Tarotul și arta divinației

L.W. de Laurence looks at Tarot signs and their use to divine, or seek hidden knowledge. This guide has pictures. It covers the Major and Minor Arcana, the two card groups. It shows which images belong on each card. It also explains what they mean. Readers can use these meanings to read cards for themselves or others.

De Laurence looks at the Tarot’s past. He weighs claims that its roots lie in ancient Egypt. He disputes tales he thinks are false or mislead readers. He seeks to bring back the cards’ deeper meanings. He sees their signs as parts of a whole. They can join in endless ways. In his view, they give access to hidden truths of the spirit. He also weighs claims about vows to keep secrets. These claims hold that such vows have kept this knowledge obscure.

De Laurence was an American who wrote and published books. His subjects dealt with the occult and the spirit. He helped start the sale of occult goods by mail. The books he published shaped urban African American hoodoo. This was in the southern United States. His work also shaped Obeah rites in Jamaica. His book The Master Key was an early self-help work. He also worked on books with William Walker Atkinson. Atkinson backed New Thought.

Liliana Burghina translated this edition from English.