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.
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Divination -- France -- History.
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Added Author |
Depaulis, Thierry.
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Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011.
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ISBN |
0312162944 cloth |
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