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Helen Farley A Cultural History of Tarot (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Cultural History of Tarot : from Entertainment to Esotericism
- Publication Name
- A Cultural History of Tarot
- Title
- A Cultural History of Tarot
- Subtitle
- From Entertainment to Esotericism
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1788314913
- EAN
- 9781788314916
- ISBN
- 9781788314916
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History
- Topic
- Divination / Tarot, Mysticism, General
- Release Year
- 2019
- Release Date
- 22/08/2019
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Item Weight
- 14.3 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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The enigmatic and richly illustrative tarot deck reveals a host of strange and iconic mages, such as The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The Hanged Man and The Fool: over which loom the terrifying figures of Death and The Devil. The 21 numbered playing cards of tarot have always exerted strong fascination, way beyond their original purpose, and the multiple resonances of the deck are ubiquitous. From T S Eliot and his 'wicked pack of cards' in "The Waste Land" to the psychic divination of Solitaire in Ian Fleming's "Live and Let Die"; and from the satanic novels of Dennis Wheatley to the deck's adoption by New Age practitioners, the cards have in modern times become inseparably connected to the occult. They are now viewed as arguably the foremost medium of prophesying and foretelling. Yet, as the author shows, originally the tarot were used as recreational playing cards by the Italian nobility in the Renaissance. It was only much later, in the 18th and 19th centuries, that the deck became associated with esotericism before evolving finally into a diagnostic tool for mind, body and spirit.This is the first book to explore the remarkably varied ways in which tarot has influenced culture. Tracing the changing patterns of the deck's use, from game to mysterious oracular device, Helen Farley examines tarot's emergence in 15th century Milan and discusses its later associations with astrology, kabbalah and the Age of Aquarius.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1788314913
ISBN-13
9781788314916
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27038554760
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cultural History of Tarot : from Entertainment to Esotericism
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Divination / Tarot, Mysticism, General
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion, History
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
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'Helen Farley takes the reader deep into the diverse worlds of late Renaissance Italy, Enlightenment France, Victorian England and New Age America - and a host of other milieux - in her impressive study of tarot symbolism. She offers a comprehensive yet detailed study of the changing imagery in the cards as they emerged from their evolving historical contexts. Rarely does a book offer such a wealth of information over such a broad span of time in a way that does justice to its subject: but Farley accomplishes her task with thoroughness and diligence. A Cultural History of Tarot makes a welcome and valuable contribution to the body of recent scholarship on the history of esotericism. More than that, it provides a roadmap to show how scholars of art and culture can engage meaningfully with the fascinating esoteric strands of Europe's past.', 'Deeply researched and elegantly written, Farley's is by far the most important contemporary contribution to the academic study of the Tarot. No serious work in the history of Western Esotericism will be able to ignore the author's ground-breaking study. Engrossing and fascinating'
Table of Content
IntroductionOrigins and AntecedentsRenaissance Italy and the Emergence of TarotAn Alternative Explanation of Tarot SymbolismThe Transformation of Tarot into an Esoteric DeviceAcross the Channel to EnglandTarot and the New AgeConclusionBibliographyIndex
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
133.3242409
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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