Tarot and divination cards : a visual archive / Laetitia Barbier.
Publisher: New York, NY : Cernunnos, [2021]Description: 399 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:- still image
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781419756375
Contents:
Summary: "Used for self-exploration or divination, tarot has, for more than 500 years, been the most popular and accessible of all esoteric tools, looming large in today's mainstream culture. Why? Because the cards are inexpensive and easy to carry-a perfect traveling companion and, therefore, an invitation to a journey inward and out. Humans are drawn to playing games and feel driven to find meaning in the chaos of paradoxical signs. The vivid iconography of the "Arcanas" speak to us like no other language, moving us to the core, weaving through each card a universal story, a metaphorical pathway of transformation. This 400-page book presents-for the first time-a close look at 500 years of figurative card decks created or used for fortune telling, divinations, and oracle purposes, and explores, one card at the time, their iconographic roots at the crossroads of the medieval imaginarium, Western esoteric wisdom, folklore, and also contemporary art and pop culture. With hundreds of images drawn from more than 100 decks, rarely published and often forgotten in library archives, this book offers the first visual history of tarot"--Publisher's description
In the beginning was the voice -- Introduction -- A brief history of cards and their use as a spirited device -- The major arcanas -- The minor arcanas -- Cartomancy and divination games -- Modern tarot.
| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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NMC Library | New Book Shelf | BF1879 .T2 B3655 2021 | 1 | Available | 33039001530830 |
Includes bibliographical references (page 398).
In the beginning was the voice -- Introduction -- A brief history of cards and their use as a spirited device -- The major arcanas -- The minor arcanas -- Cartomancy and divination games -- Modern tarot.