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Starter Tarot Deck of Cards |
Starter Tarot and Tarot cardstarot decks and card readingThe perfect choice for beginning readers! Regular and reverse meanings are printed on each card to facilitate readings. The artwork is in the style of ancient woodcuts, based on traditional motifs. Inaccurate: There are no hermetic, heretical, or kabbalistic characteristics in the original tarot. Current Historical Understanding: This topic is still open. The early Italian Renaissance, which gave birth to the tarot, was a time of great intellectual diversity and activity. Hermeticism, astrology, Neoplatonism, Pythagorean philosophy with roots in Alexandrian Egypt, and heterodox Christian thought all thrived. Any or all of these may have left their mark on the design of the tarot. Although it should be remembered that all of the symbolism of the tarot has close analogs in the conventional Christian culture of the time, many scholars today believe that these philosophies, which are foundations of occultism, were important in the design of the tarot.
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