Celebrating the art of the tarot
By: Donald Carroll
My own psychic abilities were best demonstrated in my practice of the Tarot. Also as regards Tarot, and Yoga, I was mostly influenced by a Tarot and Yoga expert named Aleister Crowley.
I sought to purchase every book that I could find by Aleister Crowley on both Tarot and Yoga, and I [...]
Author: Janet Francis
Tarot cards—a clever marketing strategy or an ancient mystical guide?
There is much mystery surrounding the history of the tarot and countless myths about its origins. Cynics say that this mystery has been manipulated as a marketing tool for tarot card salesmen!
However, by just looking at the evidence and opinions supplied by other [...]
Author: Craig Malone
The Thoth Tarot Deck was a tarot deck developed by the English occultist Aleister Crowley and illustrated on his instructions by Lady Frieda Harris. Aleister Crowley called the Thoth tarot deck, the book of Thoth and claimed that the deck reflected the wisdom of the ancient Egyptian book of Thoth.
The tarot card [...]
Author: Craig Malone
Whenever you say tarot cards, you would in most cases find it means the Rider Waite tarot deck. This is because this is one of the most commonly used types of card decks.
The history of using tarot cards may take you to ancient times, however the tarot cards as they are known [...]
Author: Malc Moore
The first description of tarot decks appeared as early as the beginning of the 15th century when Martiano da Tortona mentioned some card games that resembled a lot to tarot. The symbols on these early illustrations were Greek deities while the suits matched four types of birds, a pattern totally different from [...]
Author: Rhyanna Regan
Tarot cards, in the images we are most familiar with today, evolved from a kind of table game played in 15th century Italy, becaming popular throughout Europe over the next four centuries.
To fully explore the history of Tarot, you can read the expansive book by Michael Dummet, The Game of Tarot: From [...]
