The Symbolism of the Tarot – P. D. Ouspensky – Platanus Publishing

No study of occult p study of occult philosophy is possible without an acquaintance with symbolism, for if the words occultism and symbolism are correctly used, they mean almost one and the same thing. Symbolism cannot be learned as one learns to bu­ild bridges or speak a foreign language... Special training of the mind is necessary in order to comprehend the "langua­ge of the Initiates..." There are many methods for developing the "sense of symbols" in those who are striving to unders­tand the hidden forces of Nature and Man, and for teaching the fundamental principles as well as the elements of the eso­teric language. One of the most interesting of these methods, is the Tarot...-- From the Introduction, "What Is The Tarot?"