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The History of the Occult Tarot
Ronald Decker
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Description for The History of the Occult Tarot
paperback. The first history of the occult uses of the Tarot pack from the late 19th century to the 1970s Num Pages: 404 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HRQX; VXFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
An essential volume for the libraries of all serious students of the Tarot.
When the Tarot was invented in Italy during the early fifteenth century, it was simply a pack of cards used for playing games. Esoteric interpretations of the pack date from late eighteenth century France, and were confined to that country for a hundred years. But today the cards are used throughout the world and not only for fortune telling - for true believers they are the key to secret knowledge and the meaning of life.
A History of the Occult Tarot is the classic work ... Read more
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Publisher
Duckworth
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715645727
SKU
V9780715645727
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About Ronald Decker
Ronald Decker is an art historian and curator of a notable collection of antique cards. He has taught art and art history at all levels of education and has studied Tarot cards in public and private collections across Europe. Michael Dummett was Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford and is the author of The Game of Tarot and other ... Read more
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