Renaissance Tarot

Author: Diao Bian
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Born in Italy, the Tarot has survived a century of suppression by the Roman Catholic Church, demonstrating the inevitable existence of this thought system. Tarot is a form of wisdom that teaches people to try to grasp the unknown, maintain positivity and magnanimity in both favorable and adverse circumstances, and never give up hope. Is Tarot accurate for predicting fate? Who are the mysterious figures in the Tarot cards? What is the connection between the Gypsies and Tarot? This book will take you back to Renaissance Europe, unveiling its mysteries and offering a glimpse into the historical evolution, rituals, and various legends and traditions of the "Book of Spirits" – Tarot. Has Renaissance culture become distant today? Not at all. The spirit of that era still lingers in these cards: the lives in castles and noble palaces, the poetry sung in elegant courtyards, the hard labor of ordinary people at home and on the streets. The glory of knights, the schemes of nobles, and the quarrels of people, the spiritual anxieties of mystic scholars, the pursuit of knowledge by magicians and alchemists – all of these are brought back to life in Renaissance Tarot, reviving an extraordinary era that has never truly faded.