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1、AnIntroductiontotheStudyoftheTarotbyPaulFosterCaseAsaneruditebook,allcombinationsofwhichrevealtheharmoniespreexistingbetweensignsandnumbers,thepracticalvalueoftheTarotistrulyandaboveallmarvelous-EliphasLeviOriginallypublishedinNewYork,19202IntroductiontotheStudyofTarotPrefaceThisbookaimstoshow
2、howtousetheTarotcardsforthepurposeofevokingthought,andthusbringingtothesurfaceofthestudent'sconsciousnessthosegreat,fundamentalprinciplesofOccultSciencewhichliehiddenintheheartsofallmankind.Alltheseprinciplesarebaseduponasingletruth,andknowledgeofthattruthisinnateineveryhumanbeing;butnotuntili
3、thasbeenfoundandbroughtintothelightofconsciousnessisitavailableforuse.Hencetheportalsofancienttemplesborethemotto,KnowThyself;henceJesussaid,SeekfirstthekingdomofGod,whichiswithinyou;andEckhartshausendeclared:Asinfinityinnumberslosesitselfintheunitwhichistheirbasis,andastheinnumerableraysofaci
4、rcle,areunitedinasinglecenter,soitisalsowiththeMysteries;theirhieroglyphicsandinfinitudeofemblemshavetheobjectofexemplifyingbutonesingletruth.Hewhoknowsthishasfoundthekeytounderstandeverything,andallatonce.ItsrichsymbolismandingeniousconstructionmaketheTarotthebestofallinstrumentsfortrueoccult
5、education,i.e.,fordrawingoutthewisdomhiddenintheheartofman.Properinterpretationofthesesymbols,however,requiressonicknowledgeoftheelementsoftheQabalah.Thestudentwillfindtheseessentialsinthefirstfourchaptersofthisbook.Inconnectionwiththem,thefrontispieceshouldbestudiedverycarefully,foritis,inver
6、ytruth,akeytoallthingsoccult.ThecirclesarethetenSephiroth.Theirnumbersareprintedabovetheirnames,andthesearealsothenumbersoftheTarottrumpsfromtheMagiciantotheWheelofFortune.BelowtheSephirotictitlesarethenumbersofthemajortrumpswhichalsocorrespondtothoseSephiroth.Tothosecriticswhomaycomplainthatm
7、yinterpretationsoftheTarotdifferwidelyfrommostofthosepublishedhitherto,IwouldpointoutthefactthatnearlyalltheexplanationsoftheTarotthathavefoundtheirwayintoprinthavebeenbaseduponthefalseattributionofthecardstotheHebrewalphabet,usedbyElip
