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The three most common decks used in esoteric tarot are the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, and the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck. | The three most common decks used in esoteric tarot are the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, and the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck. | ||
[[Aleister Crowley]], who devised the Thoth deck along with Lady Frieda Harris, stated of the tarot: "The origin of this pack of cards is very obscure. Some authorities seek to put it back as far as the ancient Egyptian Mysteries; others try to bring it forward as late as the fifteenth or even the sixteenth century ... [but] The only theory of ultimate interest about the Tarot is that it is an admirable symbolic picture of the Universe, based on the data of the [[Kabbalah|Holy Qabalah]]." | [[Aleister Crowley]], who devised the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck along with Lady Frieda Harris, stated of the tarot: "The origin of this pack of cards is very obscure. Some authorities seek to put it back as far as the ancient Egyptian Mysteries; others try to bring it forward as late as the fifteenth or even the sixteenth century ... [but] The only theory of ultimate interest about the Tarot is that it is an admirable symbolic picture of the Universe, based on the data of the [[Kabbalah|Holy Qabalah]]." | ||
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