The Tarot
Publisher: TarcherDate: 2005 Pages: 320 Size: 9" X 5 3/4" Type of Binding: Softcover Condition: New The Tarot is one of the few books that cuts through conventional misperceptions to explore the Tarot deck as it really developed in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Europe-not, as some would suggest, in the far reaches of Egyptian antiquity. Mining the Hermetic, alchemical, and Neoplatonic influences behind the evolution of the deck, author Robert M. Place provides a historically grounded and compelling portrait of the Tarot's true origins, without overlooking the deck's mystical dimensions. Based on a simple three-card spread, the author's methods can be used by either the seasoned practitioner or the new inquirer. |