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Author Decker, Ronald.

Title A wicked pack of cards : the origins of the occult tarot / Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis, and Michael Dummett.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  133.3 DECKER    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  133.32424 D295W    Check Shelf
Description xii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Imaginary Magi -- 1. Game or Magic? -- 2. How Tarot Divination Began -- 3. The Founders of Tarot Occultism -- 4. Etteilla: the First Professional Cartomancer -- 5. Etteilla's Disciples and Posterity -- 6. Mlle Le Normand: Prophet or Sorcerer? -- 7. The Tradition of Etteilla -- 8. The Second Founder: Eliphas Levi -- 9. From Ghost Writer to Magus: Paul Christian -- 10. Among the Gypsies: Jean-Alexandre Vaillant -- 11. Papus and his Circle.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-298) and index.
Subject Tarot -- France -- History.
Divination -- France -- History.
Added Author Depaulis, Thierry.
Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011.
ISBN 0312162944 cloth
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