Tarot

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Routledge
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Date
2014
Authors
Farley, Helen
Abstract

In a society increasingly intolerant of religious enquiry, where empirical scientific investigation and strict rationalism are afforded primary importance, tarot has been discredited, linked in the media and popular culture with dodgy soothsayers with a malignant intent to deceive and with weak-minded seekers clad in rainbow colours. The relatively small number of scholarly works relating to tarot is in marked contrast to the large numbers of popular tarot books, which crowd the shelves of New Age bookstores and ‘Self-Help’ corners of department stores.

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Citation
Farley H (2014). Tarot. In The Occult World.: 571-579. Routledge.
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ANZSRC fields of research
Fields of Research::44 - Human society::4410 - Sociology
Fields of Research::50 - Philosophy and religious studies
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All rights reserved unless otherwise stated, This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in The Occult World on 2014, available online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315745916