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Este & Visconti Triumphs courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Charles VI Triumphs courtesy of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Woodblock Triumphs courtesy of the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts

Zen Ox Herding Pictures derived from Zen Monk Shubun’s copy of Sung Dynasty Chan Master Kaku-an’s original pictures, the former preserved at Shokokuji, Kyoto

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Léon, Dai, 1957–
   Origins of the tarot : cosmic evolution and the principles of immortality / Dai Léon.
       p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-58394-584-1
1. Tarot. I. Title.
BF1879.T2L433 2008
133.3’2424—dc22

2008042748                

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