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A Rapsody of Bizarre and Extravagant Figures: Diving into the Unconventional History and Practices of French Tarot and Other Card Divination Systems, starting April 13
10-Class Online Course
Schedule: Biweekly, April through August
Date: Sunday April 13, 27; May 11, 25; June 8, 22; July 6th, 20th, August 10th, 24th
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm
Admission: $175- ( $130 for Patreon Members - To become a member, click HERE)
10 Classes online course, every two weeks, from April to August
Seeing a deck of Tarot cards for the first time, Antoine Court de Gébelin described the images in his 1781 book Monde Primitif as “a rhapsody of bizarre and extravagant figures.” This vivid characterization aptly mirrors the history of card divination in France from the 18th century onward, where both the individuals and systems involved proved to be just as quirky as his description.
France has cultivated a quite peculiar, storied and rich relationship with cards, tying together artistry, inventivity and sometimes mysticism. If card makers flourished across the centuries, France—perhaps more than any other nation—boasts a pantheon of first timers in the making of what we called the esoteric tarot and card cultures. Term-coiners, hermetic scholars, celebrity cartomancers even! Let’s be honest, it’s a pretty wild story. From the 18th century on, the culture surrounding cards as a divination tool evolved in fascinatingly intricate ways, marked by colorful figures, eccentric narratives, but most importantly, very innovative techniques that still color the way we read cards today.
This class offers an expansive survey of French divination traditions using cards—of all types—as a tool, tracing the development of systems from the earliest iterations of playing card fortunes to the complex esoteric frameworks of Tarot and other French-specific systems. Participants will delve into the origins, historical milieu, and creative minds behind these systems while engaging in hands-on exploration of their methodologies. Together, we’ll actually play with these cards, not just look at them. This will be your opportunity to try historical systems that you might never have heard of because they are too French to translate. The techniques and spreads introduced will shine a light on both the celebrated and the overlooked architects of iconic decks and their systems and maybe inspire you to integrate them into your practice.
Class 1: Pre-Etteilla Cartomancy: Fortunes Told with Cards and Games Before 1700
Class 2: 18th Century - Etteilla, “Cartonomancy” and the Dawn of Esoteric Tarot.
Class 3: The Primeval World: Antoine Court de Gébelin and Comte de Mellet: Tarot and the Myth of Its Egyptian Origins.
Class 4: Mademoiselle Lenormand and Card Divination and Fortune Telling During the French Revolution.
Class 5: High Magic vs. Parlor Divination: Éliphas Lévi’s influence against the development of Fortune Telling Game.
Class 6: Papus - Tarot of the Bohemians and the Martinist Order.
Class 7: Oswald Wirth - Tarot, Symbolist Influences, and l'Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix
Class 8: 1930 and the Ancien Tarot de Marseille: Paul Marteau and B.P. Grimaud’s Legacy
Class 9: Marcel Belline: Reviving the Mage Edmond’s Grand Tarot and Belline Oracle Legacy
Class 10: Tarot Nouveau: Tchalai and Jodorowsky - Visionary Scholars of Modern Tarot
Image:
1: The Tarot Chapel of Chateau des Avenieres, photo by Eugene Vinitski and Elsa Khapatnukovski
2: A original notebook of the Mage Edmond
3: The Oswarld Wirth Tarot des Imagiers du Moyen Age, in the 1899 and 1926 version.
4: The Hanged Man from the Noblet Tarot
5: Etteilla
6: Drawing by the Mage Edmond
7: Papus’s Grave in Pere Lachaise Cemetery
8: Eliphas Levi’s Tarot notebook.
10-Class Online Course
Schedule: Biweekly, April through August
Date: Sunday April 13, 27; May 11, 25; June 8, 22; July 6th, 20th, August 10th, 24th
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm
Admission: $175- ( $130 for Patreon Members - To become a member, click HERE)
10 Classes online course, every two weeks, from April to August
Seeing a deck of Tarot cards for the first time, Antoine Court de Gébelin described the images in his 1781 book Monde Primitif as “a rhapsody of bizarre and extravagant figures.” This vivid characterization aptly mirrors the history of card divination in France from the 18th century onward, where both the individuals and systems involved proved to be just as quirky as his description.
France has cultivated a quite peculiar, storied and rich relationship with cards, tying together artistry, inventivity and sometimes mysticism. If card makers flourished across the centuries, France—perhaps more than any other nation—boasts a pantheon of first timers in the making of what we called the esoteric tarot and card cultures. Term-coiners, hermetic scholars, celebrity cartomancers even! Let’s be honest, it’s a pretty wild story. From the 18th century on, the culture surrounding cards as a divination tool evolved in fascinatingly intricate ways, marked by colorful figures, eccentric narratives, but most importantly, very innovative techniques that still color the way we read cards today.
This class offers an expansive survey of French divination traditions using cards—of all types—as a tool, tracing the development of systems from the earliest iterations of playing card fortunes to the complex esoteric frameworks of Tarot and other French-specific systems. Participants will delve into the origins, historical milieu, and creative minds behind these systems while engaging in hands-on exploration of their methodologies. Together, we’ll actually play with these cards, not just look at them. This will be your opportunity to try historical systems that you might never have heard of because they are too French to translate. The techniques and spreads introduced will shine a light on both the celebrated and the overlooked architects of iconic decks and their systems and maybe inspire you to integrate them into your practice.
Class 1: Pre-Etteilla Cartomancy: Fortunes Told with Cards and Games Before 1700
Class 2: 18th Century - Etteilla, “Cartonomancy” and the Dawn of Esoteric Tarot.
Class 3: The Primeval World: Antoine Court de Gébelin and Comte de Mellet: Tarot and the Myth of Its Egyptian Origins.
Class 4: Mademoiselle Lenormand and Card Divination and Fortune Telling During the French Revolution.
Class 5: High Magic vs. Parlor Divination: Éliphas Lévi’s influence against the development of Fortune Telling Game.
Class 6: Papus - Tarot of the Bohemians and the Martinist Order.
Class 7: Oswald Wirth - Tarot, Symbolist Influences, and l'Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix
Class 8: 1930 and the Ancien Tarot de Marseille: Paul Marteau and B.P. Grimaud’s Legacy
Class 9: Marcel Belline: Reviving the Mage Edmond’s Grand Tarot and Belline Oracle Legacy
Class 10: Tarot Nouveau: Tchalai and Jodorowsky - Visionary Scholars of Modern Tarot
Image:
1: The Tarot Chapel of Chateau des Avenieres, photo by Eugene Vinitski and Elsa Khapatnukovski
2: A original notebook of the Mage Edmond
3: The Oswarld Wirth Tarot des Imagiers du Moyen Age, in the 1899 and 1926 version.
4: The Hanged Man from the Noblet Tarot
5: Etteilla
6: Drawing by the Mage Edmond
7: Papus’s Grave in Pere Lachaise Cemetery
8: Eliphas Levi’s Tarot notebook.
10-Class Online Course
Schedule: Biweekly, April through August
Date: Sunday April 13, 27; May 11, 25; June 8, 22; July 6th, 20th, August 10th, 24th
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm
Admission: $175- ( $130 for Patreon Members - To become a member, click HERE)
10 Classes online course, every two weeks, from April to August
Seeing a deck of Tarot cards for the first time, Antoine Court de Gébelin described the images in his 1781 book Monde Primitif as “a rhapsody of bizarre and extravagant figures.” This vivid characterization aptly mirrors the history of card divination in France from the 18th century onward, where both the individuals and systems involved proved to be just as quirky as his description.
France has cultivated a quite peculiar, storied and rich relationship with cards, tying together artistry, inventivity and sometimes mysticism. If card makers flourished across the centuries, France—perhaps more than any other nation—boasts a pantheon of first timers in the making of what we called the esoteric tarot and card cultures. Term-coiners, hermetic scholars, celebrity cartomancers even! Let’s be honest, it’s a pretty wild story. From the 18th century on, the culture surrounding cards as a divination tool evolved in fascinatingly intricate ways, marked by colorful figures, eccentric narratives, but most importantly, very innovative techniques that still color the way we read cards today.
This class offers an expansive survey of French divination traditions using cards—of all types—as a tool, tracing the development of systems from the earliest iterations of playing card fortunes to the complex esoteric frameworks of Tarot and other French-specific systems. Participants will delve into the origins, historical milieu, and creative minds behind these systems while engaging in hands-on exploration of their methodologies. Together, we’ll actually play with these cards, not just look at them. This will be your opportunity to try historical systems that you might never have heard of because they are too French to translate. The techniques and spreads introduced will shine a light on both the celebrated and the overlooked architects of iconic decks and their systems and maybe inspire you to integrate them into your practice.
Class 1: Pre-Etteilla Cartomancy: Fortunes Told with Cards and Games Before 1700
Class 2: 18th Century - Etteilla, “Cartonomancy” and the Dawn of Esoteric Tarot.
Class 3: The Primeval World: Antoine Court de Gébelin and Comte de Mellet: Tarot and the Myth of Its Egyptian Origins.
Class 4: Mademoiselle Lenormand and Card Divination and Fortune Telling During the French Revolution.
Class 5: High Magic vs. Parlor Divination: Éliphas Lévi’s influence against the development of Fortune Telling Game.
Class 6: Papus - Tarot of the Bohemians and the Martinist Order.
Class 7: Oswald Wirth - Tarot, Symbolist Influences, and l'Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix
Class 8: 1930 and the Ancien Tarot de Marseille: Paul Marteau and B.P. Grimaud’s Legacy
Class 9: Marcel Belline: Reviving the Mage Edmond’s Grand Tarot and Belline Oracle Legacy
Class 10: Tarot Nouveau: Tchalai and Jodorowsky - Visionary Scholars of Modern Tarot
Image:
1: The Tarot Chapel of Chateau des Avenieres, photo by Eugene Vinitski and Elsa Khapatnukovski
2: A original notebook of the Mage Edmond
3: The Oswarld Wirth Tarot des Imagiers du Moyen Age, in the 1899 and 1926 version.
4: The Hanged Man from the Noblet Tarot
5: Etteilla
6: Drawing by the Mage Edmond
7: Papus’s Grave in Pere Lachaise Cemetery
8: Eliphas Levi’s Tarot notebook.
