The Divinatory Tarot: The Key to Reading the Cards and the Fates - Softcover

Papus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904658059 ISBN 13: 9781904658054

Verlag: Aeon Books, 2008

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A chance to glean insight into one the 'greats' of nineteenth century occultism and his thoughts about the mystery of the Tarot.

Throughout his life as a dedicated occultist, Papus 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 of The Divinatory Tarot 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.

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Papus (1865-1916) was the esoteric pseudonym for the French physician and hypnotist Gérard Encausse. He was a member of he Theosophical Society, shortly after it was founded, and went on to found the modern Martinist Order. He dedicated much of his life to study of the occult, especially the Tarot and Kabala, while also receiving his medicine degree from the University of Paris. He died in 1916, during the First World War, after joining the French army medial corps.

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• Verlag: Aeon Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1904658059
• ISBN 13: 9781904658054
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 266
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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