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	#18: The Middle Ages
	"When we look at the Tarot for what it apparently is, we look into a mental map of the time when the Italian and French Middle Ages were poised on the cusp of the Renaissance - a time that is actually stranger and intellectually more foreign to us than we tend to think." - Chas S. Clifton, from The Unexamined Tarot


	Contents		Winter 1991
	1 Editorial 2 News 3 Study Groups 4 Forum 10 Alternative Realities A Sage for All Seasons A column by Stephan A. Hoeller 12 Skeptic's Corner Inner and Outer Realms A column by Ted Schultz 14 Century of Marvels, Century of Light: The Esoteric Treasures of the Twelfth Century by Timothy O'Neill From Grail lore to Gothic cathedrals, from Muslims to monks, it was a century of rich spiritual development. 19 The Birth Within: Meister Eckhart and the Knowing of God by Theodore J. Nottingham An introduction to the unsurpassed German mystic. 24 The Code of Love: Troubadours, Cathars, and Ezra Pound by John Kimsey Did the poets of courtly love and the gnostic heretics of medieval Provence share the same esoteric perspective? 32 Unlocking Alchemy's Secrets: A Conversation with Adam MacLean by Jay Kinney The editor of the Hermetic Journal discusses his insights into alchemical symbolism. 38 Fire, Breath, & Silence: The Kabbalistic Meditations of Abraham Abulafia by Avram Davis The mystical techniques of the thirteenth century Jewish visionary. 44 The Unexamined Tarot by Chas S. Clifton What are the real origins of this most popular of oracles? 52 Doctor Illuminatus: The Achievements of Raymond Lully by Charles Coulombe A look at the life and work of one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages. 57 Book Reviews The Secret Zodiac: The Hidden Art in Medieval Astrology by Fred Gettings Rose Windows by Painton Cowen The Tres Riches Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry introduction and legends by Jean Longnon and Raymond Lazelles, translation by Victoria Benedict The Truing of Christianity: Visions of Life and Thought for the Future by John C. Meagher Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid by Moshe Idel An Arthurian Dictionary by Ruth Minary and Charles Moorman, preface by Geoffrey Ashe Boadicea: Warrior Queen of the Celts by John Matthews, illustrated by James Field King Arthur: The Dream of a Golden Age by Geoffrey Ashe An Arthurian Reader: Selections from Arthurian Legend, Scholarship, and Story selected and edited by John Matthews Gawain: Knight of the Goddess: Restoring an Archetype by John Matthews, foreword by Mildred Leake Day The New Tarot: Modern Variations of Ancient Images by Rachel Pollack The Encyclopedia of Tarot, Volume III by Stuart R. Kaplan The Tarot: Art, Mysticism, Divination by Sylvie Simon, translated by William S. Konecky The Modern Mystic: A New Collection of the Early Writings of Alan Watts edited by John Snelling and Mark Watts The Gnostic Pynchon by Dwight Eddins Synchronicity: The Intuitive Decision Making Tool by Visionary Software The Poetics of Ascent: Theories of Language in a Rabbinic Ascent Text by Naomi Janowitz The Mysteries of Yesod: The Foundation of Spiritual Life by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov Looking into the Invisible: Intuition, Clairvoyance, and Dreams by Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov Prophecy: The History of the Future by Mobius Rex Sorceress directed by Suzanne Schiffman, screenplay by Pamela Berger and Suzanne Schiffman Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey by Alex Grey with essays by Ken Wilber and Carlo McCormick Prophecy and People in Renaissance Italy by Ottavia Niccoli, translated by Lydia G. Cochrane Avalanche: Heretical Reflections on the Dark and the Light by W. Brugh Joy 69 The GNOSIS Office Soundtrack

#18: The Middle Ages

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