This book is a guide to the often misunderstood history of the Tarot, and its practical uses as a tool for inner knowledge.

The Tarot explores how the Tarot deck was developed in the Middle Ages in Europe, developing from Hermetic, Alchemical and Neoplatonic influences.

Robert Place uses the original meanings of the tarot in these traditions to develop techniques that offer new and valuable ways to interpret the cards. Place's methods are based on a three card spread that can be used by the experienced reader or the learner.

This is a 320 page soft cover book, with black and white illustrations.