The Tarot

History, Symbolism, and Divination

Also known as Tarot (The)

by Robert Place & Robert M Place

First published:
21st century
Language: English
Content type: Fiction

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Description

Description from Libris, National Library of Sweden

The Tarot is one of the few books that cuts through conventional misperceptions to explore the Tarot deck as it really developed in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Europe-not, as some would suggest, in the far reaches of Egyp-tian antiquity. Mining the Hermetic, alchemical, and Neoplatonic influences behind the evolution of the deck, author Robert M. Place provides a historically grounded and comp[Bokinfo]

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Divination and oracles.

Alchemy and Hermeticism
Retained metadata contains “hermetic” in the description.
- “hermetic”· in description
Divination and oracles
Controlled discovery queries from libris and openlibrary matched “divination” and “Tarot”. Retained metadata contains “Tarot” in the title, “Divination” in the subtitle, “Tarot” in the alternative title, and 4 additional metadata match(es).
- “divination”· via Libris, National Library of Sweden
- “Tarot”· via Open Library
- “Tarot”· in title
- “Divination”· in subtitle
- “Tarot”· in alternative title
- “Tarot”· in description

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
History, Symbolism, and Divination Libris bibliographic record 23 cm; 336 sidor	March 17, 2005	Penguin Random House USA; Tarcher	English	9781585423491 1585423491	Print-disabled access	Open Library (opens in a new tab) Libris, National Library of Sweden (opens in a new tab)