A Cultural History of Tarot

2009-08-13 Religion

Author : Helen Farley
Release : 2009-08-13
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 822/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of Tarot written by Helen Farley. This book was released on 2009-08-13. 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.

The Tarot

2005-03-17 Body, Mind & Spirit

Author : Robert Place
Release : 2005-03-17
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Rating : 758/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Tarot written by Robert Place. This book was released on 2005-03-17. 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.

Tarot in Culture

2014 Tarot

Author : Emily Elisabeth Auger
Release : 2014
Genre : Tarot
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Book Rating : 431/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tarot in Culture written by Emily Elisabeth Auger. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 documented studies of Tarot history, art, and literature to artists' statements and other primary source documents. Volume One (416 pp) contributors include Michael Dummett, Helen S. Farley, Mary K. Greer, Richard Kaczynski, Marcus Katz, June Leavitt, Paul Mountfort, and Robert Place. Tarot in Culture is both accessible to the Tarot student and of interest to scholars of other fields, including historians and theorists of art, esotericism, literature, the occult, and popular culture and genres.

Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards

2022-07-20 History

Author : John King Mrs. Van Rensselaer
Release : 2022-07-20
Genre : History
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Download or read book Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards written by John King Mrs. Van Rensselaer. This book was released on 2022-07-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards is a book by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer. It investigates several different types of playing cards covering the geographically related history of tarot-cards, amongst many others.

Origins of the Tarot

2012-05-29 Body, Mind & Spirit

Author : Dai Leon
Release : 2012-05-29
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Rating : 849/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Origins of the Tarot written by Dai Leon. This book was released on 2012-05-29. 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.

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