Ladies and gentlemen, please let me introduce you my new Tarot deck project, The Golden Hermetic and Fortune Telling Tarot! Read more The Golden Hermetic Tarot first announcement
The Golden Hermetic Tarot first announcement
Author: Attila Kárpáthy
The Unified Esoteric Tarot handbook
The first volume of the “The Unified Esoteric Tarot handbook” is the result of over twenty-five years of research, study and practice.
The first volume consists of a general introduction to the fundamental esoteric laws and principles, and general notions of Astrology, Numerology, Alchemy, Kabbalah and Tarot. For the first time, these branches of the esoteric science are considered one, complex, unitary system deeply interconnected and not as alternatives but complementary methods of knowledge. This is not a book but a manual. Read more The Unified Esoteric Tarot handbook
Tarot: theory and practice
Certifying the validity of a system is possible by cross-references. When a theory is correct, it has to be validated by finding the proper correspondences and connections through all the other branches of the esoteric sciences. Read more Tarot: theory and practice
The Symbolism of the Tarot
In 1913 P.D. Ouspensky wrote an essay about the Tarot deck entitled “The Symbolism of the Tarot.”
According to Ouspensky, the cards of the Tarot deck are divided into three parts. Read more The Symbolism of the Tarot
About the Tens
I guess nothing is what it seems to be. A very representative example of how the meaning of the cards can be altered from one artist to another and art can and is misleading when someone does not know and understand the content, respectively what is behind the images. Read more About the Tens
The essence does not change
“Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change. Man remains just the same. ‘Civilized’ and ‘cultured’ people live with exactly the same interests as the most ignorant savages. Modem civilisation is based on violence and slavery and fine words. But all these fine words about ‘progress’ and ‘civilisation’ are merely words.” (Ouspensky, P.D.; In Search of the Miraculous; Chapter Two; page 28.)
Becoming conscious
“What if all the world you think you know
Is an elaborate dream?”
Becoming conscious – what does that mean?
You wake up, take a shower, eat something, drink a coffee and go to work. You may have a family, friends, hobbies, issues and even some kind of purpose. Your life may not be perfect, but this is your life. You have your hopes and dreams, you have your fears, secret desires and you certainly have an idea about the world we live in. You may believe in God, in more than one God, or you may believe in science. Or maybe you do not believe in anything because definitively there is this option too on the table.
As I said, you wake up, eat, drink, work, have sex, sleep and repeat. What exactly is the purpose? What am I missing? Read more Becoming conscious
Architecture: Etteilla’s Major Arcana
Tarot became quite popular – exoteric – in the last few hundreds of years, and we owe that to the French cartomancer and fortune teller Jean-Baptiste Alliette.
Jean-Baptiste was born to working-class parents in Paris in 1738 and worked as a seed merchant. Read more Architecture: Etteilla’s Major Arcana
Unified Esoteric Tarot Black Edition
The Black Edition and other extra options such as a specially designed and personalised card, custom boxes and double boxes, available starting on March 25, 2018.
The Black Edition are limited to 780 copies only. Read more Unified Esoteric Tarot Black Edition
Esoteric, mesoteric and exoteric
“Esoteric” means hidden, secret, belonging to the select few; while “exoteric” means “public”, respectively commonly known, accessible for large masses, respectively to anybody. Gurdjieff also speaks about a third circle, the “mesoteric” which is in the middle, respectively in between the esoteric and exoteric circles .
Think of an egg. On the outside is the eggshell. The eggshell would be the “exoteric” circle. The surface which is accessible for everybody. On the inside is albumen – or egg white – which would be the “mesoteric” circle. In the middle of the egg white, protected and hidden is the egg yolk which would be the “esoteric” circle.
According to Gurdjieff, people belonging to the “exoteric” circle are the so-called “mechanical humanity”, people exposed and living by the rules and will imply from outside, people living their lives unconsciously. Read more Esoteric, mesoteric and exoteric
