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The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages by Paul Foster Case

{Hardcover} ISBN 0938002082 Builders of the Adytum {Revised ed. 1995}

Reviewed by Joshua Seraphim

Paul Foster Case dedicated his life to enlightening Mankind through his esoteric teachings. He was a leading Adept of the Rosicrucian Order of the Alpha et Omega headed by S. L. MacGregor Mathers. Case joined the A.˙.O.˙. in 1918 after an invitation from the Cancellarius of Thoth-Hermes Lodge, Michael Whitty. Case's fraternal motto in the Order was Frater Perserverantia {perseverance}. Frater Perserverantia advanced through the outer grades, culminating in his initiation into the Rosæ Rubeæ et Aureæ Crucis in 1920. Case corresponded with Dr. John William Brodie-Innes {Fr. Sub Spe} and Dr. Israel Regardie {Frater Ad Majorem Adonai Gloriam} about the Cabala, politics of the Golden Dawn lineal succession, Tarot, and overlooked dangers of Enochian magic. Case later established the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A), which continues to exist as an international Order providing comprehensive training in the Western Mystery Tradition, Tarot, Cabala, and Alchemy. Paul Foster Case was a prolific writer and some of his books include: An Introduction to the Study of the Tarot (1920), A Brief Analysis of the Tarot (1927), The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order (1927), The Book of Tokens (1934), The Great Seal of the United States (1935), The Open Door (1938), and The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages (1947). Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages is an exquisite work of Tarot allegory, Cabalistic symbolism, astrology, and meditation of the Arcana. All students of the Western Mystery Tradition, whether working as Hermits or within the confines of an established Fraternal Order, will find the meditations and astrological correspondences of the Trumps invaluable.

Tarot, published in 1947 is an instant occult classic for students of the interlocking systems of the Invisible Colleges. This classic offers definitive explanations on the arcane alignment of Tarot and numerology, the construction of the Major Arcana, and their attribution to the Hebrew alphabet. Using clear and precise language for an audience of Adepti and Neophytes alike, Case expounds Tarot history and technique for Students of the Arte to apply the principles of Tarot-and the correspondences of symbol, tone, color, musical correspondences, and zodiac to their lives. Case delves deep into the Cabalistic significance of the Major Arcana and does not linger on divinatory practice. The book is most useful for those initiates or practitioners who have an understanding of the esoteric significance of the cards. Frater Case elucidates the symbolism mostly of each Major Arcana card, deepening the students understanding of not only astrological and Cabalistic connotations, but of musical correspondences as well. Music indeed would enrich the meditations behind each Trump, supported by Adept interpretations of the interplay between Zodiac & Tarot. This book, issued for the first time in 1947 by Case's Builders of the Adytum, is the first to use the correct alignment of the Hebrew alphabet with the 22 Trumps. This alignment corrected previous miscalculations, and also was the first thesis to offer the "Cube of Space" tableau, a system almost unheard by Adepti of the Golden Dawn lineages. Case writes on the Tarot: "Tarot divination is not fortune-telling. The practice of fortune-telling is based on the false notion that human life is governed by luck, chance, or fate - by obscure powers at work outside the personality. True divination rests upon the occult truth that the causes of all events in human life are really internal, proceeding from the Cause of Causes, - the Universal Intelligent Energy or Life-power which is the Source, Mover, and Knower behind all the phenomena of the universe." His wisdom and esoteric teaching in this book indicates a true Teacher and pioneer in this purgatorial world.