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academic studies

A Wicked Pack of Cards: Origins of the Occult Tarot by Decker, Depaulis and Dummett
focusing on the documented and provable history of the cards and their use as a game, debunking some of the wild claims made by Hermeticists

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tarot de Marseille based studies

The Marseille Tarot Revealed by Yoav Ben-Dov
a great beginner's book, and the card interpretations used in this website

Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Marianne Costa
rich and complex interpretations of the Marseille tarot

Seeing The World by Jean Claude Flornoy
a fascinating book by the restorer of the tarots of Dodal and Noblet, linking the tarot to the history of the Compagnons du Devoir

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Hermetic and ritualistic tarot studies

The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A. E. Waite
Arthur Waite's explanations of Pamela Coleman Smith's ubiquitous tarot deck

The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages by Paul Foster Case
Paul Case's reworking of the Waite-Smith deck with deeper Qabalistic insights

The Book of Thoth by Alesiter Crowley
Crowley's magnum opus, a detailed exposition of his recreation of the tarot as painted by Freida Harris

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Martinist and Rosicrucian tarot studies

Tarot Majors and Tarot Minors by G.O.Mebes
the major and minor arcana described as a path of personal development and reintegration, first published in 1912

The Solar Way by Nina Roudnikova
a complex and instructive summary of the work of her teacher (G.O.M.), smuggled out of Russia ahead of the purges of the Bolshevik regieme

Meditations on the Tarot by Victor Tomberg
a beautiful book (originally published anonymously) exploring the major arcana as Christian Hermeticism

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