Inquiries into Tarot
& on divination by means of tarot cards (Part 1)

by M. C. de M*** trans. by Jean-Michel David For this translation, I was very much aided by the various (often provisional) translations of Mary Greer and Jack Meier, Jess Karlin, Donald Tyson and those who contributed to Tarotpedia’s entry (especially Stephen John Mangan / kwaw). Each different translation provided thoughts for different nuances, for [...]

Kabbalistic Tarot
Hebraic Wisdom in the Major and Minor Arcana

by Dovid Krafchow …being an introduction to the ancient kabbalistic origins and meanings of the tarot __________ Newsletter foreword by Jean-Michel David When I first came across Dovid Krafchow’s book, its description intringued me, not so much because here was another title that was going to present some kind of relation between Tarot and Kabbalah, [...]

Of Mice, Monkeys and Men
writing the Fantastic Menagerie book

by Sophie Nusslé Once upon a time, in the early spring of 2005, I was exchanging private messages on Aeclectic Tarot with Karen Mahony of Magic-realist Press in Prague. We were discussing their latest deck project. I had long been a fan of the Tarot of Prague, and like a good fan, had written gushing [...]

The Tarot and the Kabbalah,
the Ancient Mesopotamians and the Sufist

by Nicholas Swift an extract from Mirror of the Free www.vaxxine.com/mirrorofthefree Authors of books on the Tarot cards commonly assert that their true origin is unknown. One sometimes gets the impression, however, that their attitude to the mystery it presents is ambivalent: knowledge means not only less excuse to speculate but, also, more responsibility. They [...]

Prague — ways of looking

by Karen Mahony Magic Realist Press A head on a carved stone pillar in the Old Town. Going through immigration on a trip back to the UK last year, I was standing behind an attractive girl whom the officer was attempting to chat up. “Prague,” he said, looking at her ticket. “I’ve heard it’s beautiful.” [...]

Extracts from Bob O’Neill’s Tarot Symbolism

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Robert O’Neill’s Tarot Symbolism

Book review by Michael J. Hurst This bookreview is abridged from its first appearance on Michael’s Carte da Trionfi site Tarot Symbolism By Robert V. O’Neill, Ph.D. Robert V. O’Neill wrote what is probably the most interesting of all the historically oriented Tarot books. It is 392 pages and expresses the author’s view that early [...]

Discovering Tarot in Literature:
… The List

Compiled by Nina Lee Braden (abridged from Nina Lee Braden’s copyrighted list from 2002, the year in which the issue of this Newsletter appeared – the full and most recent updated list may be viewed online here) Since I like to read fiction, and since I like Tarot, I like to read fiction which has [...]

Meditations on the Tarot:
A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism

book by Anonymous written in French by a Russian ex-patriot living in London, 1967 Review by Jean-Michel David (originally written in 2002 in light of the new release of the book) As the Robert Powell 1985 translation of this book has just been published for the third time, I thought it timely to write this [...]

A Lexicon Theory of Tarot Origin

by Mark Filipas ® The Tarot first appeared in northern Italy, during the birth of Europe’s cultural revolution. Those original decks were probably designed between 1420 and 1440, although the earliest extant cards date from later in the 1400s. The Marseilles pattern – so named because it characterizes the decks traditionally produced in Marseilles, France [...]