PREFACE . . . v¶
An explanation of the personal kind—An illustration from mystic literature—A subject which calls to be rescued—Limits and intention of the work.¶
PART I¶
THE VEIL AND ITS SYMBOLS . . . 3¶
§ 1.—Introductory and General.
§ 2.—Class I. The Trumps Major, otherwise Greater Arcana.
§ 3.—Class II. The Four Suits, otherwise Lesser Arcana.
§ 4.—The Tarot in History.¶
PART II¶
THE DOCTRINE BEHIND THE VEIL . . . 59¶
§ 1.—The Tarot and Secret Tradition.
§ 2.—The Trumps Major and their Inner Symbolism.
§ 3.—Conclusion as to the Greater Keys.¶
PART III¶
THE OUTER METHOD OF THE ORACLES . . . 165¶
§ 1.—Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana.
§ 2.—The Lesser Arcana, otherwise, the Four Suits of Tarot Cards.
The Suit of Wands.
The Suit of Cups.
The Suit of Swords.
The Suit of Pentacles.
§ 3.—The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings.
§ 4.—Some additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana.
§ 5.—The Recurrence of Cards in Dealing.
§ 6.—The Art of Tarot Divination.
§ 7.—An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination.
§ 8.—An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards.
§ 9.—The Method of Reading by Means of Thirty-five Cards.¶
BIBLIOGRAPHY¶
A CONCISE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CHIEF WORKS DEALING WITH THE TAROT AND ITS CONNEXIONS . . . 319¶