The Magian Tarok

Mind Body and Soul Ezine Book Review: The Magian Tarok - The Origins of the Tarot in the Mithraism and Hermetic Traditions by Stephen E Flowers PhD, images by Amber Rae Broderick.  3rd Revised and Expanded Edition 2019, published by Bear & Co. Author website: https://seekthemystery.com

"To master the Fruit, know the Root"

The author, Professor Flowers has written 24 books and is a scholar of Indo-European religions and languages. He  holds a Doctorate in Germanic Languages and Mediaeval Studies from University of Texas at Austin, and studied the History of Occultism at University of Gottingen, Germany.

This dissertation takes a fresh look at the tarot work of Sigurd Agrell (1881-1937), a Swedish philologist and professor who worked in 1920s and 1930s. It traces the historical roots and mythology of the tarot to the Stoeicheia, a mysterious 22 letter Roman oracular alphabet used as a template for the major arcana, quite possibly used in Mithraism initiation and teaching of the Magi.
 A chapter is given to the Magic Disk of Pergamum.

Review by Wendy Stokes  https://wendystokes.co.uk