Part I. General Key To The Tarot, Giving. Part 04 : p. 32 CHAPTER IV. ANALOGY BETWEEN THE SACRED WORD AND NUMBERS. The Kabbalistic Word and the Series of Numbers--Explanation of the "Tetractys" of Pythagoras--Figuration of the General Law. NUMBERS AND THE KABBALISTIC WORD. This sequence of numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, representing the active...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. 13. Death : p. 158 DEATH. DEATH. 13. 13th Hebrew letter (Mem). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Mem is a woman, the companion of man, it therefore gives rise to ideas of fertility and formation. It is pre-eminently the maternal and female, the local...
Preface : p. vii PREFACE. THE Tarot pack of cards, transmitted by the Gypsies from generation. to generation, is the primitive book of ancient initiation. This has been clearly demonstrated by Guillaume Postel, Court de Gbelin, Etteila, Eliphas Levi, and J. A. Vaillant. The key to its constructi...
Part I. General Key To The Tarot, Giving. Part 05 : p. 26 CHAPTER III. THE ESOTERISM OF NUMBERS. The Theosophic Numbers and Operations--Signification of the Numbers. THE NUMBERS. THE ancients had a conception of numbers which is almost lost in modern times. The idea of the Unity in all its manifestations led to numbers being considered...
Introduction To The Study Of The Tarot. Chapter : p. 3 THE TAROT. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TAROT. Approaching End of Materialism--Synthesis--The Occult Science--The Secret Societies--The Cultus--"The People", Organ of the Transmission of Esoterism--The Gypsies--The Sacred Word of Freemasonry--Our Work. "Therefore you must open...
Part Iii. Applications Of The Tarot. Chapter : p. 253 CHAPTER XVII. THE INITIATIVE TAROT. Ch. Barlet's Essay on this Subject--Involution and Evolution--The Hours of Apollonius of Tyana--The Phases of Initiation represented by the Tarot. THE INITIATIVE TAROT. APPLICATION` OF THE TAROT TO THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL DOCTRINES OF INITIATI...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. 17. The Stars : p. 171 THE STARS. THE STARS 17. 17th Hebrew letter (Phe). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The Phe expresses the same hieroglyphic meaning as the Beth (2nd card), but in a more "extended" sense. For, whilst the Beth signifies the mouth of man as the organ of speech...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. 9. The Hermit : p. 142 THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. 9. 9th Hebrew letter (Teth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Teth represents a roof, and suggests the idea of a place of safety, a protection. All the ideas arising from this letter are derived from the alliance of safety...
Title Page : ABSOLUTE KEY TO OCCULT SCIENCE THE TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS THE MOST ANCIENT BOOK IN THE WORLD. FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF INITIATES BY PAPUS [Grard Anaclet Vincent Encausse, B. 1865 D. 1916] Original Title: Clef Absolue De La Science Occulte TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY A. P. MORTON London, Chapm...
Chapter Xiii. General Transition. Arc : p. 188 THE WORLD. THE WORLD. 22. 22nd Hebrew letter (Tau). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CARD OF THE TAROT. The Tau has the same hieroglyphic meaning as the Daleth (fourth card), the womb; but it is chiefly the sign of reciprocity, the image of all that is mutual and reciprocal. It...
Part Ii. Symbolism In The Tarot. Chapter. Part 02 : p. 69 PART II. SYMBOLISM IN THE TAROT. APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL KEY TO SYMBOLISM. p. 71 CHAPTER VIII. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SYMBOLISM. The Symbols--The Primitive Terms--Key of Symbolism--Definition of the Sense of one of the Symbols--The General Law of Symbolism. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY...
Part I. General Key To The Tarot, Giving. Part 03 : p. 35 CHAPTER V. THE KEY TO THE MINOR ARCANA. Formation of the Tarot--Study of a Colour--The Four Figures--The Ten Numbers--Affinity between the Figures and the Numbers--Study of the Four Colours--General Study of the Minor Arcana. THE KEY TO THE MINOR ARCANA. THE Tarot is composed of 78 cards...
Chapter Xiii. General Transition. Arc. Part 02 : p. 185 THE FOOL. THE MATE. 21. 21st Hebrew letter (Shin). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE UNNUMBERED CARD OF THE TAROT. The Shin 1 expresses the same hieroglyphic meaning as the Zain (7th arcanum) and the Samech (15th): this is an arrow, an object directed to an aim. But the movement which w...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons : p. 343 CHAPTER XXII. CONCLUSION. HAVING reached the end of our journey we must cast one rapid glance over the road we have followed, in order to give some account of the scope of our work. Seeing that materialistic science was giving way, in spite of the desperate efforts of its partisans, under...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. Key : p. 133 CHAPTER XI. SECOND SEPTENARY. ARCANA 7 TO 13. ANDROGONY. Key to the 2nd Septenary--The Zain and the Chariot--The Heth and Justice--The Teth and the Hermit--The Yod and the Wheel of Fortune--The Kaph and Strength--The Lamed and the Hanged Man. Summary of the 2nd Septenary-Constitution of M...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. 1. The Juggler : p. 105 THE JUGGLER THE JUGGLER. 1. 1st Hebrew letter (Aleph). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIRST CARD OF THE TAROT. The Aleph hieroglyphically expresses "Man" himself as a collective unity, the master principle, ruler of the earth. From this hieroglyphic meaning are derived ideas of the "Unity"...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 08 : p. 307 SECOND LESSON. MINOR ARCANA. SIGNIFICATION FROM THE DIVINING POINT OF VIEW. THE Tarot pack is composed of 78 cards or plates; 22 of them bear symbolical names (the Juggler, Sun, Moon, Hanged Man, etc.), and they should be separated from the 56 others, which are divided into four gre...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. Key : p. 156 CHAPTER XII. THIRD SEPTENARY. ARCANA 13-19. Key of the 3rd Septenary--The Mem and Death--The Nun and Temperance--The Samech and the Devil--The Ayin and the Lightning--struck Tower--The Tzaddi and the Moon. Summary of the 3rd Septenary--Constitution of the Universe. KEY TO THE THIRD...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. 12. The Hanged Man : THE HANGED MAN. THE HANGED MAN. 12. 12th Hebrew letter (Lamed). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWELFTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Lamed designates the arm, and therefore it is connected with anything that stretches, that raises, that unfolds like the arm, and has become "the sign...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 04 : p. 327 SIXTH LESSON. Etteila's original and unpublished Method of Fortune-telling by the Tarot (from one of his rarest works). WE have explained a method which is original in a great measure, but as we have no intention of monopolizing the art of Cartomancy, we will now say a few words up...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. 6. The Lovers : p. 127 THE LOVERS. THE LOVERS. 6. The 6th Hebrew letter (Vau). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SIXTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic sign for the Vau is the eye, all that relates to light and brilliancy. The eye establishes the link between the external world and ourselves; by it light and form...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 10 : p. 301 CHAPTER XX. THE DIVINING TAROT IN SEVEN LESSONS. Introduction: To our Lady Readers--Astronomy--and Astrology--Intuition--Fortune-telling by the Tarot in Seven Lessons. 1"st Lesson": Simplification of the Rules of Fortune-telling by the Tarot. 2"nd Lesson": Minor Arcana-Significations...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. The First : p. 100 THE FIRST CARD OF THE TAROT. ORIGIN OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF ALL THE OTHERS. We see from our preceding work that if we know the exact meaning of the first card of the Tarot we can, from that, discover the signification of all the others. We cannot approach this subject without gre...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. 5. The Pope : p. 123 THE POPE. THE POPE. 5. 5th Hebrew letter (He). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIFTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of He is aspiration, breath. It is by aspiration that life is incessantly maintained and created. Hence springs the idea of "all that animates" attributed to He...
Chapter Xiii. General Transition. Arc. Part 04 : p. 179 THE SUN. THE SUN. 19. 19th Hebrew letter (Qoph). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINETEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. HIEROGLYPHICALLY the Qoph expresses a sharp weapon, everything that is useful to man; defends him; makes an effort for him. The Qoph is therefore a particularly compressive...
Chapter Xviii. The Kabbalistic Tarot. Chapter : p. 297 CHAPTER XIX. LIST OF THE AUTHORS WHO HAVE INTERESTED THEMSELVES IN THE TAROT. Raymond Lulle--Cardan--Postel--The Rosicrucians--Court de Gbelin--Etteila--Claude de Saint--Martin--J. A.--Vaillant--Christian--Eliphas Levi--Stanislas de Guaita--Josphin Pladan--The Platonist--Theosophical...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 02 : p. 335 CHAPTER XXI. APPLICATION OF THE TAROT TO GAMES. The Royal Game of Human Life played by the Egyptians. The Unity of Games in the Tarot. THE ROYAL GAME OF HUMAN LIFE, ACCORDING TO THE EGYPTIANS. 1. When the players have chosen their "Magian", they also choose from amongst the non-players...
Part Iii. Applications Of The Tarot. Chapter. Part 02 : CHAPTER XVI. THE ASTRONOMICAL TAROT. Egyptian Astronomy--The Four Seasons--The Twelve Months The Thirty--six Decani--The Planets--Absolute Analogy with the Tarot--Figure containing, the Application of the Tarot to Astronomy--Key to the Astrological Works of Christian Oswald Wirth's Astronomical...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. 2. The High : p. 112 THE HIGH PRIESTESS. THE HIGH PRIESTESS. 2. 2nd Hebrew letter (Beth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SECOND CARD OF THE TAROT. The Beth hieroglyphically expresses the mouth of man as the organ of speech. Speech is the production of man's inner self. Therefore Beth expresses that inner self...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 06 : p. 318 FOURTH LESSON. BASIS OF THE APPLICATION OF THESE DATA. ARRANGEMENT OF THE CARDS. WE are now in a position to handle the Tarot as a means of divination. But before we attempt to read it, we must settle how to arrange the cards upon the table. To know the meaning of the earls is only...
Chapter Xiii. General Transition. Arc. Part 05 : p. 178 CHAPTER XIII. GENERAL TRANSITION. ARCANA 19 TO 21. The Qoph and the Sun--The Resh and the Judgment--The Shin and the Fool--The Vau and the Sun. The Ternary of Transition.
Chapter Xiv. General Summary Of The Symbolical : p. 193 CHAPTER XIV. GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE SYMBOLICAL TAROT. THEOGONY--ANDROGONY--COSMOGONY. Involution and Evolution. "Theogony"--The Absolute according to Wronski, Lacuria, and the Tarot--Theogony of divers Religions identical with that of the Tarot-Summary. "Androgony"--"Cosmogony". Figure...
Part I. General Key To The Tarot, Giving : p. 60 p. 61 CHAPTER VII. CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAJOR AND MINOR ARCANA. GENERAL AFFINITIES. KEY OF THE TAROT. Domination of the 1st Septenary--Affinities of the 2nd Septenary in the Tarot, Card by Card--Ditto of the 3rd Septenary--General Affinities--Affinities of "Yod", "He", "Vau", ...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 11 : p. 353 ALPHABETIC TABLE OF THE AUTHORS AND PRINCIPAL WORKS QUOTED. AGRIPPA.--"La Philosophic Occulte", La Haye, 1727. 2 vols. 8vo. (Bib. Nat., Z. 1983, A.2) APOCALYPSE 7 AMARAVELLA.--A theosophic writer known by his fine works in "Le Lotus", and in the "Revue Philosophique". APOLLONIUS OF TY...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 07 : p. 316 THIRD LESSON. MAJOR ARCANA. SIGNIFICATION FROM THE DIVINING POINT OF VIEW. WE now know the signification of the minor arcana, and need only study the major arcana. As we have already stated, the major arcana consist of 22 symbolical cards, which we have not yet examined as a means...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. 15. The Devil : p. 164 THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL. 15. 15th Hebrew letter (Samech). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIFTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The Samech expresses the same hieroglyphic sign as the Zain (7th arcanum), that is to say, an arrow; a weapon of any kind; but to this idea is here added that of the arrow...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. 4. The Emperor : THE EMPEROR. THE EMPEROR. 4. 4th Hebrew letter (Daleth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of Daleth is the womb. It suggests the idea of an object giving plentiful nourishment, the source of future growth. The child is the living p. 120 link, which...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. 18. The Moon : p. 174 THE MOON. THE MOON. 18. 18th Hebrew letter (Tzaddi). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE EIGHTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic idea connected with the Tzaddi is the same as that of the Teth (9th card); but it chiefly signifies a "term", an aim, an end. It is a final concluding sign...
Part Iii. Applications Of The Tarot. Chapter. Part 03 : p. 223 PART III. APPLICATIONS OF THE TAROT. p. 225 CHAPTER XV. GENERAL KEY TO THE APPLICATIONS OF THE TAROT. The Principle and the Forms--The Twenty--first Card of the Tarot is a Figure--principle--The Tarot--The Year--The Month--The Day--The Human Life. GENERAL KEY TO THE APPLICATIONS...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 03 : p. 333 SEVENTH LESSON. CONCLUSION. WE have learnt that intuition and practice are necessities in the art of fortune-telling by cards, now that this art has lost its scientific principles (Astronomy) and launched into empiricism. Having made this reserve in our opinion of its present value, we have...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 09 : p. 305 FIRST LESSON. SIMPLIFICATION OF THE RULES OF FORTUNE-TELLING BY THE TAROT. THE great difficulty encountered by a beginner in the study of divination by the Tarot, is the number of meanings to be remembered in reading the cards. Open any treatise upon this subject, and you will see that you...
Chapter Xviii. The Kabbalistic Tarot. Example : EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TAROT TO THE KABBALAH. THE HIEROGRAM OF ADAM, BY STANISLAS DE GUAITA. In asserting that the hierogram of Adam conceals the most profound arcana of the living Universe, we shall not astonish those who have made a serious study of the "Sepher Bereschit". By comparing...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. 11. Strength : STRENGTH. STRENGTH. 11. 11th Hebrew letter (Kaph). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ELEVENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Kaph is the hand of man, half closed and in the act of prehension, like the Gimel. But the Kaph is reinforcement of the Gimel, so that we might say that it...
Chapter Xviii. The Kabbalistic Tarot. Deductions : p. 291 CHAPTER XVIII. THE KABBALISTIC TAROT. Deductions by Etteila upon the Book of Thoth--Example of the Application of the Tarot to the Kabbalah, the Hierogram of Adam by Stanislas de Guaita. DEDUCTIONS BY ETTEILA UPON THE BOOK OF THOTH. WE will now recapitulate some of the conclusions which...
Chapter Xiii. General Transition. Arc. Part 03 : p. 182 THE JUDGEMENT. THE JUDGEMENT. 20. 20th Hebrew letter (Resh). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWENTIETH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Resh is the "head of man", and it is therefore associated with the idea of all that possesses in itself an original, determined movement...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. Scheme Of Work : p. 96 CHAPTER X. THE SYMBOLICAL TAROT. THE FIRST SEPTENARY, 1ST TO 7TH ARCANA. THEOGONY. Scheme of Work--Key to the 1st Septenary--The 1st Card of the Tarot the Origin of all the others--The three Principles of the Absolute--The Trinity--Figure of the first Card and its Affinities--The High...
Chapter Xx. The Divining Tarot In Seven Lessons. Part 05 : p. 322 FIFTH LESSON. FORTUNE-TELLING BY THE TAROT. I.--RAPID PROCESS: What must we do if we wish to draw out the horoscope of any matter? 1. You should take the minor arcana and separate the suit of cards that refers to the kind of consultation you require. If it is some "business you are...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. 10. The Wheel : THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. 10. 10th Hebrew letter (Yod). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Yod is the finger of man; the forefinger extended as a sign of command. This letter has therefore become the image of potential...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. 8. Justice : p. 138 JUSTICE. JUSTICE. 8. 8th Hebrew letter (Heth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE EIGHTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Heth expresses a field. From it springs the idea of anything that requires labour, trouble, an effort. Continued effort results in the establishment of an equilibrium...
Part Iii. Applications Of The Tarot : p. 273 THE DIVINE NAME IN THE TAROT. BY CA. BARLET. The totality of the symbols which form the Tarot is distributed through a series of 78 plates or cards, instead of being presented in a single figure; the reason for this is, that the signification of this totality is very multiple; for it is...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. 16. The Lightning : p. 168 THE FIRE OF HEAVEN (lightning). THE LIGHTNING-STRUCK TOWER. 16. 16th Hebrew letter (Ayin). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SIXTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The Ayin expresses the same hieroglyphic as the Vau (6), but materialized. It is the sign of "Material sense". Again degenerated, it...
Untitled : THE TAROT OF THE BOHEMIANS BY PAPUS [Grard Encausse, (b. 1865 D. 1916)] Translated By A. P Morton [1892] "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...
Part I. General Key To The Tarot, Giving. Part 02 : p. 50 GENERAL KEY TO MINOR ARCANA p. 51 CHAPTER VI. THE KEY TO THE MAJOR ARCANA. The Major Arcana--1st Ternary--2nd Ternary--1st Septenary--2nd Septenary--The Three Septenaries and the Ternary of Transition. THE MAJOR ARCANA. THE fundamental difference which exists between the minor and maj...
Chapter Xii. Third Septenary. 14. Temperance : p. 161 TEMPERANCE. TEMPERANCE. 14. 14th Hebrew letter (Nun). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic sense of the Nun is the offspring of the female; a son, a fruit of any kind, all things produced. This letter has therefore become the image of the being...
Part I. General Key To The Tarot, Giving. Part 06 : p. 15 p. 16 PART I. GENERAL KEY TO THE TAROT, GIVING THE ABSOLUTE KEY TO OCCULT SCIENCE. p. 17 CHAPTER II. THE SACRED WORD YOD-HE-VAU-HE. The Kabbalah and the Sacred Word--The Yod--The He--The Vau--The second He--Synthesis of the Sacred Word. ACCORDING to the ancient oral tradition of the Hebrews...
Chapter Xi. Second Septenary. 7. The Chariot : 7. 7th Hebrew letter (Zain). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Zain expresses an arrow, and therefore it suggests the idea of a "weapon", of the instrument which man uses "to rule and conquer", and to attain his object. The Zain expresses victory in all...
Chapter X. The Symbolical Tarot. 3. The Empress : p. 115 THE EMPRESS. THE EMPRESS. 3. 3rd Hebrew letter (Gimel). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRD CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the letter Gimel is the throat, the hand of man half closed in the act of prehension. Hence it signifies all that incloses, all that is hollow, a canal...
Part Ii. Symbolism In The Tarot. Chapter : p. 81 CHAPTER IX. HISTORY OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TAROT. INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN. The Tarot is an Egyptian Book--Its Transformations--Mantegna's Pack--Venetian Tarot--Florentine Tarot--Bolognese--Hindu Tarot--Chinese Tarot--Modern Tarots--Etteila--Marseilles--Besanon--Watillaux--Oswald...