The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination Paperback - 2005
by Robert Place
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 Egyp-tian 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.
Indeed, Place uncommonly weds reliable historiography with a practical understanding of the intuitive help and divinatory guidance that the cards can bring. He presents techniques that offer new and valuable ways to read and interpret the cards. Based on a simple three-card spread, Place's approach can be used by either the seasoned practitioner or the new inquirer.
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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 Egyp-tian 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.
Indeed, Place uncommonly weds reliable historiography with a practical understanding of the intuitive help and divinatory guidance that the cards can bring. He presents techniques that offer new and valuable ways to read and interpret the cards. Based on a simple three-card spread, Place's approach can be used by either the seasoned practitioner or the new inquirer.
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- Title The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination
- Author Robert Place
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2005 Print
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcherperigee, New York
- Date March 17, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781585423491 / 1585423491
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 6.12 x 0.88 in (22.81 x 15.54 x 2.24 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Topical: New Age
- Library of Congress subjects Tarot
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004058065
- Dewey Decimal Code 133.324
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- Booklist, 03/15/2005, Page 1248
- Library Journal, 02/01/2005, Page 101
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