Appreciating esoteric symbolism

Paula Dempsey examines a new critical introduction to Tarot, an expensive but beautiful new Taschen box on the Rider Waite Smith Tarot, and a Lovecraft-inspired deck

A Critical Introduction to Tarot Examining the Nature of a Belief in Tarot Simon Kenny Iff Books 2023 Pb, 248pp, £17.99, ISBN 9781803413921 The Tarot of AE Waite and P Colman Smith Johannes Fiebig (ed) Taschen 2023 Hb, 444pp, £100, ISBN 9783836586429 Necronomicon Tarot Titan Books 2023 78 cards plus guide, £24.99, ISBN 9781803367217 The most sceptical fortean may take an interest in esoterica, if only in why people believe in it. Here are three very different tarot-related offerings. Simon Kenny’s book isn’t the “how to” guide that the title suggests. Rather than the various meanings of the suits and cards he poses more fundamental questions. Does tarot work? If it does, how? What are its uses? The book is illustrated throughout with the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) tarot deck,…

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