Books Details
Author : Jessica Hundley Pages : 536 pages Publisher : Taschen
Language : eng ISBN-10 : 3836579871 ISBN-13 : 9783836579872
Books Descriptions
To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of
the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and
for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition
reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of
artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective
human story.For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow
place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition
assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its
history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret
writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of
philosophers and sages. Hundreds of years and hundreds of
creative hands--mystics and artists often working in
collaboration--have transformed what was essentially a parlor
game into a source of divination and system of self-
exploration, as each new generation has sought to evolve the
form and reinterpret the medium.Author Jessica Hundley traces
this fascinating history in Tarot, the debut
