Letters From The Long Night

#1: History of the Tarot Shenanigans Part 1


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This Episode provides a history of tarot cards, theology origins, and summaries of each card meaning. I also talk about Indiana Jones and What We Do In The Shadows.


Episode Refrences:

Before Fortune-Telling: The History and Structure of Tarot Cards By Tim Husband https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/tarot-2


Another article by Tim Husband about card games in the middle ages

https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/playing-card-games


1700 wood cut tarot deck from Switzerland

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2017/10/before-jass/


The App “The Tarot!”


Wikipedia articles under:

A. E. Waite

Rider–Waite Tarot - where the adorable photos are

Cartomancy


Portuguese Suited playing cards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese-suited_playing_cards


Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Origins of Wicca

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/10/31/the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-and-the-origins-of-wicca/


Hero’s journey Greekshttps://guides.stlcc.edu/c.php?g=154584&p=1015055 

https://prowritingaid.com/joseph-campbell-hero 

https://orias.berkeley.edu/resources-teachers/monomyth-heros-journey-project


Tarot Deck Used In This Episode:

Northern Animal Tarot by Wilder Hearts Studios   www.WilderHeartsStudios.com




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