The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination

by Robert M. Place

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585423491
• ISBN13: 9781585423491
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher