num_pages: 308
description: Historians of art and games trace the origins of Tarot cards to Italy in the early 15th century, and follow their gradual transformation from a tool for playing games to a prop for French fortune telling and finally into a mystical occult system. They argue that various figures throughout the centur
language: English
title: A Wicked Pack of Cards: The Origins of the Occult Tarot
titlecomplete: A Wicked Pack of Cards: The Origins of the Occult Tarot
genres: Religion, Divination, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Tarot, Esoterica, Occult, History
ratings_count: 44
publisher: St. Martin's Press