1st Edition

The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot

By Danny L. Jorgensen Copyright 1992
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1992, The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot examines beliefs, practices, and activities described as mystical, psychical, magical, spiritual, metaphysical, theophysical, esoteric, occult, and/or pagan, among other possible labels, by their American disciplines. The book is comprised using a mixture of field work and interviews and provides a broad overview... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Observing and Participating in the Cultic Milieu

2. The Esoteric Scene in America

3. The Esoteric Community in the Valley

4. Confederated Networks of Occultists

5. Becoming a Tarot Diviner

6. The Occult Tarot

7. Occult Theosophies of the Tarot

8. Interpreting the Occult Tarot

9. Esoteric Culture and a Postmodern World

Appendix A: Esoteric Community Survey Form

Appendix B: Tarot Card Reader Interview Schedule

References

Index

About the Author

Biography

Danny L. Jorgensen