Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

by Robert Powell (Translator), Hans Urs von Balthasar (Afterword) ISBN-13 : 978-1585421619 Amazon blurb: Published for the first time with an index and Cardinal Hans Urs von Balthasar’s afterword, this new English publication of Meditations on the Tarot is the landmark edition of one of the most important works of esoteric Christianity. Written anonymously and published posthumously, as was the author’s wish, the intention of this work is for the reader to find a relationship with the author in the spiritual dimensions of existence. The author wanted not to be thought of as a personality who lived from 1900 to 1973, but as a friend who is communicating with us from beyond the boundaries of ordinary life. Using the 22 major arcana of the tarot deck as a means to explore some of humanity’s most penetrating spiritual questions, Meditations on the Tarot has attracted an unprecedented range of praise from across the spiritual spectrum. This book is valuable if only for its afterword. It is rare in the 20th century to be able to read a contemporary theologian on an esoteric tradition.