning and unprecedented range of references are sure to attract close study among students both of the world’s most enduring esoteric tradition and of esotericism itself.

Author : Helen Farley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857711822
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Tarot written by Helen Farley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enigmatic and richly illustrative tarot deck reveals a host of strange and iconic mages, such as The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The Hanged Man and The Fool: over which loom the terrifying figures of Death and The Devil. The 21 numbered playing cards of tarot have always exerted strong fascination, way beyond their original purpose, and the multiple resonances of the deck are ubiquitous. From T S Eliot and his 'wicked pack of cards' in "The Waste Land" to the psychic divination of Solitaire in Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die"; and from the satanic novels of Dennis Wheatley to the deck's adoption by New Age practitioners, the cards have in modern times become inseparably connected to the occult. They are now viewed as arguably the foremost medium of prophesying and foretelling. Yet, as the author shows, originally the tarot were used as recreational playing cards by the Italian nobility in the Renaissance. It was only much later, in the 18th and 19th centuries, that the deck became associated with esotericism before evolving finally into a diagnostic tool for mind, body and spirit. This is the first book to explore the remarkably varied ways in which tarot has influenced culture. Tracing the changing patterns of the deck's use, from game to mysterious oracular device, Helen Farley examines tarot's emergence in 15th century Milan and discusses its later associations with astrology, kabbalah and the Age of Aquarius.

Author : Robert M. Place
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557533503
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fool's Journey: the History, Art, and Symbolism of the Tarot written by Robert M. Place and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the best resources for understanding the Tarot's mystical symbolism. It includes an updated history based on Place's The Tarot: History Symbolism and Divination, which "Booklist" said " may be the best book ever written on ...the tarot." This edition adds color illustrations of key works and comparative illustrations from the Renaissance, from alchemical texts, from ancient Egypt, and from occult sources. It views the Tarot as a 500-year visual conversation between artists, mystics, and occultists. The work is based on the 2010 Tarot exhibition at the LA Craft and Folk Art Museum, curated by Place, and includes the Visconti-Sforza Tarot, the 1st Italian printed deck, the oldest Tarot of Marseille, The 1st occult reference, the 1st occult Tarot, the 1st modern Tarot, the 1st New Age Tarot, and examples from popular modern decks including the Twilight Tarot, the Legacy Tarot, the Deviant Moon Tarot, the Annotated Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery, and Place's Alchemical Tarot.