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The Tarot: The Origins, Meaning and Uses of the Cards
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This exciting book of occult detection tells all that can be told about the ancient and mysterious set of playing cards known as the Tarot. The Tarot's complex and beautiful designs are an enigma that has never been completely resolved. Who made them, and what do they illustrate? Though no one knows for certain, Alfred Douglas takes the reader on a thrilling--and sometimes harrowing--search for the Tarot's secrets. Uncovering clues in many traditions, myths, and religions, he investigates the cards' historical, mystical, and psychological significance, including their relation to Jungian theory. He also shows how to read them both upright and reversed, and he discusses the means by which they may be used as an aid in meditation. Enhance by David Sheridan's original drawings and by photographs of many rare and curious Tarot cards, this is the most authoritative and enjoyable of all Tarot books.
Front-cover Tarot cards from original designs by David Sheridan
Cover design by Jeannette Cissman
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974
Pages: 254
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140037371
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