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Oswald Wirth. Joseph Paul Oswald Wirth (5 August 1860, Brienz, Canton of Bern – 9 March 1943) was a Swiss occultist, artist and author.He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislas de Guaita and in 1889 he created, under the guidance of de Guaita, a cartomantic Tarot consisting only of the twenty-two Major Arcana. [1]
Truth Magazine is a religious magazine published by Truth Publications (formerly known as the Guardian of Truth Foundation), a non-profit organization associated with members of the churches of Christ. The magazine began publishing in 1956. It publishes once a month [1] and offers both print-based and online subscriptions.
Gray's books were adopted by members of the 1960s counter-culture as standard reference works on divinatory use of tarot cards, [83] and her 1970 book A Complete Guide to the Tarot was the first work to use the metaphor of the "Fool's Journey" to explain the meanings of the major arcana. [84] [85]
Greg Costikyan reviewed the series in Ares Magazine #2 and commented that "Tarot is readable and pleasant, no mean feat for a pretty much disconnected series of episodes. Anthony has not yet (I hope) reached his full potential, but Tarot is a pleasant way-station in his path of development." [1]
The Structure of Tarot. A standard tarot deck consists of a total of 78 cards, divided into two main categories: the 22 Major Arcana and the 56 Minor Arcana cards.
Together, they have written over 150 books and translated into more than thirty languages. Their work also includes Tarot decks, a card-based storytelling system, screenplays, and songs. The Matthews began working in the 1970s while in London. [1] They wrote and published The Western Way in 1985.
Paul Foster Case. Paul Foster Case (October 3, 1884 – March 2, 1954) was an American occultist, Freemason, [1] and writer of books on occult tarot and Qabalah.Perhaps his greatest contributions to the field of occultism [citation needed] were the lessons he wrote for associate members of Builders of the Adytum or B.O.T.A.
In 1920 A. Frank-Glahn's "Das Deutsche Tarot Buch" was published by Uranus Verlag, accompanied by a deck of cards "Deutsches Original Tarot", an Egyptian style deck, but unique. [1] Glahn's book and cards became a German tarot bible, which survived up in the 1980s, published by Hermann Bauer Verlag. (K.Frank Jensen)