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A SOCIOLOGY OF TAROT

A SOCIOLOGY OF TAROT

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A SOCIOLOGY OF TAROT

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A SOCIOLOGY OF TAROT

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Canadian Journal of Sociology

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Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2014, Vol.39 (3), p.357

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English

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Canadian Journal of Sociology

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This article attempts to establish a sociology of the occult in general, and a sociology of the Western tarot in particular. The tarot is a deck of 78 cards invented in Italy in the fifteenth century. From humble beginnings as a device for gaming or gambling, the tarot became invested with occult, mystical, divine, spiritual, and even psychological...

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A SOCIOLOGY OF TAROT

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TN_cdi_gale_incontextcollege_GICCO_A557578555

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_incontextcollege_GICCO_A557578555

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0318-6431

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