Traditional Tarot
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Discover a treasure trove of French-language Tarot materials translated into English. Uncover overlooked and influential books, articles, and more, providing profound insights into Tarot's history, symbolism, and potential. Gain a deeper understanding of the Tarot and its possibilities through digests, reviews, and critiques. Expand your knowledge and open up new horizons in the world of..
Traditional Tarot
1M ago
On the Mithraic Origins of the Tarot Esmé Wynne-Tyson Introduction The Tarot, to use a French expression, has been put in every sauce; almost no occasion to find the alleged missing origins of this deck of cards has been missed ..read more
Traditional Tarot
4M ago
Translator’s Introduction Prior to inaugurating a series of posts on Etteilla as seen by his peers, it would be remiss not to present one piece of curiosa, a musical score devoted to the praises of the great cartomancer himself, by ..read more
Traditional Tarot
6M ago
Le Tarot Tzigane Tchalaï Unger Tchalaï Unger’s seminal work on the Marseilles Tarot has been amply explored on these pages, alongside some of her other writings. Those interested in her work will be delighted to discover that her Tarot Tzigane ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
Translator’s Introduction One of the most obscure and curious exegeses of the Tarot, surpassing even the lucubrations of Court de Gébelin’s Monde Primitif, must be the work of the Belgian artist Louis Delbeke (1821-1891). Delbeke’s extensive and incomplete work must ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
Translator’s Introduction Previously, we have published various materials relating to Paul Marteau, his writings and deck, Grimaud and the Tarot of Marseilles, and pending publication of further documentation, this article, published in the late 1980s in the gaming magazine Jeux & ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
The Isis of the Tarot, or the Birth of a Myth Monique Streiff Moretti Translator’s Introduction “A subterranean current is awakened by the growing prestige of an unknown civilisation to become a genuine obsession. Begun in a mixture of folk and ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
The Red Tower Thomas Ligotti “The ruined factory stood three stories high in an otherwise featureless landscape. Although somewhat imposing on its own terms, it occupied only the most unobtrusive place within the gray emptiness of its surroundings, its presence ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
Translator’s Introduction Aside from the previous excerpts and this poem, and some casual remarks on divination scattered throughout his works, Jules Bois had in fact intended to write an entire book on the Tarot, accompanied by a full set of ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
Introduction The overlapping circles between the arts and the occult find themselves becoming almost concentric diagrams among the so-called Decadent writers of the French persuasion in the late 19th century, emphasising the elective affinities between these two domains. While authors ..read more
Traditional Tarot
1y ago
Translator’s Introduction The name of Antoine Faivre (1934-2021) may not be unfamiliar to readers of these pages, now that many of the works of the eminent French scholar of esotericism are available in English. A lengthy overview of Faivre’s life ..read more