A Cultural History of Tarot: From Entertainment to Esotericism

by admin on May 27, 2010

A Cultural History of Tarot: From Entertainment to Esotericism

Review

“Deeply researched and elegantly written, Farley’s is by far the most important contemporary contribution to the academic study of the Tarot. No serious work in the history of  Western Esotericism will be able to ignore the author’s ground-breaking study. Engrossing and fascinating.”– Philip C Almond, Emeritus Professor of Studies in Religion, University of Queensland”Helen Farley takes the reader deep into the diverse worlds of late Renaissance Italy, Enlightenment France, Victorian England and New Age America - and a host of other milieux - in her impressive study of tarot symbolism.  She offers a comprehensive yet detailed study of the changing imagery in the cards as they emerged from their evolving [Read More...]

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Chitt May 27, 2010 at 3:04 pm
This review is from: A Cultural History of Tarot: From Entertainment to Esotericism (Hardcover)

Good production always expensive while the cheaper ones have bad quality.
So I bought, read, and found it’s worth reading.

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