|
Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Fortune-telling & divination > Fortune-telling by cards (cartomancy)
Complementing the 2017 release by the same author about the western Zodiac, Paolo Barbieri brings us in to the world of Chinese Astrology, with the 12 Signs based on animals. His extraordinary art blends with the Yin and the Yang to create 24 cards of great power - exploring an alternative view to the Signs and Astrology.
 |
Ukiyoe Tarot
(Cards)
Koji Furuta
|
R527
R453
Discovery Miles 4 530
Save R74 (14%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
Japanese Ukiyoe aesthetics and symbolism enhance this colorful
deck. Cards show numbers and titles in both Japanese and English.
 |
Dante Tarot
(Cards)
Guido Zibordi Marchesi
|
R938
R814
Discovery Miles 8 140
Save R124 (13%)
|
Ships in 12 - 19 working days
|
|
Reveals the historical roots of the symbology of the Tarot in the
Mithraic tradition of the Persian Magi and the Hermetic tradition
The Tarot is a mythic map of the world and of consciousness. It
offers a meta-language of signs and symbols that communicate their
meaning precisely. Yet the true origins of the Tarot remain
shrouded in mystery. These oracular cards have long been thought to
have come from Egypt or from the "Gypsies," but as Stephen E.
Flowers reveals, their original roots lie in the Mithraic tradition
of the Persian Magi. In this book, Flowers explores the historical
roots and mythology of the symbolic images that became known as the
Tarot. Drawing on theories first pioneered by the Swedish scholar
Sigurd Agrell (1881-1937), he reveals the genesis of the Tarot's
symbolism in the great Hermetic tradition at the same time the
Magical Papyri were being written in Greco-Roman Egypt. He explains
how the sequencing of the Major Arcana is related to the images
used in Mithraic initiation, elements of which were then integrated
into existing Roman and Egyptian traditions. Exploring the Magian
teachings on the Stoeicheia, an alphabet that acted as a map for
understanding the order of the cosmos, he demonstrates how this
alphabet of magical symbols was the template for the Tarot. The
author also shows how the 22 Major Arcana cards were related to the
22 letters of the Roman alphabet used for oracular purposes in
ancient times. Looking in-depth at the principles of Mithraism, the
author explains how the Roman form of Mithraism, a guiding factor
in the early shaping of the Tarot, was itself a synthesis of
Iranian Magianism, Greek stoicism, Babylonian astrology, and
Greco-Egyptian Hermeticism. Exploring the cards themselves, Flowers
then looks at the original meanings of the Major Arcana using
Mithraic symbolism and its offshoots. He also explains the truth
behind many of the myths surrounding the Tarot, including their
deep-level connections with Egypt, the Romani people, the Semitic
tradition, and runes. By restoring the original mysteria to the
icons of the Tarot and learning their true origins, we can better
understand the insight these powerful cards impart in divination.
 |
Tarot de Luz
(Cards)
Aitor Saraiba
|
R586
R525
Discovery Miles 5 250
Save R61 (10%)
|
Ships in 18 - 22 working days
|
|
|
You may like...
Super Socks
Connie Bowman
Hardcover
R562
R516
Discovery Miles 5 160
|