The taking root cards' origins and history. Occult playing cards mm, yes it is what cards has and becomes called over time. Nobody knows exactly when and how they arise. Taking root has is used in many hundred years of occult learnt people. It is asserted that it lies many dark concealed codes, symbols and stem vouched knowledge in them that only they inaugurated and very familiar with can to interpret them correct. The cards' origins are and remains in a veiled darkness and therefore asserts they ockultister that they were used already of Egypt's priests that each black art knowledgeable and of same type's priests in Babylon and Tibet, or even they in the ancient, sunken Atlantis. There that is documented is that the cards' existence for first past turned up in medeltida France about years 1390. It would not last awkwardly if the cards were given birth to as an interpretation of the Romany people's (the gypsies) and came here through their deep-rooted small stem some hundred years since. The taking root game was disseminated among the gypsies, but for it the thing's sake did not end it to be developed and is changed. Our current deck of card has come from these short, the playing bridge, poker osv. It is only big Arkanan that is not in the modern deck of card that I calls for playing short. It has become skräddarsydd for it “the modern time” it traditional as already on 1700-talet was defined as standard shortly just in order to sia about ödet and its roads, as man sees in the cards, is and remains it most impressing, plentiful utsmyckade with bräddfulla occult symbols. The most common Tarotleken today that also is one good nybörjarlek is Raider Waite.

It is blah well-known for its short tower that is one of the most dramatic cards in the game bildmässigt in all cases. Symboliken in this game is clear and easy to learn. The oldest written reference to Tarotlekar finds we also in one inventarieförteckning from king Karl's WE of Frankrikehov, and is dated to 1392. A sum money had been paid to an artist in order to produce three decks of card to the king's förnöjelse. 17 of these cards is still preserved in Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris one of the very the oldest games that are preserved (with the exception of a few short) is in the alone agency seven games, that was ordered at one and same occasion of the family Sforza, and was produced in Venedig 1415. During fourteen - and beginning of the fifteen about a hundred disseminated itself Tarotlekarna and became popular over the whole Europe, both as playing cards and as tools for spådomar, despite that the church at several different occasions forbade these decks of card. The cards were used to many different purposes - as playing short, spådomskort, and as clean works of art. Each game was of course on that time a hand painted original, and be regarded t.ex. as an appropriate and exclusive wedding present.

spådomar of that kind. 1781 was introduced the idea about Tarotkortens Egyptian origins of Antoine Court they Gébelin, one French ockultist, frimurare and archaeologist, that also published a book agency in nine bands about its theories. Gébelin asserted that the cards in the alone agency each one holy book; ” Thoths book”, that contained ace uniting late of Egyptian song judgement and religion.



With these books took Rosenkreutzarna to itself Tarotkorten development

most important persons in Tarotkortens history always is Rosenkreutzare. During the nineteenth century, an occult company flourished that called stem” The Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn”, one Rosenkreutzarorden as drug to itself many of contemporary even mystiker and ockultister, including two persons as meant a lot for Tarotkortens development; Aleister Crowley and Edward Waite.

Rider-Waite Tarot.
With these books took Rosenkreutzarna to itself Tarotkorten development was complemented on the nineteenth century with inlemmandet of kabbalamystiken - one Rosenkreutzare and kabbalist wide name Eliphas Lévi detected one according to him clear link between the 22 letters in it hebreiska the alphabet and the cards in big Arcanan. In the alone agency, Rosenkreutz personligen, as traveled in orienten, and then returned to Europe 1413. How one than twists and turns on it, sow shows it itself nevertheless that the most important persons in Tarotkortens history always is Rosenkreutzare. During the nineteenth century, an occult company flourished that called stem” The Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn”, one Rosenkreutzarorden as drug to itself many of contemporary even mystiker and ockultister, including two persons as meant a lot for Tarotkortens development; Aleister Crowley and Edward Waite.



Earlier had the numbered cards in small Arcanan only abstract symbols, imagining spells, goblets, swords or coins (pentagram). It revolutionerande with this game is that it that uses the cards no longer needs to have a huge theoretical knowledge about all cards in order to interpret them, alternatively permanent to hit in books - one can few sufficient associations of the pictures. Above all, the considerable becomes easier for the member to encourage precisely itself intuitiva side, nearer than the theoretical - philosophical. This game meant in the alone agency equal a lot pursue Tarot as the reformation meant within the Christian judgement.