01/03/2026
I believe the tarot is an obvious expression and putting-into-practice of symbology and narratology within a therapeutically recreational setting. If you understand storytelling, if you see the value of talking as a kind of therapy, or if you find joy, tragedy and humour in the game of self-mythologising, you can understand the tarot. "The occult sciences are therefore derived from Hermetic philosophy by way of intellectualisation. This is why one should not consider symbols — the Major Arcana of the Tarot, for example — as allegorical expressions of theories or concepts of these sciences. For it is the opposite which is true: it is the doctrines of the occult sciences which are derived from symbols [...]." - 'Meditations on the Tarot', Valentin Tomberg ⭐ Pictured: The major arcana of the Marseille Tarot✨