The Mystery of Tarot
The origins of the Tarot are so veiled in the mists of times that it is only natural for myths and legends to surround it. Superstition, flights of fancy, and speculation have added to the Tarot lore and have only deepened its aura of magic and mystery.
The truest claim we can make is that the Tarot is a symbolic record of human experience. Through deeply rooted mystic powers, the cards accomplish miracles of psychological insight, wise counsel and accurate divination. Most of us are interested in character analysis, glimpses of the future, solutions to immediate dilemmas - all of which we can seek in the Tarot. But there are also those who will value the Tarot's help in meditation. The artist, constantly concerned with images and symbols, draws heightened creativity from contemplating the many-dimensional beauty of the cards: the Biblical student finds that the Tarot illuminates many passages in the Old and New Testaments. And since the Tarot is the key that unlocks the wisdom of the ancient philosophers, it reveals its most profound messages to the dedicated scholar and practitioner. (In this it is not unlike the ideographic writing of the Chinese, the hieroglyphics of the Egyptians, the picture writing of the Mayans.)