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The Tarot of the Bohemians

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Contents

Part I.

The "General Key to the Tarot", Giving the Absolute Key to Occult Science.

Chapter I - Introduction to the study of the Tarot:

• Approaching End of Materialism
• Synthesis
• The Occult Science
• The Secret Societies
• The Cultus
• The People, Transmitter of Esoterism
• The Gypsies
• The Sacred Word of Freemasonry
• Our Work

Chapter II - The Sacred Word Yod-He-Vau-He:

• The Kabbalah and the Sacred Word
• The Yod
• The He
• The Vau
• The 2nd He
• Synthesis of the Sacred Word

Chapter III - The Esoterism of Numbers:

• The Theosophic Numbers and Operations
• Signification of the Numbers

Chapter IV - Analogy Between the Sacred Word and Numbers:

• The Kabbalistic Word and the Series of Numbers
• Explanation of the Tetractys of Pythagoras
• Figuration of the General Law

Chapter V - The Key to the Minor Arcana:

• Formation of the Tarot
• Study of a Colour
• The Four Figures
• The Ten Numbers
• Affinity between the Figures and the Numbers
• Study of the Four Colours
• A Comprehensive Glance over the Minor Arcana

Chapter VI - The Key to the Major Arcana:

• The Major Arcana
• 1st Ternary
• 2nd Ternary
• 1st Septenary
• 2nd Septenary
• The Three Septenaries and the Ternary of Transition

Chapter VII - Connection Between The Major and Minor Arcana:

• Domination of the 1st Septenary
• Affinities of the 2nd Septenary in the Tarot, Card by Card
• Ditto of the 3rd Septenary
• General Affinities
• Affinities of Yod, He, Vau, and of the 2nd He
• General Figure giving the Key to the Tarot

Part II.

Symbolism In The Tarot.

Application of the General Key to the Symbolism.

Chapter VIII - Intoduction to the Study of Symbolism:

• The Symbols
• The Primitive Terms
• Key of Symbolism
• Definition of the Sense of one of the Symbols
• General Law of Symbolism

Chapter IX - History of the Symbolism of the Tarot. Inquiry Into Its Origin:

• The Tarot is an Egyptian Book
• Its Transformation
• Mantegna’s Pack
• Venetian Tarot
• Florentine Tarot
• Bolognese Tarot
• Hindu Tarot
• Chinese Tarot
• Modern Tarots
• Etteila
• Marseilles
• Besancon
• Watillaux
• Oswald Wirth
• Italian and German
• Constitution of the Symbolism of the Tarot
• The 16 Primitive hieroglyphic Signs
• The 22 Hebrew Letters

Chapter X - The Symbolical Tarot. The 1st Septenary. Arcana 1 to 7. Theogony:

• Scheme of Work
• Key to the 1st Septenary
• The 1st Card of the Tarot the Origin of all the others
• The Three Principles of the Absolute
• The Trinity
• Figure of the 1st Card and its affinities
• 2nd Card - The High Priestess (Beth)
• 3rd Card - The Empress (Gimel)
• 4th Card - The Emperor (Daleth)
• 5th Card - The Pope (He)
• 6th Card - The Lovers (Vau)
• Summary - Constitution of God

Chapter XI - 2nd Septenary. Androgony:

• Key to the 2nd Septenary
• 7th Card - The Chariot (Zain)
• 8th Card - Justice (Cheth)
• 9th Card - The Hermit (Teth)
• 10th Card - The Wheel of Fortune (Yod)
• 11th Card - Strength (Kaph)
• 12th Card - The Hanged Man (Lamed)
• Summary - Constitution of Man

Chapter XII - 2nd Septenary. Androgony:

• Key to the 3rd Septenary
• 13th Card - Death (Mem)
• 14th Card - Temperance (Nun)
• 15th Card - The Devil (Samech)
• 16th Card - The Lightning-struck Tower (Zain)
• 17th Card - The Star (Phe)
• 18th Card - The Moon (Tzaddi)
• Summary - Constitution of the Universe

Chapter XIII - General Transition:

• General Transition
• 19th Card - The Sun (Qoph)
• 20th Card - The Judgement (Resh)
• 21st Card - The Foolish Man (Shin)
• 22nd Card - The Universe (Tau)
• Summary

Chapter XIV - General Summary of the Symbolical Tarot:

• Involution and Evolution
• Theogony:
• The Absolute according to Wronski, Lacuria, and the Tarot
• Theogony of Divers Religions Identical with that of the Tarot
• Summary
• Androgony:
• Figure with Summary
• Cosmogony:
• Figure with Summary
• Figure containing the Symbolism of all the Major Arcana, enabling the Signification of each Card to be easily defined

Part III.

Applications Of The Tarot

Chapter XV - General Key To The Applications Of The Tarot:

• The Principle and the Forms
• The 21st Card of the Tarot is a Figure-Principal
• The Tarot
• The Year
• The Month
• The Day
• The Human Life

Chapter XVI - The Astronomical Tarot:

• Egyptian Astronomy
• The Four Seasons
• The Twelve Months
• The Thirty-six Decani
• The Planets
• Absolute Analogy with the Tarot
• Figure containing the Application of the Tarot to Astronomy
• Key to the Astrological Works of Christian
• Oswald Wirth"s Astronomical Tarot

Chapter XVII - The Initiative Tarot:

• Ch. Barlet’s Essay on this Subject
• Involution and Evolution
• The Hours of Appollonius of Tyana
• The Phases of Initiation represented by the Tarot
• Barlet's Work upon the Cosmogonic Tarot

Chapter XVIII - The Kabbalistic Tarot:

• Deductions by Etteila upon the Book of Thoth
• Example of the Application of the Tarot to the Kabbalah, the Hierogram of Adam by Stanislas de Guatia

Chapter XIX - The Authors Who Have Interested Themselves In The Tarot:

• Raymond Lulle
• Cardan
• Postel
• The Rosicrucians
• Court de Gebelin
• Etteila
• Claude de Saint-Martin
• J. A. Vaillant
• Christian
• Eliphas levi
• St. de Guaita
• Josephin Peladan
• The Platonist
• Theosophical Publications
• F. Ch. Barlet
• O. Wirth
• Poirel
• Ely Star
• H. P. Blavatsky
• Ch. de Sivry
• Mathers

Chapter XX - The Divining Tarot in Seven Lessons:

• Introduction:
• To our Lady Readers
• Astronomy and Astrology
• Intuition
• Fortune-telling by the Tarot in Seven Lessons
• 1st Lesson:
• Simplification of the Rules of Fortune-telling by the Tarot
• 2nd Lesson:
• Minor Arcana
• Signification
• A good Memory unnessary for their retention
• Key to the Divining Tarot
• 3rd Lesson:
• Major Arcana
• Signification from a Divining Point of View
• 4th Lesson:
• Basis of the Application of this Knowledge
• Arrangement of the Cards
• 5th Lesson:
• Reading the Tarot
• Rapid Process
• Elaborate Process
• 6th Lesson:
• Etteila’s original and unpublished Method of reading the Tarot (from one of his rarest works).
• 1st Deal
• 2nd Deal
• 3rd Deal
• 4th Deal
• 7th Lesson:
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

Chapter XXI - Application of the Tarot to Games:

• The Royal Game of the Human Life according to the Egyptians
• The Unity of Games in the Tarot

Chapter XXII - Conclusion of the Work:

• Conclusion
• Index
• Table of the Authors and Principal Works Quoted

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