2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
French physician and occultist born Gerard Anaclet Vincent Encausse. Led a major occult revival in Belle Epoque Paris, founded Martinist Orders, and popularized the Tarot through systematic analysis. His salon became a crossroads for esoteric France.
British-American occultist who created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck (1909) with artist Pamela Colman Smith. A prolific author on Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, and Freemasonry, he sought to reconcile occultism with orthodox Christian mysticism.