Meditations on the tarot : a journey into Christian hermeticism / Anonymous ; translated by Robert Powell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, Robert, 1947-

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Tarot.

Hermetism.

Physical Description:

670 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Jeremy P. Tarcher edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : J.P. Tarcher, [2002]

Summary:

Published for the first time with an index and Cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar's afterword, this new English publication of Meditations on the Tarot is the landmark edition of one of the most important works of esoteric Christianity. Written anonymously and published posthumously, as was the author's wish, the intention of this work is for the reader to find a relationship with the author in the spiritual dimensions of existence. The author wanted not to be thought of as a personality who lived from 1900 to 1973, but as a friend who is communicating with us from beyond the boundaries of ordinary life. Using the twenty-two major arcana of the tarot deck as a means to explore some of humanity's most penetrating spiritual questions, Meditations on the Tarot has attracted an almost unprecedented range of praise from across the spiritual spectrum.

Contents:

Letter I The Magician 3

Letter II The High Priestess 29

Letter III The Empress 53

Letter IV The Emperor 77

Letter V The Pope 99

Letter VI The Lover 123

Letter VII The Chariot 147

Letter VIII Justice 173

Letter IX The Hermit 199

Letter X The Wheel of Fortune 233

Letter XI Force 269

Letter XII The Hanged Man 305

Letter XIII Death 341

Letter XIV Temperance 373

Letter XV The Devil 401

Letter XVI The Tower of Destruction 431

Letter XVII The Star 463

Letter XVIII The Moon 493

Letter XIX The Sun 527

Letter XX The Judgement 555

Letter XXI The Fool 589

Letter XXII The World 625.

Notes:

Originally published: 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1585421618

OCLC:

48691418