Golden Dawn TTarot Deck

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e., the historical Marseilles pack), per Levi, where here, it’s to depict a king (Higher Self) in a chariot with a canopy of stars, pulled by two sphinxes, one black (Body) and one white (Mind). The rest of the symbolism on the card back, I get, was intended to express religiosity from many different cultural vantage points, but might end up being more triggering than inspiring. In the 7s of the minor arcana, there is growth and experience, but there is not yet mastery of all elements, which is why they can turn bad so easily. My path of reasoning in how I arrived at my final decision: I treated Key 0 as an infinite, transcendent connecting point at the beginning and at the end of the Majors’ sequence. Some of the spreads are large, yet it was interesting to find them, such as the seven-card spread in the accompanying photograph, described as a ‘little spread for quick and concise answers.

Created at the behest of the renowned occultist and father of the modern Golden Dawn movement Israel Regardie, this stunning deck masterfully blends traditional Tarot imagery with descriptions from the Golden Dawn initiation ceremonies.So we have the Knight Scale being the first World (Fire), the Queen Scale being the second (Water), the King being the third (Air), and the Princess being the fourth (Earth). If the Divination refers to a material event of ordinary life, this card is not good, and shows folly, stupidity, eccentricity, and even mania, unless offset by very good cards. Many present-day concepts of ritual and magic that are at the centre of contemporary traditions, such as Wicca [1] and Thelema, were inspired by the Golden Dawn, which became one of the largest single influences on 20th-century Western occultism. You might also be familiar with literary members WB Yeats and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and those who went on to make their reputation in the world of esoteric Qabalah, such as Israel Regardie, Paul Foster Case, and Dion Fortune. Monthly newsletter featuring hot new releases, special sales offers, and informative articles and tips on emotional and physical wellness, holistic living and healing, and personal growth.

Wang’s dedication to capturing the depth of these symbols has resulted in a deck rich in detail and steeped in the mystique of the Inner Tradition. It seems like the author spent all their time on the first twenty two cards, then rushed through the final fifty four with only Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot for inspiration. If you collect Golden Dawn based tarot decks like the Ciceros’ Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot, Tarot of Ceremonial Magick, Godfrey Dowson’s Hermetic Tarot, or even a GD-offshoot deck like the B. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. The author of this deck, Robert Wang, states in his instruction booklet that the Golden Dawn Tarot is "the only truly esoteric deck ever to be published", i.It is also the only deck to reach public view that was designed for the exclusive use of a powerful secret fraternity. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. The premise here was less about his own original art, as you’ll see in his later Jungian Tarot, but rather, to recreate the works of S. Divination with tarot is, per Wang’s perspective as influenced by Golden Dawn ideology, a low form of magical art, and represents the most mundane use of the cards. After the Isis-Urania temple claimed its independence, there were even more disputes, leading to Yeats resigning.

The use of the Tarot for divination is seen as a means to provide an introduction to the visual patterns and subtle energies of the Tarot. The organization was of course secretive by nature, but eyewitness accounts never mentioned her as they did others, and her name does not appear on the rolls. The Minor Arcana follows a similar format in length and include angel association, alchemy and Kabbalistic influence as well as the divinatory paragraph. The Tarot is not a plaything, nor is it only a pack of cards designed for purposes of fortune-telling, although this use of it has preserved it for serious students through the vicissitudes of time and change. This kit includes a full-sized book explaining the meanings and symbolism of each card, and guidance for using them for divination, ritual, meditation, and magick.The Golden Dawn’s complex Tarot teachings included tables of correspondences, use of Tarot in magical workings, and elaborate spreads for divination. What that has to do with the colors is that as the initiates did in working through their tarot decks (again, from what I have read) was to use certain colors for each of the major arcana. The best known are The Book of Thoth, The Rider-Waite deck and The Builders of the Adytum, whose authors were members of the GD. The Princesses, as earthy court cards, are the active element that actually does what the others can only conceptualize.