In a message dated 12/21/00 11:26:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> I believe Eliphas Levi was the first person to use the Tarot for this
purpose.
> My memory of this is a little vague (no, not of the 19th century!) because
> it's my recollection of a radio documentary of about 15 years ago on the
> topic.
>
> Levi also linked the Major Arcana (or Trumps) to the letters of the Hebrew
> Alphabet; prior to this generally only parallels with Egyptian religious
> thought had been drawn.
>
> Levi was also responsible for the upsurge of interest in the Qabala in
19th
> century France; he prepared new translations of Sefer Zohar at least, and
may
> have done so for other books (as I say, my memory of this is vague). Thus
he
> drew parallels between the Qabala and the Tarot. Believe it or not, I think
I
> still have the radio documentary on tape somewhere if anyone needs to know
> more.
>
> Rob
Yes, this is interesting.
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