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[[File:Court de Gébelin.jpg|400px|thumb|Antoine Court de Gébelin depicted as the two of wands in the [[Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot]]]] | [[File:Court de Gébelin.jpg|400px|thumb|Antoine Court de Gébelin depicted as the two of wands in the [[Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot]]]] | ||
'''Antoine Court''', who named himself '''Antoine Court de Gébelin''' (Nîmes, January 25, 1725 – Paris, May 10, 1784), was a Protestant pastor, born at Nîmes, who initiated the interpretation of the [[ | '''Antoine Court''', who named himself '''Antoine Court de Gébelin''' (Nîmes, January 25, 1725 – Paris, May 10, 1784), was a Protestant pastor, born at Nîmes, who initiated the interpretation of the [[tarot]] as an arcane repository of timeless esoteric wisdom in 1781. | ||
Court de Gébelin, who adopted the surname of his grandmother, was a literary man of recognized rank, and rendered excellent service, first as his father's literary assistant and assistant and afterward as a scholar at the capital. He is remembered in connection with the case of Jean Calas, by his work ''Les Toulousaines, ou lettres historiques et apologétiques en faveur de la religion réformée'' (Lausanne, 1763). | |||
Although he was not an [[occultist]], Court de Gébelin's legacy is completely overshadowed by his short discourse on the history of the [[tarot]] and its usage as a [[divination]] tool. | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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Court de Gébelin presented dictionaries of etymology, what he called a universal grammar, and discourses on the origins of language. His volumes were so popular he republished them separately, as ''Histoire naturelle de la parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Langage & de la Grammaire Universelle'' ("Natural History of Speech, or a Treatise on the Origins of Language and of Universal Grammar"), in Paris, 1776. | Court de Gébelin presented dictionaries of etymology, what he called a universal grammar, and discourses on the origins of language. His volumes were so popular he republished them separately, as ''Histoire naturelle de la parole, ou Précis de l'Origine du Langage & de la Grammaire Universelle'' ("Natural History of Speech, or a Treatise on the Origins of Language and of Universal Grammar"), in Paris, 1776. | ||
With regard to mythology and symbology, he discussed the origins of allegory in antiquity and recreated a history of the calendar from civil, religious, and mythological perspectives. | With regard to mythology and symbology, he discussed the origins of allegory in antiquity and recreated a history of the [[Gregorian calendar|calendar]] from civil, religious, and mythological perspectives. | ||
==Tarot== | ==Tarot== | ||