Book description
The Golden Thread traces the interconnectedness of esoteric wisdom in the Western world, from classical antiquity to contemporary Europe and America. Joscelyn Godwin lends personal perspective to an arrangement of text that is historical and wisdom that is timeless, creating a source of inspiration that calls us to action in…
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To understand the mystical philosophies that influenced the creators of the Tarot, I had to delve into many historic texts such as the Hermetica and Plato’s Republic and look for their links in Renaissance culture.
Godwin offers an intelligent overview of Western Mysticism, from Hermes Trismegistus to the Rosicrucians and Theosophists. He views this wisdom tradition as the perennial philosophy that runs through Western history like a golden thread.
From Robert's list on historic philosophy and symbolism of the Tarot.
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