Vintage The Book of Tokens Tarot Meditations by Paul Foster Case 1968

Description: The Book of Tokens Tarot Meditations by Paul Foster Case Builders of Adytum, Los Angeles 1968. Hardcover. From the preface: "These unusual and beautiful Qabalistic meditations were inspirationally written by the recognized world of authority on Tarot and Qabalah, Dr Paul Foster case. Because of having a teacher of both inner and outer Initiation into the most advanced Grades of Adeptship in the Western Mystery training system, He was able to attune his consciousness to the highest spiritual levels, as evidenced by the text... ' Condition is VG with light wear to the purple cloth boards. There is an inscription to the former owner on the half title page, but otherwise it is clean, right, and unmarked. Paul Foster Case (October 3, 1884 March 2, 1954) was an American occultist, Freemason, and writer of books on occult tarot and Qabalah. Perhaps his greatest contributions to the field of occultism were the lessons he wrote for associate members of Builders of the Adytum or B.O.T.A. The knowledge lectures given to initiated members of the chapters of the B.O.T.A. were equally profound, lthough the limited distribution has made them less well known. In the year 1901, Case met the occultist Claude Bragdon while both were performing at a charity performance. Bragdon asked Case what he thought the origin of playing cards was. After pursuing the question in his father's library, Case discovered a link to tarot, called 'The Game of Man'. Thus began what would become Case's lifelong study of the tarot, and leading to the creation of the B.O.T.A. tarot deck, which Case called a "corrected" version of the RiderWaite cards.

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