The Tarot - Richard Cavendish

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Most of us have heard about the Tarot, many of us have examined its mysterious pack of cards and tried to fathom its meaning. What do they tell us, these strange figures? Do we believe in their supernatural power? How does the Tarot work, what is its history, and how, through it, may we interpret the future?
This book is a compendium of information on the Tarot including its origin, myths and facts about the Tarot. There are clear instructions on how to lay out and read the cards and their significance in magic, meditation and divination.
Richard Cavendish presents his intricate subject in a scholarly yet marvellous clear way. He traces the history and the meanings attributed to the Tarot through the years and goes on to explain traditional interpretations in a card-by-card analysis - its relation to the Cabala, the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, symbolic animals, the elements, planets, signs of the zodiac, human qualities, and a host of other key ideas. Finally he tells us the use of the Tarot in magic and me...
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1975Uitgever: Michael Joseph London191 paginasTaal: Engels