The Esoteric Tarot

The Esoteric Tarot
Title The Esoteric Tarot PDF eBook
Author Ronald Decker
Publisher Quest Books
Pages 344
Release 2013-07-15
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 0835630838

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That the Tarot originated in ancient Egypt as a divinatory tool is a romantic misconception. Ron Decker’s meticulous scholarship will surprise practitioners and academics alike, revealing the Tarot’s true evolution and meanings as its inventor(s) understood it. The Tarot consists of the Minor Arcana, four suits of cards similar to our modern deck, and the Major Arcana, twenty-two allegorical or “trump” cards. Decker says the four-suit deck was invented in Asia Minor before AD 1000; Italian courtiers added the trumps in the 1400s. But Tarot was first used as a game. Tarot divination was only created in the 1700s by a Parisian fortuneteller who based the trump images on Hermeticism, which merges Greco-Egyptian alchemy, astrology, numerology, magic, and mysticism. Today, the suit-cards are often traced to the ancient Jewish Cabala. But, says Decker, they, too, acquired their meanings only in the 1700s, and he cites a lost numerical system based on Cabala at that time Decker’s interpretation integrates three whole systems-astrological, arithmological, mystagogical (concerning initiation rites into the Mysteries). His depth of knowledge makes the book a must-have for serious students of Tarot and esotericism

The Esoteric Tarot

The Esoteric Tarot
Title The Esoteric Tarot PDF eBook
Author Simon Kasdin
Publisher
Pages 91
Release 1972
Genre Tarot
ISBN 9780877281276

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Tarot of the Holy Light

Tarot of the Holy Light
Title Tarot of the Holy Light PDF eBook
Author Christine Payne-Towler
Publisher
Pages 492
Release 2015-05-27
Genre
ISBN 9780967304328

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Esoteric Symbols

Esoteric Symbols
Title Esoteric Symbols PDF eBook
Author June O. Leavitt
Publisher University Press of America
Pages 182
Release 2007
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780761836735

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In this pioneering scholarly work on occult symbols in literature, the reader is offered a vivid look into how W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, and Franz Kafka--three masters of symbolic expression--utilized Tarot cards in their poetry and prose. Focusing on the Tarot's ancient associations with divine knowledge, its pictorial representation of both the Jewish and Christian Cabala, and the Tarot's more recent pedestrian affiliation with the occult, June Leavitt skillfully demonstrates how Yeats, Eliot, and Kafka align themselves in their uniquely individual ways with the Tarot symbols' mapping of reality. Paying close attention to the mystical nuances of the Tarot, Ms. Leavitt shows how Tarot symbols allow for radically new readings of the texts in which they are situated, and play a transformative role in the three writers' search for God. This search remained indecisive for Kafka, resulted in Eliot's conversion to Anglo-Catholicism, and went hand in hand with Yeats' passion for pagan gods and angels. Visit the author's website at http: //www.spiritualityteaching.com.

Tarot Deciphered

Tarot Deciphered
Title Tarot Deciphered PDF eBook
Author T. Susan Chang
Publisher Llewellyn Worldwide
Pages 672
Release 2021-03-08
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 0738764620

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Unlock the Symbols, Meanings & Magic of the Cards Discover the esoteric roots underlying the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, the Thoth Tarot, and contemporary decks that share their symbols. This illustrated, card-by-card analysis reveals detailed insights drawn from the multi-layered traditions of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the magical order that most strongly influenced modern tarot, helping you give better readings informed by the history of spiritual practice. For each card, you will discover how astrology, mythology, alchemy, the elements, and Qabalah contribute to the card's overall meaning. Authors T. Susan Chang and M. M. Meleen, co-hosts of the popular Fortune's Wheelhouse podcast, decipher the symbols and stories of tarot. Their carefully researched synthesis of esoteric ideas is designed to foster a deeper connection with the wisdom of the cards.

Occult Tarot

Occult Tarot
Title Occult Tarot PDF eBook
Author Travis McHenry
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2020
Genre Fortune-telling
ISBN 9781925924213

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"How can we possibly embrace our truest self if we never step into the dark? Author and occultist Travis McHenry reveals the secret daemons of the 17th-century and conjures their powers into this unique set of 78-divination cards. Drawing on daemons, symbols, and sigils from ancient magickal grimoires including Archidoxis Magica and the Key of Solomon, Occult Tarot presents a fully realized divination tool to finally embrace and behold the mysteries of the night."--Container.

Spiritual Tarot

Spiritual Tarot
Title Spiritual Tarot PDF eBook
Author Various
Publisher William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages 352
Release 1996-07-01
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 9780380782062

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Charting the Sacred Journey Spiritual Tarot will take you far beyond traditional Tarot card glimpses of the future, and into the deepest recesses of your own mind. Using the three major Tarot decks -- Rider-Waite, Aquarian, and Morgan Greer -- you'll be guided on a breathtaking journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening. Like an interactive "picture book" of life experience the cards will help you to: Explore the archetypal mysteries Discover the ten growth lessons and the four levels of maturity Learn the significance of wands, cups, swords, and pentacles and how to expand the card meanings Interpret your readings Written by the authors of The Lovers' Tarot, Spiritual Tarot is the life map you need to determine where you are going and discover how best to get there.