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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.


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  • Author : Helen Farley
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Genre : Religion
  • Total Pages : 286 pages
  • ISBN : 0857711822
  • PDF File Size : 45,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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A Cultural History of Tarot

A Cultural History of Tarot
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • File Size : 43,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 13 August 2009
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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

The Tarot

The Tarot
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • File Size : 46,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 March 2005
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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

The Tarot

The Tarot
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • File Size : 39,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 March 2005
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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

The Tarot

The Tarot
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • File Size : 31,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 October 1994
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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

Tarot in Culture

Tarot in Culture
  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 51,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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Tarot in Culture (ed. Emily E. Auger) is a well-illustrated (260 illus.) two-volume multi-author anthology of papers on Tarot with a foreword by Rachel Pollack. Contributions range from original, in-depth, thoroughly

Witchcraft in Illinois: A Cultural History

Witchcraft in Illinois: A Cultural History
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • File Size : 54,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 16 June 2024
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For the first time in print, Michael Kleen presents the full story of the Prairie State's dalliance with the dark arts. Although Illinois saw no dramatic witch trials, witchcraft has

The History of the Occult Tarot

The History of the Occult Tarot
  • Publisher : Prelude Books
  • File Size : 47,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 18 July 2013
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An essential volume for the libraries of all serious students of the Tarot. When the Tarot was invented in Italy during the early fifteenth century, it was simply a pack

Tarot and Other Meditation Decks

Tarot and Other Meditation Decks
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • File Size : 48,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 20 March 2023
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Arthur E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith's Rider-Waite Tarot (1909) is the most popular Tarot in the world. Today, it is affectionately referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in recognition

Origins of the Tarot

Origins of the Tarot
  • Publisher : North Atlantic Books
  • File Size : 35,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 29 May 2012
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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

The Cards

The Cards
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • File Size : 34,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 19 March 2021
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Tarot cards have been around since the Renaissance and have become increasingly popular in recent years, often due to their prevalence in popular culture. While Tarot means many different things