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The [[occult]] significance of the trump cards began to emerge in the 18th century when [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]], a Swiss clergyman and Freemason, published ''Le Monde Primitif''. The construction of the occult and divinatory significance of the [[tarot]], and the Major and Minor Arcana, continued on from there. For example, Court de Gébelin argued for the Egyptian, [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]], and divine significance of the tarot trumps; [[Etteilla]] created a method of divination using tarot; [[Éliphas Lévi]] worked to break away from the Egyptian nature of the divinatory tarot by focusing on the ''[[Tarot de Marseilles]]'', creating an extensive Kabbalastic correspondence, and even suggested that the Major Arcana represent stages of life. | The [[occult]] significance of the trump cards began to emerge in the 18th century when [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]], a Swiss clergyman and Freemason, published ''Le Monde Primitif''. The construction of the occult and divinatory significance of the [[tarot]], and the Major and Minor Arcana, continued on from there. For example, Court de Gébelin argued for the Egyptian, [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]], and divine significance of the tarot trumps; [[Etteilla]] created a method of divination using tarot; [[Éliphas Lévi]] worked to break away from the Egyptian nature of the divinatory tarot by focusing on the ''[[Tarot de Marseilles]]'', creating an extensive Kabbalastic correspondence, and even suggested that the Major Arcana represent stages of life. | ||
By the 19th century, the tarot came to be regarded as a "bible of bibles", an esoteric repository of all the significant truths of creation. The trend was started by prominent freemason and Protestant cleric Antoine Court de Gébelin. A contemporary of his, the Comte de Mellet, added to Court de Gébelin's claims by suggesting (attacked as being erroneous) that the tarot was associated with Romani people and was in fact the imprinted book of [[Hermes Trismegistus]]. These claims were continued by Etteilla. | By the 19th century, the tarot came to be regarded as a "[[bible]] of bibles", an esoteric repository of all the significant truths of creation. The trend was started by prominent freemason and Protestant cleric Antoine Court de Gébelin. A contemporary of his, the Comte de Mellet, added to Court de Gébelin's claims by suggesting (attacked as being erroneous) that the tarot was associated with Romani people and was in fact the imprinted book of [[Hermes Trismegistus]]. These claims were continued by Etteilla. | ||
Etteilla is primarily recognized as the founder and propagator of the divinatory tarot, but he also participated in the propagation of the occult tarot by claiming the tarot had an ancient Egyptian origin and was an account of the creation of the world and a book of eternal medicine. Éliphas Lévi revitalized the occult tarot by associating it with the mystical Kabbalah and making it a prime ingredient in magical lore. | Etteilla is primarily recognized as the founder and propagator of the divinatory tarot, but he also participated in the propagation of the occult tarot by claiming the tarot had an ancient Egyptian origin and was an account of the creation of the world and a book of eternal medicine. Éliphas Lévi revitalized the occult tarot by associating it with the mystical Kabbalah and making it a prime ingredient in magical lore. | ||