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the alchemy of self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Foreword by Penny Slinger Stepping into Oblivion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Evolution of the Arcana the sacred & the arcane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 A Brief History of Tarot the foundation formed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Early Decks & Iconography the oracle divine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Essay by Marcella Kroll birth to redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 A Tarot Timeline I TAROT Magic & Manifestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 The Attributes of Archetypes the major arcana The Soul’s Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 the fool . . . . . . . . . 52 the magician . . . . . . . 68 the high priestess . . . . 84 the empress . . . . . . . 100 the emperor . . . . . . 116 the hierophant . . . . . 132 the lovers . . . . . . . 148 the chariot . . . . . . . 164 strength . . . . . . . . 180 the hermit . . . . . . . 196 the wheel of fortune . . 212 justice . . . . . . . . . 228 the hanged one . . . . . 244 death . . . . . . . . . 260 temperance . . . . . . . 276 the devil . . . . . . . . 292 the tower . . . . . . . 308 the star . . . . . . . . 324 the moon . . . . . . . . 340 the sun . . . . . . . . . 356 judgement . . . . . . . 372 the world . . . . . . . 388 the minor arcana Tools for Transformation . . . . . . . . . 404 wands . . . . . . . . . 406 cups . . . . . . . . . . 424 swords . . . . . . . . . 438 pentacles . . . . . . . . 454 Visionary Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 The Progression of a Practice dreaming the tarot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Artists, Creators, & Mystics arcana as muse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 Modern Art Inspired by Tarot Speaking in Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 The Cards as a Tool a talking mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Visual Language & the Creation of Meaning by Johannes Fiebig revealing the hidden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Reading Tarot for the seekers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 A Final Note on The Library of Esoterica bibliography, image credits, acknowledgements, & resources 512 III II IV
Transcript of II TAROT IV...Foreword by Penny Slinger Stepping into Oblivion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
the alchemy of self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Foreword by Penny Slinger
Stepping into Oblivion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Evolution of the Arcana
the sacred & the arcane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 A Brief History of Tarot the foundation for med . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Early Decks & Iconographythe oracle d iv ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Essay by Marcella Krollb irth to redempt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 A Tarot Timeline
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Magic & Manifestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 The Attributes of Archetypes
the major arcana The Soul’s Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 the fool . . . . . . . . . 5 2the magic ian . . . . . . . 68the h igh pr iestess . . . . 84the empress . . . . . . . 100the emperor . . . . . . 1 16the h ierophant . . . . . 1 3 2the lovers . . . . . . . 148the chariot . . . . . . . 164strength . . . . . . . . 180the her mit . . . . . . . 196the wheel of fortune . . 2 12
just ice . . . . . . . . . 228the hanged one . . . . . 244death . . . . . . . . . 260temperance . . . . . . . 276the devil . . . . . . . . 292the tower . . . . . . . 308the star . . . . . . . . 3 24the moon . . . . . . . . 340the sun . . . . . . . . . 3 5 6judgement . . . . . . . 372the world . . . . . . . 388
the minor arcana Tools for Transformation . . . . . . . . . 404
wands . . . . . . . . . 406cups . . . . . . . . . . 424
swords . . . . . . . . . 4 38pentacles . . . . . . . . 454
Visionary Exploration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470 The Progression of a Practice
dreaming the tarot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 Artists, Creators, & Mysticsarcana as muse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 Modern Art Inspired by Tarot
Speaking in Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 The Cards as a Tool
a talk ing mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 4 Visual Language & the Creation of Meaning by Johannes Fiebigreveal ing the h idden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 8 Reading Tarotfor the seekers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 0 A Final Note on The Library of Esotericabibliography, image credits, acknowledgements, & resources 5 12
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