This fully illustrated book is intended for initiates of the tarot. papus is after a 'theory of everything', and finds evidence for it in the tarot and a set of correspondences with everything from the tetragrammaton to numerology and astrology. chapters include: introduction to the study of the tarot; the sacred word yod-he-vau-he; the esoterism of numbers; analogy between the sacred word and numbers; the key to the minor arcana; the key to the major arcana; connection between the major and minor arcana; symbolism in the tarot; introduction to the study of symbolism; history of the symbolism of the tarot. inquiry into its origin; the symbolical tarot; second septenary. arcana 7 to 13; third septenary. arcana 13-19; general transition. arcana 19 to 21; general summary of the symbolical tarot; applications of the tarot; general key to the applications of the tarot; the astronomical tarot; the initiative tarot; the kabbalistic tarrot.