An account of the development of tarot cards from a playing card deck into an instrument of divin... more An account of the development of tarot cards from a playing card deck into an instrument of divination. Examines the tarot trump allegories and their provenance in medieval drama. Analyses and compares the development of the various published divinatory meanings of the cards from the eighteenth through the twentieth century.
I spread before me now the forty cards, Yet 'tis not forty cards which here I spread... more I spread before me now the forty cards, Yet 'tis not forty cards which here I spread, But forty of the gods superior To the deity Laverna, that their forms May each and all become volcanoes hot Until Laverna comes and brings my child; And 'til 'tis done may they all cast at her Hot ...
An account of the development of tarot cards from a playing card deck into an instrument of divin... more An account of the development of tarot cards from a playing card deck into an instrument of divination. Examines the tarot trump allegories and their provenance in medieval drama. Analyses and compares the development of the various published divinatory meanings of the cards from the eighteenth through the twentieth century.
I spread before me now the forty cards, Yet 'tis not forty cards which here I spread... more I spread before me now the forty cards, Yet 'tis not forty cards which here I spread, But forty of the gods superior To the deity Laverna, that their forms May each and all become volcanoes hot Until Laverna comes and brings my child; And 'til 'tis done may they all cast at her Hot ...
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