The Tarot - Richard Cavendish - 1975

"Most of us have heard about the Tarot, many of us have examined its mysterious pack of cards and tried to fathom its meaning. What do they tell us, these strange figures? Do we believe in their supernatural power? How does the Tarot work, what is its history, and how, through it, may we interpret the future?... Richard Cavendish presents his intricate subject in a scholarly yet marvelously clear way. He traces the history and the meanings attributed to the Tarot through the years and goes on to explain traditional interpretations in a card-by-card analysis -- its relation to the Cabala, the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, symbolic animals, the elements, planets, signs of the zodiac, human qualities, and a host of other key ideas. Finally he tells us the use of the Tarot in magic and meditation, and most exciting of all, how to lay out and read the cards -- his instructions are explicit -- for telling the future. Illustrated by explanatory diagrams and tables, a gallery of magnificent colour plates and black-and-white pictures, this book is a wonderful present, a unique compendium of information, and a remarkable tribute and study of the Tarot, one of the strangest and most fascinating mysteries that ever there was." The Tarot - Richard Cavendish Published 1975, Michael Joseph Ltd, London. Hardcover. Approx. 8.5x11. 191pp. No dust jacket, though the inside front flap is included (see photo)