Meditations on the tarot

a journey into Christian hermeticism

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Robert Powell: Meditations on the tarot (2002, J.P. Tarcher/Putnam)

670 pages

English language

Published Aug. 11, 2002 by J.P. Tarcher/Putnam.

ISBN:
978-1-58542-161-9
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OCLC Number:
48691418

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Of interest for anyone wondering about a possible dialogue between the esoteric and christianity. In this regard the endorsement and the forword and afterword by cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar is noteworthy. He notes that the "The author wished to remain anonymous in order to allow the work to speak for itself, to avoid the interposition of any kind of personal element between the work and the reader - reasons that we respect."
The book is not about divination. The author uses the symbols of the tarot as object of meditations on aspects of the Catholic faith.
Of interest is his take on the relation between non-fallen Nature, Mary, Sophia, the Virgin, being Chaste and his views on the notion of the holy trinity illuminated by this fourth element. Also noteworthy is his take on apparitions and the Amsterdam 'Lady of all nations': "I may add that I went to …

Subjects

  • Tarot.
  • Hermetism.