The magical ritual of the sanctum regnum : interpreted by the tarot trumps

Eliphas Lévi’s work links the Tarot trumps to a philosophical account of spiritual initiation, presenting the cards as a symbolic map of the soul’s ascent. Historically significant as an early influential occult reading of the Tarot, it combines esoteric interpretation with reflections on ritual, symbolism, and hidden wisdom.

Éliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant, 1810–1875) was a French occult writer whose works did much to define modern Western occultism. Books such as Dogme et rituel de la haute magie synthesized ceremonial magic, Kabbalah, and Christian symbolism in a highly influential esoteric idiom.