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Carefully written so as not to offend his largely Catholic audience, it immediately became popular public reading. It surveyed the whole of the occult, explaining each element, and provided a history of occult practice in the West from ancient times. The book is especially notable for being the source of the terms [[Major Arcana]] and [[Minor Arcana]] to describe the sections of the [[Tarot]]. | Carefully written so as not to offend his largely Catholic audience, it immediately became popular public reading. It surveyed the whole of the occult, explaining each element, and provided a history of occult practice in the West from ancient times. The book is especially notable for being the source of the terms [[Major Arcana]] and [[Minor Arcana]] to describe the sections of the [[Tarot]]. | ||
The first American Edition published by Citadel Press in 1963 altered the title to ''The History and Practice of Magic''. This edition was released as two volumes with revisions from the original text. | |||
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