A History of the Occult Tarot: The classic work on secret societies and their mysterious Tarots

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Ronald Decker Sir Michael Dummett

A History of the Occult Tarot

The classic work on secret societies and their mysterious Tarots

Ronald Decker, Sir Michael Dummett

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English

September Publishing
02 October 2025

Occult studies; Tarot

When the Tarot was invented in Italy during the early fifteenth century, it was simply a pack of cards used for playing games, but today the cards are used throughout the world and not only for fortune telling - for true believers they are the key to secret knowledge and the meaning of life.

A History of the Occult Tarot is the classic work on the history of the Tarot deck and its use in occult circles. Decker and Dummett examine how the Tarot became the favoured divination tool of occultists from the late nineteenth century - a bridge to the spirit world, a map of the unconscious.

From Theosophical to Aleister Crowley to the Order of the Golden Dawn and P.D. Ouspensky, this compelling survey of the Tarot's history describes the many fascinating decks imagined over time as well as the secret histories of the mystics who devised them.

By: Ronald Decker, Sir Michael Dummett
Imprint: September Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9780715656099
ISBN 10: 0715656090
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 02 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ronald Decker is an art historian and curator of a notable collection of antique cards. He has taught art and art history at all levels of education and has studied Tarot cards in public and private collections across Europe. Sir Michael Dummett (1925-2011) was Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford and is the author of The Game of Tarot and other books on the Tarot as well as many books on philosophy.