To discover the Tarot is to discover ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our eager for that means, for goal and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old custom displays not solely a historical past of seekers, however our journey of inventive expression and the methods we talk our collective human story.
For a lot of within the West, Tarot exists within the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical custom assigned to the dusty glass cupboards of the arcane. Its historical past, lengthy and obscure, has been handed down by secret writing, oral custom, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. Tons of of years and a whole lot of inventive palms—mystics and artists typically working in collaboration—have remodeled what was basically a parlor sport right into a supply of divination and system of self-exploration, as every new era has sought to evolve the shape and reinterpret the medium.
Writer Jessica Hundley traces this fascinating historical past in Tarot, the debut quantity in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica collection. The e book explores the symbolic that means behind greater than 500 playing cards and works of unique artwork, two thirds of which have by no means been revealed outdoors of the decks themselves. It is the primary ever visible compendium of its form, spanning from Medieval to trendy, and artfully organized in keeping with the sequencing of the 78 playing cards of the Main and Minor Arcana. It explores the highly effective affect of Tarot as muse to artists like Salvador Dalí and Niki de Saint Phalle and consists of the decks of almost 100 various up to date artists from around the globe, all of whom have embraced the medium for its capability to push cultural identification ahead. Rounding out the quantity are excerpts from thinkers similar to Éliphas Lévi, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell; a foreword by artist Penny Slinger; a information to studying the playing cards by Johannes Fiebig; and an essay on oracle decks by Marcella Kroll.
In regards to the collection
The Library of Esoterica explores how centuries of artists have given type to mysticism, translating the arcane and the obscure into enduring, visionary artistic endeavors. Every topic is showcased by each trendy and archival imagery culled from non-public collectors, libraries, and museums across the globe. The outcome kinds an inclusive visible historical past, a research of our primal pull to dream and nightmare, and the inventive methods we try to hook up with the divine.
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