I always emphasized that there is not one way of looking at things.
Nobody has a monopoly on truth.
Esoteric matters can be complicated, and a complex tool such as Read more Another look at the Major Arcana
Another look at the Major Arcana
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Graphic accuracy
Today is Full Moon, also called Pink Moon, after the pink flowers that bloom in spring.
Therefore, I have chosen a Moon-related topic.
I often get this question, should we study the images of the Tarot cards?
It depends from one deck to another. For instance, the Magic Tarot by Frédéric Lionel is a deck Read more Graphic accuracy
Unified Esoteric Tarot decks for sale
Limited offer and an exclusive opportunity.
The Unified Esoteric Tarot was published in 2018.
The deck won the best self-published Tarot category in the CARTA Awards.
Only 250 copies of the deck Read more Unified Esoteric Tarot decks for sale
UET Numerolgy
As I said, I’m rewriting and re-editing the Unified Esoteric Tarot handbook. Yesterday I was working on the Numerology section. Enjoy!
“There is a common misconception that Earth, the physical realm, is the lowest level of manifestation, while Fire is the purest and highest. That is incorrect and misguiding. God said, “let there be light” at the beginning of the creation, not at the end of the process. It is the first Read more UET Numerolgy
Esoteric Tarot – The Fool (book)
I am happy to announce that my new book is published and available!
You can get your copy exclusively from: LULU.com
My name is Attila Kárpáthy, and I’m a tarotolog, mystic, occultist and mixed esoteric artist, writer, poet, painter, photographer, musician and cook from Transylvania. Transylvania with a “T” and not Pennsylvania with a “P” – as often people misunderstood. Still, I do not have werewolf cousins nor vampire aunts, I do not sleep in a casket, and Read more Esoteric Tarot – The Fool (book)
Esoteric Tarot a series of 29 books
I have this insanely ambitious project to write and publish a series of 29 books about the Esoteric Tarot.
After serious consideration, I concluded that the best size for these books is the standard US Trade, 6×9 inches, respectively 152×229 millimetres.
The first volume is called “Initiatory Manual” and consist of theoretical and practical guidelines about the Tarot and its connection with Astrology, Numerology, Kabbalah, Alchemy, and the Fourth Way. It will be your Read more Esoteric Tarot a series of 29 books
The four cardinal directions of the evolution of Tarot
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
The Magian Tarot and Postmodern theory
I bought this book a while ago, and although I still didn’t found time to read it throughout, this introductory chapter is fascinating.
I share a small fragment here in hope to open your appetite to buy and read the entire work.
“Many philosophers and historians of culture have come to the conclusion that the Western world is entering upon a new epoch of history. The changes that are sweeping the Westernized cultures are similar to those which swept across it with the coming of Christianity and the onset of the Middle Ages (in the early part of the first millennium CE), or the triumph of Scientism following the Renaissance (around 1500 CE). This later development led to what we call the Modern world today.
More recent changes, mainly in the late twentieth century, have Read more The Magian Tarot and Postmodern theory
The Empty Tarot
“The Fool is also a musical figure, as his costume is decorated with tiny jester’s bells. (…) Symbols of the creative trinity can be seen in several elements of his costume: his staff bears a small triangle composed of three dots; on one of the jester’s bells is a white circle divided by three lines. This is easy to see as the Christian trinity or the first three Sephirot of the Kabbalah’s Tree of Life, or even the three fundamental processes of life: creation, conservation, and dissolution. (…) Read more The Empty Tarot
A brief history of cards and fortune-telling
History is the study of the past as it is described in written documents and based on physical evidence.
The earliest official mention of playing cards was made in 868 and came from the Chinese writer Su E who describes Princess Tong Cheng playing the “leaf game” with the royal family.
Supposedly, from China, the cards spread to India, Persia and eventually Egypt. Read more A brief history of cards and fortune-telling
