Mystical origins of the tarot : from ancient roots to modern usage / Paul Huson ; with illustrations by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huson, Paul.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tarot.

Tarot--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Rochester, Vt. : Destiny Books, [2004]

Summary:

In "Mystical Origins of the Tarot, Paul Huson traces each symbol of the Minor Arcana to ancient Persia, and the Major Arcana Trump card images to the medieval world. A thorough examination of each card is given, and how the cardsB' divinatory meanings evolved. Huson also provides concise and practical card-reading methods of the 18th and 19th centuries and reveals the origins of the card interpretations promoted by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and A. E. Waite.

Contents:

Introduction : of playing cards and tarot decks

The origin of the suit signs

The origin of the trumps

Of cartomancy and the tarot

The meanings of the trump cards : the major arcana

The meanings of the suit cards : the minor arcana

Reading the tarot

Appendix 1 : historical tarot decks

Appendix 2 : where to buy your cards

Appendix 3 : where to see the originals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-321) and indexes.

ISBN:

0892811900

9780892811908

OCLC:

54111226

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