The Magian Tarok: The Origins of the Tarot in the Mithraic and Hermetic Traditions

This book explores the historical roots and mythology of the Tarot’s symbolic images. Stephen E. Flowers reveals the Tarot’s symbolism emerged during the Magical Papyri’s writing in Greco-Roman Egypt. He explains the Major Arcana’s sequencing and explores the Stoeicheia, an alphabet for understanding the cosmos, as the template for the Tarot. He also shows the 22 Major Arcana cards relate to the 22 Roman oracular letters. He also debunks myths surrounding the Tarot, connecting them to Egypt, the Romani people, the Semitic tradition, and runes. By restoring the original mysteria to the Tarot’s icons, we gain deeper insight into their divinatory power.