According to Etteilla, the Tarot was created by a group of seventeen Magi under the direct guidance of Hermes Trismegistus. He wrote in 1783, that he calculated that the Tarot was 3,953 years old. Originally called ‘The Book of Thoth’, engraved on leaves of gold, the foils embellished the altar of a temple.
Papus in ‘The Divinatory Tarot’ associated the Major Arcana cards from Etteilla’s deck based on their Read more Etteilla’s Book of Thoth
Depictions of a sexual nature have existed since the dawn of times. From rock art, the so-called Venus figures and ancient Mesopotamian artefacts depicting explicit sex, humans were drawn to sex and driven by sex.
The Egyptian Turin Erotic Papyrus, probably painted in the Ramesside period, consist of a series of twelve vignettes showing men and women in various sexual positions.
The ancient Greeks and Romans produced much art and decoration of Read more The Banned Tarot
These sacred texts are always subject of interpretations.
‘Three Mothers: Alef Mem Shin
He engraved them, He carved them,
He permuted them, He weighed them,
And with them He depicted
Three Mothers AMSh in the Universe,
Three Mothers AMSh in the Year,
Three Mothers AMSh in the Soul,
male and female.’
Verse 3:3 from the Sepher Yetzirah reminded me of Read more Specitime and the definition of God
The Golden Dawn system is built upon the esoteric correspondences of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet outlined in the kabbalistic text called Sepher Yetzirah, meaning Book of Formation, which sometimes, arguably, was also translated as Book of Creation.
The Sefer Yetzirah, allegedly, is the earliest extant book on Jewish mysticism – while other scholars speculated that Read more The Sepher Yetzirah and the Tarot
The complete package of the Jungian Tarot consists in a deck of cards with a black and white, printed mini-booklet and the Jungian Tarot trilogy. The first volume is called ‘Tarot Psychology’ and it is an introduction to the complex universe of the cards, also providing a self-study method based on the Jungian technique called ‘active imagination’. The second and largest volume is a detailed account of the historical development of the symbolism of the cards and the Jungian archetypes, it is called ‘The Jungian Tarot and its Archetypal Imagery’. It is a consistent and authentic treasure chest, definitely a must-have on the shelf of any committed student of the Tarot. The third and final volume, ‘Perfect Tarot Divination’ provides further instructions for reading and interpreting the cards.
One of Mr Wang’s ‘main effort Read more Robert Wang’s Jungian Tarot
The Unified Esoteric Tarot is the first ‘gender correct’ esoteric Tarot deck based on a revisited and innovative astrological Read more The complete pictorial key to the Unified Esoteric Tarot deck
The greatest trick God ever pulled was convincing the world that he is all good, and there is a Devil who’s to blame for all the evil.
We also believe that Read more The greatest trick
“Repeat a lie often enough, and it becomes the truth”, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels. Among psychologists, this is known as the “illusion of truth” effect. Repetition only makes something seem true, individuals and masses may believe it is true. Still, factually Read more The ‘onion conspiracy’
Since the mysterious appearance of the first known Tarot deck in the mid-fifteenth century in Northern Italy, we only speculate regarding its original purpose. It was meant to be an entertainment instrument, a deck of cards for game playing, or it was created for divination, respectively a tool for preserving and transmitting esoteric wisdom (knowledge) hidden in plain sight?
While the vast majority of the scholars seem to agree Read more The four cardinal directions of the evolution of Tarot
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– ‘Who’s next?’ asked Giuliano stately, and the spotlight started scanning the crowd again. Tomasz felt restless, but he was curious about the next victim. His beer got warmer, and it tasted even more bitter than last time around. After a couple of rapid and random shifting around the room, the spotlight settled on a small, average-looking middle-aged man.
– ‘Good evening Sir, please join me on the stage!’ Giuliano jovial again. The man not quite keen to participate in the show with slow and hesitating steps riched the stage. The clown took his hand and pull him up kindly.
– ‘What’s your name, Sir?’ How may I introduce you to this fantastic audience?’
– ‘Jerry…’ said the man, ‘You can call me Jerry.’
– ‘Jerry! Ladies and gentlemen, please Read more Seven of Cups [part 2, work in progress I]
