{"collection":"Tarot","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/tarot/tob/tob02.htm","path":"tarot/tob/tob02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/tarot/tob/tob02.htm","text":"| PART I. | | \n| THE \"GENERAL KEY TO THE TAROT,\" GIVING THE ABSOLUTE KEY TO OCCULT SCIENCE. | PAGE | \n| CHAP. I.--INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TAROT: Approaching End of Materialism--Synthesis--The Occult Science--The Secret Societies--The Cultus--The People, Transmitter of Esoterism--The Gypsies--The Sacred Word of Freemasonry--Our Work | 3 | \n| II.--THE SACRED WORD YOD-HE-VAU-HE: The Kabbalah and the Sacred Word--The Yod--The He--The Vau--The 2nd He--Synthesis of the Sacred Word | 17 | \n| III.--THE ESOTERISM OF NUMBERS: The Theosophic Numbers and Operations--Signification of the Numbers | 26 | \n| IV.--ANALOGY BETWEEN THE SACRED WORD AND NUMBERS: The Kabbalistic Word and the Series of Numbers--Explanation of the Tetractys of Pythagoras--Figuration of the General Law | 32 | \n| p. x | | \n| V.--THE KEY TO THE MINOR ARCANA: Formation of the Tarot--Study of a Colour--The Four Figures--The Ten Numbers--Affinity between the Figures and the Numbers--Study of the Four Colours--A Comprehensive Glance over the Minor Arcana | 35 | \n| VI.--THE KEY TO THE MAJOR ARCANA: The Major Arcana--1st Ternary--2nd Ternary--1st Septenary--2nd Septenary-The Three Septenaries and the Ternary of Transition | 51 | \n| VII.--CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAJOR AND MINOR ARCANA: Domination of the 1st Septenary--Affinities of the 2nd Septenary in the Tarot, Card by Card--Ditto of the 3rd Septenary--General Affinities--Affinities of Yod, He, Vau, and of the 2nd He | 61 | \n| General Figure giving the Key to the Tarot | 68 | \n| PART II. | | \n| SYMBOLISM IN THE TAROT. APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL KEY TO THE SYMBOLISM. | | \n| VIII.--INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SYMBOLISM: The Symbols--The Primitive Terms--Key of Symbolism--Definition of the Sense of one of the Symbols--General Law of Symbolism | 71 | \n| IX.--HISTORY OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TAROT. INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN: The Tarot is an Egyptian Book--Its Transformations--Mantegna's Pack--Venetian Tarot--Florentine Tarot--Bolognese Tarot--Hindu Tarot--p. xi Chinese Tarot-Modem Tarots--Etteila--Marseilles--Besan\u00e7on--Watillaux--Oswald Wirth--Italian and German Tarots--Constitution of the Symbolism of the Tarot--The Primitive Hieroglyphic Signs--The 22 Hebrew Letters | 81 | \n| X.--THE SYMBOLICAL TAROT. THE 1ST SEPTENARY. ARCANA 1 TO 7. THEOGONY: Scheme of Work--Key to the 1st Septenary--The 1st Card of the Tarot the Origin of all the others--The Three Principles of the Absolute--The Trinity--Figure of the 1st Card and its Affinities | 96 | \n| 2nd Card--The High Priestess (Beth) | 112 | \n| 3rd Card--The Empress (Gimel) | 115 | \n| 4th Card--The Emperor (Daleth) | 119 | \n| 5th Card--The Pope (He) | 123 | \n| 6th Card--The Lovers (Van) | 127 | \n| Summary--Constitution of God | 132 | \n| XI.--2ND SEPTENARY. ANDROGONY: Key to the 2nd Septenary | 133 | \n| 7th Card--The Chariot (Zain) | 135 | \n| 8th Card--Justice (Cheth) | 138 | \n| 9th Card--The Hermit (Teth) | 142 | \n| 10th Card--The Wheel of Fortune (Yod) | 145 | \n| 11th Card--Strength (Kaph) | 148 | \n| 12th Card--The Hanged Man (Lamed) | 151 | \n| Summary--Constitution of Man | 155 | \n| XII.--3RD SEPTENARY. COSMOGONY: Key to the 3rd Septenary | 156 | \n| 13th Card--Death (Mem) | 158 | \n| 14th Card--Temperance (Nun) | 161 | \n| 15th Card--The Devil (Samech) | 164 | \n| p. xii | | \n| 16th Card--The Lightning-struck Tower (Zain) | 168 | \n| 17th Card--The Star (Phe) | 171 | \n| 18th Card--The Moon (Tzaddi) | 174 | \n| Summary--Constitution of the Universe | 177 | \n| XIII.--GENERAL TRANSITION | 178 | \n| 19th Card--The Sun (Qoph) | 179 | \n| 20th Card--The Judgment (Resh) | 182 | \n| 21st Card--The Foolish Man (Shin) | 185 | \n| 22nd Card--The Universe (Tau) | 188 | \n| Summary | 192 | \n| XIV.--GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE SYMBOLICAL TAROT: Involution and Evolution | 193 | \n| Theogony.--The Absolute according to Wronski, Lacuria, and the Tarot--Theogony of Divers Religions identical with that of the Tarot--Summary | 194 | \n| Androgony: Figure with Summary | 210 | \n| Cosmogony: Figure with Summary | 214 | \n| Figure containing the Symbolism of all the Major Arcana, enabling the Signification of each Card to be easily defined | 220-221 | \n| PART III. | | \n| APPLICATIONS OF THE TAROT. | | \n| XV.--GENERAL KEY TO THE APPLICATIONS OF THE TAROT: The Principle and the Forms--The 21st Card of the Tarot is a Figure--Principle--The Tarot--The Year--The Month--The Day--The Human Life | 225 | \n| p. xiii | | \n| XVI.--THE ASTRONOMIC TAROT: Egyptian Astronomy--The Four Seasons--The Twelve Months--The Thirty-six Decans--The Planets--Absolute Analogy with the Tarot--Figure containing the Application of the Tarot to Astronomy--Key to the Astrological Works of Christian--Oswald Wirth's Astronomical Tarot | 233 | \n| XVII.--THE INITIATIVE TAROT: Ch. Barlet's Essay on this Subject--Involution and Evolution--The Hours of Apollonius of Tyana--The Phases of Initiation represented by the Tarot | 253 | \n| Barlet's Work upon the COSMOGONIC TAROT | 253 | \n| XVIII.--THE KABBALISTIC TAROT: Deductions by Etteila upon the Book of Thoth--Example of the Application of the Tarot to the Kabbalah, the Hierogram of Adam by Stanislas de Gualta | 291 | \n| XIX.--THE AUTHORS WHO HAVE INTERESTED THEMSELVES IN THE TAROT: Raymond Lulle--Cardan--Postel--The Rosicrucians--Court de G\u00e9belin--Etteila--Claude de Saint-Martin--J. A. Vaillaint--Christian--Eliphas Levi--St. de Guaita--Jos\u00e9phin P\u00e9ladan--The Platonist--Theosophical Publications--F. Ch. Barlet--O. Wirth--Poirel--Ely Star--H. P. Blavatsky--Ch. de Sivry--Mathers | 297 | \n| XX.--THE DIVINING TAROT IN SEVEN LESSONS. Introduction: To our Lady Readers--Astronomy and Astrology--Intuition--Fortune-telling by the Tarot in Seven Lessons | 301 | \n| 1st Lesson--Simplification of the Rules of Fortune-telling by the Tarot | 305 | \n| 2nd Lesson--Minor Arcana--Signification p. xiv--A good Memory unnecessary for their retention-Key to the Divining Tarot | 307 | \n| 3rd Lesson--Major Arcana--Signification from a Divining Point of View | 316 | \n| 4th Lesson--Basis of the Application of this Knowledge--Arrangement of the Cards | 318 | \n| 5th Lesson--Reading the Tarot--Rapid Process--Elaborate Process | 322 | \n| 6th Lesson--Etteila's original and unpublished Method of reading the Tarot (from one of his rarest works). 1st Deal--2nd Deal--3rd Deal--4th Deal | 327 | \n| 7th Lesson--Conclusion--Bibliography | 333 | \n| XXI.--APPLICATION OF THE TAROT TO GAMES: The Royal Game of the Human Life according to the Egyptians--The Unity of Games in the Tarot | 335 | \n| XXII.--CONCLUSION OF THE WORK | 343 | \n| INDEX | 349 | \n| TABLE OF THE AUTHORS AND PRINCIPAL WORKS QUOTED | 353 |","title":"Tarot of the Bohemians: Contents","type":"page"}