Occult Literature
The World — Two Tarot Designs
An oval wreath encloses a central figure with creatures or figures occupying the corners. The two designs differ in bodily posture and in the rendering of the surrounding symbolic beings. Papus places the comparison within his explanation of the World and the completion of the tarot’s major sequence.
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Illustrator not identified. "The World — 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 220. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0164-0218
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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 World — Two Tarot Designs. The Tarot of the Bohemians. Scan leaf 220. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0164-0218