{"product_id":"history-of-the-occult-tarot-9780715631225","title":"History of the Occult Tarot","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Tarot pack was invented in Italy in the early 15th century  it was simply a pack of cards  used for playing games. Esoteric interpretations of the pack date from late eighteenth-century France  and were confined to that country for a hundred years. Now the cards are used throughout the Western world and not only for fortune telling. For real believers  the cards are a key to secret knowledge of the meaning of life. Practiced by secret groups such as the Order of the Golden Dawn  by magi such as Aleister Crowley - the Great Beast  and by psychics such as Dion Fortune  the occult interpretation of the Tarot pack is a worldwide phenomenon with countless devotees. The roots of the whole modern Tarot mystique lie in theories propagated by the occultists studied in this fascinating history. Tarot occultism is a significant part of modern social history. The first part of the story was told in A Wicked Pack of Cards  which traced its origins in France. In The History of the Occult Tarot the authors bring the story up to date  following its progress in other countries  especially Britain and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646669316149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0715631225","price":489.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780715631225.jpg?v=1781677021","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/history-of-the-occult-tarot-9780715631225","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}