Welcome

[robert]

Hi. I am very happy to have found this forum (followed a link from tarot-history.com). You are a very intelligent and knowledgeable group of enthusiasts. I look forward to some interesting discussions. Thanks!

Hi Corsufle,

We're delighted to have you here, you are most welcome to join in and enjoy yourself. Don't be shy.

robert

[Eberhard]

Hi all,
after following this board from the beginning I thought it is about time that I register. I really like being here regularly. The contributions on this board are outstanding!

Some of you might know me from earlier on on other boards where I rarely posted. Some of you might have had contact with me in the past since I live in the vicinity of the Allerheiligen museum in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and therefore have easy access to their publications.

To be precise, I live in a German enclave within Switzerland, but that is another historical artefact anyway. In other words, when on daylight I commute to Zurich, Switzerland and for the nights I crawl back to "mainland Europe".

I am most interested in the traditional tarots like the Dodal reproductions and the "French tax evaders" like Jacques Burdel, but besides this, there always remains this unanswered question:
apart from the Smith/Waite (not much interested) and the Harris/Crowley designs (even less interested) there was a 3rd design by Maurice Otto Wegener affiliated with the Comédie Française which popped up at about the same time (René Falconnier: Les XXII lames hermétiques du tarot divinatoire, 1896) and later on was only slightly modified by others. There is not much known about this terse iconography, and I would really like to know how he came up with that.

Eberhard

[robert]

A very warm welcome to you indeed Eberhard, I'm one of the people who remembers you from years ago, and I'm delighted that you have found us here.

Please do join in, and also consider starting a thread in the Plush Parlour or Exhibition Gallery to discuss the Falconnier style decks. I've seen that type of deck listed as "Egyptian Tarot" before, but I know next to nothing about them and would enjoy learning whatever you would care to share and discuss.

I hope you enjoy your time here,
robert

[Eberhard]

Robert,

thanks for you warm welcome, it is a good suggestion re the Falconnier style designs, I have to think about it and what I've got so far. As I said, this is a topic where information is not easy to come by, at least not outside of France.

Kind regards,
Eberhard

[Huck]

Robert,

thanks for you warm welcome ...

Willkommen, Eberhard, auch von mir ...

Huck

[Ross G. R. Caldwell]

Hi Eberhard,

I am most interested in the traditional tarots like the Dodal reproductions and the "French tax evaders" like Jacques Burdel, but besides this, there always remains this unanswered question:
apart from the Smith/Waite (not much interested) and the Harris/Crowley designs (even less interested) there was a 3rd design by Maurice Otto Wegener affiliated with the Comédie Française which popped up at about the same time (René Falconnier: Les XXII lames hermétiques du tarot divinatoire, 1896) and later on was only slightly modified by others. There is not much known about this terse iconography, and I would really like to know how he came up with that.

If you don't alread have it (I didn't) I found Falconnier's book with Wegener's designs here
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5 ... tte.langFR

(searching for books which mention "Etteilla" it came up)

The "XXII Hyéroglyphes" are at the end of the book.

Ross

[Eberhard]

Hi Huck,

danke für die Begrüssung! (thanks for the welcome!)


Hi Ross,

thanks for that link I was not aware of, it always comes handy. I have the XII Lames in a reprint from the 1970s, I got a used issue from an Amazon.fr reseller, it is - from modern standards - a quite mediocre, thin publication with a plastic bag glued to the back which contains the b/w cards.

It basically gives the description text in French whose translation can be found in Kaplan II, pp.391, 394-395.

I will open a thread over at the Plush Parlor.

Eberhard

[Sumada]

Hello to All,
Just making my first post to this excellent forum.
My name is Adam, and I come from New Zealand. I've collected a few decks over the years and take part in a couple of other tarot forums, so I thought, why not this one too?
I also recognize quite a few well respected names from around the world of tarot, and will have to admit that I feel a little intimidated by the erudition of many of the members here; so I can't imagine I'll have a lot to offer, but I do know I'll learn a lot.
Thank you for letting me sign up.
From time to time I come up with questions about older tarots that I haven't been able to get all the answers to elsewhere, so I'm hoping that this will prove to be the right place.
And without further ado, please see my query about some old Oswald Wirth cards in the Exhibition Gallery.
Cheers, Sumada

[robert]

Welcome Adam,

It is delightful to have you here. Thanks for jumping in and starting a thread on your Wirth deck. The "respected names" around here are, like the rest of us, genuinely nice people interested in exploring tarot history. It's always nice when we have new people join in to help stir the pot and spark new ideas, so you are very much welcome indeed.

[JanetBoyer]

Hi all,

Robert send me a lovely welcome message so I thought I'd would stop by and say "hi". So hi!

I'm not a Tarot history buff by any stretch of the imagination, but I love to learn (when the going's not dry ).

Have a great day and it's nice to be here. (And thank you, Robert.)

Janet