Essential Tarot Writings: A Collection of Source Texts in Western Occultism

Essential Tarot Writings by Donald Tyson

432 Pages

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications

Release Date: November 8, 2020

This book is full of history. The author covers the origin of the Tarot from Comte de Mellet and Court de Gebelin to the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley. The book is divided into eight parts.

Part 1

Introduction

Game of Tarots

Study of Tarots

Part 2

Introduction

Symbolism of the Tarot

Part 3

Introduction

Tarot Divination Methods of S. L. MacGregor Mathers

Three Other Methods of Divination

Part 4

Introduction

The Tarot Cards

Part 5

Introduction

The Isiac Tablet of Cardinal Bembo

Part 6

Introduction

The Great Symbols of the Tarot

Part 7

Introduction

An Analysis of Tarot Cards

Part 8

Introduction

The Art of Fortune-Telling by Cards

The Folklore of Playing Cards

Fortune Telling With Common Playing Cards

The English Method of Fortune-Telling Cards

Some English Methods of Telling

The information in the book has been thoroughly collected and presented in an essay style format. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the origins of Tarot or have a deeper understanding of the cards.