This advanced exploration of tarot cards includes an in-depth analysis of the 22 Major Arcana cards and explains their symbology and astrological science.
Written by famous French ceremonial magician Éliphaz Lévi, The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum details the mysticism of Tarot and explores cryptic Kabbalah - a Jewish branch of occult knowledge. First published in 1896.
The contents featured in this volume include:
- The Magician - Le Bateleur
- The Priestess - La Papesse
- The Emperor - L'Empereur
- The Pope - Hierophant-Le Pape
- The Chariot of Hermes - Le Chariot
- The Wheel of Fortune - La Roue de Fortune
- Death - La Mort
- Temperance - La Temperance
- The Star - L'Etoile
Eliphas Levi (1810–1875) was the greatest innovator in the revival of Western occultism, most significantly with his great leap of imagination that linked the tarot trumps to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. He set out his tarot theory in his book "Transcendental Magic," but never revealed its magical application. This was finally made public in 1896 when Dr. Westcott—creator of the Golden Dawn—translated and printed Levi's secret manuscript. It is this rare text that we are now re-issuing.