{"product_id":"the-magical-ritual-of-the-sanctum-regnum-interpreted-by-the-tarot-trumps-paperback-9781108044295","title":"The Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum; Interpreted by the Tarot Trumps (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044295","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Magical Ritual of the Sanctum Regnum\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eInterpreted by the Tarot Trumps\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA posthumous publication (1896) by an influential exponent of nineteenth-century occultism, interpreting the tarot trumps but finally asserting Christian revelation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eÉliphas Lévi (Author), W. Wynn Westcott (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044295, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e134 pages, 8 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 0.8 cm, 0.18 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eÉliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant, (1810–75) was instrumental in the revival of Western occultism in the nineteenth century, and published several influential books on magic that are also reissued in this series. This posthumous publication (1896) is a translation by William Wynn Westcott, co-founder of the 'Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn', of an unpublished French manuscript by Lévi, then owned by the spiritualist Edward Maitland. It includes eight of the author's drawings. Each short chapter outlines the meaning of one of the twenty-two tarot trumps and is followed by a brief editor's note describing the card's iconography and summarising interpretations (sometimes deliberately misleading) given in Lévi's earlier publications. The book ends with Kabbalistic prayers and rituals, praise of Jesus Christ as the great initiate, and a surprising assertion that Christianity has superseded ancient magic, revealing the life-long tension between Catholicism and magic in Lévi's personality and thought.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface by the editor\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Magician\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Priestess\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Empress\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Emperor\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Pope, or Hierophant\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Lovers\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Chariot of Hermes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Justice\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Hermit\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Wheel of Fortune\u003cbr\u003e 11. Fortitude\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Hanged Man\u003cbr\u003e 13. Death\u003cbr\u003e 14. Temperance\u003cbr\u003e 15. Satan\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Tower\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Star\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Moon\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Sun\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Last Judgment\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Unwise Man\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Universe\u003cbr\u003e The Kabalistic prayer\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Occult and religious maxims.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005239447832,"sku":"9781108044295","price":18.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044295i.jpg?v=1696746601","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-magical-ritual-of-the-sanctum-regnum-interpreted-by-the-tarot-trumps-paperback-9781108044295","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}