Occult Literature
The Tower: Fire of Heaven — Two Tarot Designs
Two towers are broken from above while small human figures fall beside their walls. One card bears the name Fire of Heaven and the other Maison-Dieu, bringing different titles to the paired images of disruption. Papus uses the comparison in his discussion of the sixteenth arcanum.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Tower: Fire of Heaven — Two Tarot Designs" [editorial title]. In The Tarot of the Bohemians, Papus; translated by A. P. Morton. English translation, 1896, George Redway. Source scan leaf 200. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0164-0198
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The Tarot of the BohemiansPapus; translated by A. P. Morton1896More from this book
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Illustrator not identified. The Tower: Fire of Heaven — Two Tarot Designs. The Tarot of the Bohemians. Scan leaf 200. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0164-0198