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The origins of the Tarot deck and its associated interpretive meanings may never be known with empirical certainty. However, one school of thought subscribed to by Kabbalistic occultists is that the Tarot deck stems from Jewish mysticism. ( Excerpt from Isnar Articles)
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The tarot/Hebrew alphabet correlation stems from Elphias Levi, a Christian sorcerer (if such a thing can really be said to exist) and developed by Aleister Crowley and the Golden Dawn, and while there is a fair amount of similarity in terms of symbolism between the qabalistic interpretation of the alphabet and the meanings of the cards, this is more likely the result of coincidence rather than direct relation. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with using such correlations, just be aware that it is far from traditional either to Jews or to users of Tarot.
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The tarot/Hebrew alphabet correlation stems from Elphias Levi, a Christian sorcerer (if such a thing can really be said to exist) and developed by Aleister Crowley and the Golden Dawn, and while there is a fair amount of similarity in terms of symbolism between the qabalistic interpretation of the alphabet and the meanings of the cards, this is more likely the result of coincidence rather than direct relation. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with using such correlations, just be aware that it is far from traditional either to Jews or to users of Tarot.
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