{"product_id":"the-qabalistic-tarot-a-textbook-of-mystical-philosophy","title":"The Qabalistic Tarot: A Textbook of Mystical Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW 2004 REVISED EDITION  Hailed by reviewers as \"a masterpiece \" and as \"the single most profound reference of its kind \" The Qabalistic Tarot has become the standard in its field  a book essential to all students of Tarot symbolism. It is both a textbook and a sourcebook for the symbols of the Western Hermetic Qabalah  a corpus of mystical ideas which have  for centuries  exerted a powerful influence on the development of Western thought. Dr. Wang explains the Tarot as an externalization of a mystical system which has evolved from approximately the third century C.E. to our own time. He traces the development of Qabalistic ideas from the Neoplatonic through the Medieval  Renaissance  and Modern periods  systematically discussing each Sephira and Path on the Tree of Life. He uses the Tarot images as a point of visual reference  and provides a thorough explanation of the symbolic intricacies of the Paths. The Qabalistic Tarot is recommended as a comprehensive textbook for individual study or for the classroom. The first and only work based on the four major decks in use today  it is the ideal companion book for the Golden Dawn Tarot  the Thoth Tarot  the Rider-Waite Tarot  or the traditional Marseilles deck.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44474742931509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0971559139","price":107.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780971559134.jpg?v=1770445762","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-qabalistic-tarot-a-textbook-of-mystical-philosophy","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}