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'''[[Devil's Gate Dam]]''' is a flood control dam in the Arroyo Seco in northern Pasadena between La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena. The location is the narrowest spot on the Arroyo Seco's course below Millard Canyon. [[Occultist]]s [[Jack Parsons]] and [[Aleister Crowley]] believed the site of the dam was a portal to [[Hell]].
'''''[[An Occult Guide to the Tarot]]''''' is a book written by [[occultist]] and author [[Travis McHenry]] dealing with the history of [[tarot]] cards from their origins as playing cards to the modern usage of the cards for [[divination]]. It was published by [[Rockpool Publishing]] in 2025.


Devil's Gate is so-named because of the natural rock feature at the site which resembles [[the Devil]]. A 1947 article in the ''Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News'' states that Devil's Gate was named in 1858 by Judge B.S. Eaton because of "its resemblance to a point of that name on Sweetwater Creek." Judge Eaton explained in a letter that he had seen the original point in 1850 when traveling along the old California trail with a team of oxen.
Uniquely, it shows four full color images for all cards in the [[Major Arcana]] and [[Minor Arcana]] in addition to providing detailed meanings for every card. Each entry explains the historical foundations behind the card, esoteric interpretations, and the modern [[divination|divinatory]] significance. The four images of each card show the historical progression of the artwork and how it has changed over the course of 600 years since the [[tarot]] was created during the Italian Renaissance. It also includes examples of [[Trionfi]] artworks which the Major Arcana cards were originally based upon.


Throughout the 1800s, residents of Los Angeles considered the satanic-looking outcropping at Devil's Gate to be a natural wonder and often brought out of town visitors to the site. Large public gatherings were held there and children slid down the rocks while their parents hosted picnics nearby. A steel truss bridge was eventually built across the arroyo to allow easier crossing. The first dam, a low dam designed to supply water for the Lake Vineyard Company, was completed in October 1877 by Mr. J. de Barth Shorb.


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An Occult Guide to the Tarot is a book written by occultist and author Travis McHenry dealing with the history of tarot cards from their origins as playing cards to the modern usage of the cards for divination. It was published by Rockpool Publishing in 2025.

Uniquely, it shows four full color images for all cards in the Major Arcana and Minor Arcana in addition to providing detailed meanings for every card. Each entry explains the historical foundations behind the card, esoteric interpretations, and the modern divinatory significance. The four images of each card show the historical progression of the artwork and how it has changed over the course of 600 years since the tarot was created during the Italian Renaissance. It also includes examples of Trionfi artworks which the Major Arcana cards were originally based upon.


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