The Occult Tradition of the Tarot in Tangency with Ibn 'Arabi's Life and Teachings
Jereer El-Moor
Most researchers today would probably agree that playing cards were introduced to Christian Europe as an importation from the Arab world, however, the details of this are not well-established. In the first part of this long article, the author reviews the known facts of the history of playing cards (and the related history of the Tarot). He sets out to present "a credible case for regarding the Tarot as of Near Eastern provenance", and gives a personal view of its interpretation through the centuries. In the second part he goes on to interpret one of the trumps in the light of Ibn 'Arabi's 'Anqa' mughrib. Both parts of this article are big pdf files of about 480kb, and each will take some time to download.
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