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Papess Maifreda Visconti of the Guglielmites—new evidence
Gertrude Moakley (The Tarot Cards Painted by Bonifacio Bembo, 1966) introduced the Tarot world to a possible original source of the Papess card. Maifreda (or Manfreda) Visconti da Pirovano was to be d… more →
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Papess Maifreda Visconti of the Guglielmites—new evidence
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mkg wrote 1 month ago: Gertrude Moakley (The Tarot Cards Painted by Bonifacio Bembo, 1966) introduced the Tarot world to a … more →
VITRIOL—in the Thoth Issue of Tarosophist International
mkg wrote 1 month ago: The Tarosophist International: The Magazine of Tarosophy is a new journal put out by Tarot Professio … more →
Charles Williams’ THE GREATER TRUMPS, reviewed by Paul Nagy
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mkg wrote 3 months ago: I am reprinting here a long review written by Paul Nagy of what I consider the greatest tarot novel … more →
Finding Meaning: 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card
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mkg wrote 3 months ago: “If you’re interested in deepening your understanding of the Tarot, forming a personal b … more →
Jodorowsky's Three Card Theosophic Sum Spread
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mkg wrote 3 months ago: Alejandro Jodorowsky presents a variation on the Three Card Spread that I’ve found very powerf … more →
The Fortune-Teller, a Gypsy Tale
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mkg wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been gathering pictures of cartomancers for a future gallery and in the process came acro … more →
Javier Sierra's The Secret Supper
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mkg wrote 4 months ago: Several cards printed with curious effigies tumbled onto the floor. The first corresponded to a woma … more →
Paul Huson's Tarot World
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mkg wrote 5 months ago: I highly recommend this interview by Arlene deWinter with Paul Huson. Long ago (1971) Paul wrote a b … more →
Rossetti's "The Card-Dealer"
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mkg wrote 8 months ago: Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s first published poem, “The Card- … more →
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
mkg wrote 8 months ago: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins (1994) is about the transformative quest of materialist c … more →
He Who Found the Fool
mkg wrote 10 months ago: “A gypsy told me once I was a fool. The fool who sought the fool.” So says, Ethan Gage, … more →
TV / Movie Updates
mkg wrote 1 year ago: I’ve made quite a few additions to my TV & Movie Tarot Watch List, especially clips from o … more →
Dan Pelletier's "The Process" Audio Book
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: Dan Pelletier consulted the tarot before heading from his home in Seattle to New York to train for a … more →
Grail Myths in the Minor Arcana: Cups
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: A. E. Waite published his book The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal the same year, 1909, that the Tar … more →
Riddle me this
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: When does a traveler stand concurrently at both the beginning and the end of his journey . . . ready … more →
Listening to Coleman Barks
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: Went to hear Coleman Barks read poetry last night. It was food for the soul! I was especially struck … more →
Inna Semetsky on Knowing Thyself
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: Scholarly-oriented readers will appreciate a paper on Tarot by Inna Semetsky called “Simplifyi … more →
Major Arcana Planetary Triplicities
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn introduced what I consider the most extensive and elegant set … more →
Poets Kay Ryan, Alice Notley & Tarot
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mkg wrote 1 year ago: The U.S.A. has a new Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan. And, she tells everyone she started her career by writ … more →
