Tarot cards are one of the greatest mysteries of Western culture. Their alleged Egyptian or Jewish origins, their use in divining the future, the mysteries of the human soul hidden in the symbolism of the Arcana, have given these cards a magical aura.
Why have Tarot cards become the favorite tool of fortune tellers and the “Bible of occultists”?
Giordano Berti, one of the world’s leading experts in this field, in this book reports a detailed history completed by the most recent discoveries and enriched with numerous color illustrations.
With a simple language and historical rigor, Berti leads the reader inside the many legends that hover over this “game of human life”.
It is a truly compelling story that from the dazzling golden Tarots of the Renaissance arrives to the Tarot de Marseille and so on to the Tarot decks created within the esoteric brotherhoods and the decks favored by modern tarot readers and psychomagicians.
A fascinating chapter is dedicated to Tarot therapies used today by numerous psychotherapists to guide patients to recognize and untie their existential knots.
To help readers of all nationalities deepen their knowledge of the Tarot, the author has included a bibliography in the Appendix, divided by topic, containing the most important texts in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.
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