Let me be clear, right up front, that Meditations on the Tarot has nothing whatsoever to do with telling fortunes! Rather it is the genuinely profound work of a Catholic convert, which covers vast realms of theology, philosophy, politics, psychology and more in an esoteric context that remains problematic in certain secondary, if not tertiary aspects at least. The two luminaries I mean are Valentin Tomberg and Hilaire Belloc – twin stars in the firmament of forces forging my perspective.Īnd as this little series is dedicated to the core of my thinking, it is only right to say something about these two men – although our focus here will be mainly Tomberg.įor among other things, Tomberg is the hardest to explain for many of my readers. For he is mainly known as the anonymous author of a book called Meditations on the Tarot – which would seem far removed indeed from a website dedicated to guarding Catholic tradition! My approach has been largely autobiographical – considering how, coming from an intensive background in the New Age movement, I converted to Catholicism and came ever more to understand the need to guard and defend Catholic tradition.īut amidst this biographical trajectory, two very different thinkers stand out, two luminaries of my soul who are very much at the heart of this website (or at least my own weblog). We have been writing a little series of posts (starting here) about the central themes of this weblog.
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