This intermediate-length work is predominantly material taken from Eliphas Levi (translated later into English by W Wynn Westcott) with some notes by the latter, and re-illustrated by Rita Metzner, who has done about a half dozen other works for me in that capacity. About two thirds of the work interprets the major Tarot trumps and their mystical meaning, loosely fusing Kabbalah, Rosicrucian lore, alchemy, and Hermeticism together. There is also a section containing rituals and prayers, of the same basic mettle. The editor alludes to Levi's epilogue in the work and presumes that Levi had basically debased the rest of the text, although it could be interpreted as a way to avoid censorship- a sort of religious disclaimer.
It is quite good, but it requires a developed knowledge of the occult to really make sense of.
89 pages.
