The Devil is a tarot trump commonly numbered XV. Its imagery and interpretation vary between decks and writers. Waite and Papus connect it with material constraint, fatality, and occult forces, while tarot’s history begins in the world of playing cards.
The scryer associated with John Dee’s recorded spirit conversations and later alchemical pursuits.
Tarot developed as playing cards before becoming an influential tool of occult interpretation. The history of the cards differs from later claims about their hidden origins.
An English scholar whose records of spirit conversations became a major source for later angelic magic.
A grimoire best known for its staged encounter and pact with Lucifuge Rofocale.
A nineteenth-century French occult author associated with ceremonial symbolism and the influential image of Baphomet.
A divinatory or visionary practice involving a reflective surface, crystal, or other focus for reported images and messages.
Divination consists of practices that interpret signs as answers, indications, or guidance. Methods differ in their religious assumptions and in the kinds of claims they make.