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TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS - Papus / A.E. Waite, 1958 - DIVINATION MAGICK GRIMOIRE

Description: THE TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS: THE MOST ANCIENT BOOK IN THE WORLD, FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF INITIATES Book Details + Condition: Arcanum Books (New York), 1958. By Papus (Gerard Encausse). Translated by A.P. Morton. Revised Edition with Preface by A.E. Waite. Hardcover with dust jacket. 355 pages. Illustrated with numerous plates and woodcuts. Gerard Encausse (1865 - 1916), whose esoteric pseudonym was Papus, was a Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of Occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order. In this work, Papus discusses advanced topics of the tarot deck, and espouses theories of its ancient origins. Firm binding; wear to boards, with old staining (water damage?), which does not affect the interior; toned endpapers; interior is clean and free of markings. Original dust jacket shows normal aging and wear, with small tears to extremities. It retains its original price, and is now protected with a mylar cover. Please see below for more information on this famous work. "Tarot of the Bohemians, along with the Pictoral Key to the Tarot, constitute the core literature of 19th and early 20th century 'Tarotism'. However, PTK is to the TOB as arithmetic is to differential calculus. If you have no experience reading occult literature of this period, you may find yourself profoundly lost after the first couple of pages, staring at the abundant and profoundly esoteric tables, charts and diagrams, trying to get a clue as to what Papus is talking about. Papus is after a 'Theory of Everything', and finds evidence for it in the Tarot and a set of correspondences with everything from the tetragrammaton to numerology and astrology. His claim that the Tarot preserves ancient, profound knowledge by way of the Romany/Gypsies (i.e. 'Bohemians') all the way back to Egypt, India and Atlantis is unsubstantiated. There is no evidence of any kind of playing or fortune-telling cards prior to the thirteenth century, either in literature or folklore. Note that playing cards could not have become popular until the introduction of printing in Europe. The Tarot is believed to have originated from an elaborate deck of cards invented in Italy in the fourteenth century. The Romany people probably started to use this deck for cartomancy (fortune telling by cards) about a century thereafter. As Papus notes, all of the early cards depict people dressed in the costume of this period. Late in the book, Papus condescends to pen a section, in his words, 'for the ladies' (cue Barry White music here), which gives some basic instruction in cartomancy using the Tarot deck. However, this is by far the weakest portion of this book. Papus is at his best when he is spinning elaborate webs of correspondence between the Tarot and the Macrocosm. This book is hard work, but if you master it you will have a profound grasp of the inner life of the Tarot deck." [FROM ESOTERIC ARCHIVES] Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions! Also check out our other rare and out-of-print antiquarian books at Black Cat Caboodle. SHIPPING & PAYMENTShipping & Handling — covers shipping via USPS to anywhere in the continental U.S. and within eBay's Global Shipping Program.Payment is due within 3 days of end of auction. Black Cat Caboodle THANKS you for looking!

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Binding: Hardcover

Place of Publication: New York

Language: English

Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Author: Papus

Publisher: Arcanum Books

Topic: Occult

Subject: Religion & Spirituality

Original/Facsimile: Original

Year Printed: 1958

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