Tarot
A card game that became a book of symbols.
4 traditions6 curated texts
Tarot cards were a fifteenth-century Italian game. Only in the 1780s did Court de Gébelin claim an Egyptian origin, and Lévi, Papus, the Golden Dawn, Waite and Crowley then built esoteric systems on that claim.
Historical and esoteric studies are both listed here. The comparative guide explains where they disagree.
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Traditions Connected
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