Tarot in Culture is a well illustrated (260 illus.) two-volume multi-author anthology of papers on Tarot. This ebook is Volume Two (169 illus.) Contributions to Volumes One and Two range from original, in-depth, thoroughly documented studies of Tarot history, art, and literature to artists' statements and other primary source documents. Tarot in Culture is both accessible to the Tarot student and of interest to scholars of other fields, including historia...

This 410 page filmography includes entries for 199 films incorporating cartomancy and/or Tarot scenes, colour illustrations from over 30 cartomancy decks, numerous charts showing the cartomancy spreads used in specific films, and an index of the cross-listings between films. It is a companion volume to Cartomancy and Tarot in Film 1940-2010 (Intellect 2016), which includes chapters on cartomancy, the treatment of cards and cartomancers in film, and the "meanings" assigned to the Tarot tr...

Tarot in Culture is a well-illustrated (260 illus.) two-volume multi-author anthology of papers on Tarot. This ebook is Volume One (91 illus.) Contributions to Volumes One and Two range from original, in-depth, thoroughly documented studies of Tarot history, art, and literature to artists' statements and other primary source documents. Tarot in Culture is both accessible to the Tarot student and of interest to scholars of other fields, including historian...

Arthur E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith's Rider-Waite Tarot (1909) is the most popular Tarot in the world. Today, it is affectionately referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in recognition of the high quality of Smith's contributions. Waite and Smith's deck has become the gold standard for identifying and analyzing contemporary Tarot and other meditation decks based on archetypes.Developments in both visual and literary history and theory have influence...

From the postapocalyptic world of Blade Runner to theJames Cameron mega-hit Terminator, tech-noir has emerged as a distinct genre, with roots in both the Promethean myth and the earlier popular traditions of gothic, detective, and science fiction. In this new volume, many well-known film and literary works—including The Matrix, RoboCop, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein—are discussed with reference to their relationship to tech-noir and one another. Featur...

In the first book-length study of Tarot cards on the silver screen, Emily E. Auger contextualizes cartomancy – the practice of fortune telling via playing cards – and dives deep into its invention and promulgation in film. After providing an introduction to divination and cartomancy, Auger offers detailed descriptions and analyses of the roles that cartomancy and Tarot cards play in films. The book features an abbreviated filmography – including nearly 200 films – detailing their relations...

A Filmography of Cartomancy and Tarot 1940–1979 (50 films, numerous colour illus. and spread diagrams, indexes) is a catalog of such classics as The Wolf Man (1941), Nightmare Alley (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), The Magus (1968), Soylent Green (1973), Live and Let Die (1973), The Duellists (1977...

A Filmography of Cartomancy and Tarot 2000-2010 (81 films, numerous colour illus. and spread diagrams, indexes) is a catalog of such classics as Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003), The Mindscape of Alan Moore (2003), Edmond (2005), Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006), Crowley (2008), In Search of Lovecraft (2008), and The Wolfman (2010), and more. The entries are arra...

A Filmography of Cartomancy and Tarot 1980–1999 (68 films, numerous colour illus. and spread diagrams, indexes) is a catalog of such classics as Supergirl (1984), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Exorcist III (1990), Dead Alive (1992), Hideaway (1995), The Red Violin (1998), The Ninth Gate (1999), and more. The entries are arranged chronologically and each includes a brief plot description, descriptions & discussions of ...

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 compelling portrait of the Tarot's true origins, without overlooking the deck's mystical dimension...

Even today, the cult of the Golden Dawn generates an obsessive fascination. It is a rock-solid niche in the Mind, Body and Spirit market. In this exposé of the cult, the present day Archivist of the Society reveals its intimate history warts and all. In an anecdotal style and through its members and their volatile relationships, its history unfolds. The book is packed with photographs never before published, and details of the regalia and ritual.

This companion to the occult classic explores the history, mythology and practices of the ancient grimoire.Every serious student of the occult is familiar with this all-powerful text. Within it lie the secrets of eternity, the forbidden knowledge of the dark unknown.Every journey into the shadows requires careful, measured steps—a proficient execution of the necessary rituals and spells, and an understanding and appreciation of the history of the world beyond...