Author: Charles Williams
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The Greater Trumps
An old man was sitting alone in a small room.
Author: Charles Charles Williams
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An old man was sitting alone in a small room. He was at a table facing the door; behind him was another door. The walls were bare of pictures: the table was a large one, and it was almost completely covered with a set of Tarot cards. The old man was moving them very carefully from place to place, making little notes on a sheet of paper, and sometimes consulting an old manuscript book that lay by him. He was so absorbed that he did not hear the step outside, and it was not till the door opened that he looked up with a sudden exclamation. Henry Lee came lightly into the room."Why, Henry!" the old man said. Henry looked at the table, let his eyes run over the whole arrangement of the cards, and smiled."Still no nearer, grandfather?" he asked."Nearer? No, no, not nearer yet," his grandfather answered. "Not quite, yet awhile. But I shall do it." He sighed a little. "I keep the account very carefully," he said, "and some day I shall do it. I spend all my time on it."Henry nodded towards the other door. "And-they?" he asked, lowering his voice a trifle."Yes," the old man said. "I watch them too. But, you know-it's too difficult. But I must do it at last. You're not... you're not coming back to help me, are you?""Why, I may even do that," Henry said, taking off his motoring-coat.The Greater Trumps
Perhaps the most exquisite of these interpretations is the one contained in this extraordinary novel. In the universe evoked by Charles Williams, sorcery can still kill, and the supernatural must be fought with the supernatural.
Author: Charles William
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Charles Williams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths. The Tarot pack, the ancestor of all playing cards, is first mentioned in history in 1393; the origin of the deck is not known. Tradition has it that the gypsies brought the Tarot from Egypt and that the cards were used for fortune telling. This deck was conceived of as having magical properties, and the most powerful of all the cards were the Magic Arcana or Greater Trumps, twenty-two symbolic pictures whose mysteries have been interpreted and reinterpreted not only by occultists, but also by religious thinkers, psychoanalysts and literary anthropologists. Perhaps the most exquisite of these interpretations is the one contained in this extraordinary novel. In the universe evoked by Charles Williams, sorcery can still kill, and the supernatural must be fought with the supernatural. But beneath the brilliant and imaginative surface is concealed a meticulously thought-out Christian message. Charles Williams-novelist, poet, critic, dramatist and biographer-died in his native England in May, 1945. He had a lively and devoted following there and achieved a considerable reputation as a lecturer on the faculty of Oxford University. T.S. Eliot, Dorothy Sayers and C.S. Lewis were among his distinguished friends and literary sponsors.Divining Tarot
Charles Williams Omnibus War in Heaven Many Dimensions the Place of the Lion Shadows of Ecstasy the Greater Trumps Descent Into Hell All Hallo
This book is an omnibus edition containing the seven novels that Charles Williams wrote as well as a short story that he wrote for the London Mercury: War in Heaven (1930) - The Holy Grail is discovered in a small country parish and becomes ...
Author: Charles Williams
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This book is an omnibus edition containing the seven novels that Charles Williams wrote as well as a short story that he wrote for the London Mercury: War in Heaven (1930) - The Holy Grail is discovered in a small country parish and becomes both a sacramental object to protect or a cup of power to exploit. Many Dimensions (1931) - The Stone of Suleiman is illegally acquired from its Islamic guardian in Baghdad and taken to England, it is discovered the stone allows its possessor to transcend the barriers of space and time. The Place of the Lion (1931) - Platonic archetypes begin to appear in an English market town, wreaking havoc and unveiling the spiritual strengths and flaws of the townspeople. Shadows of Ecstasy (1931) - A man discovers that by focusing his energies inward he can extend his life almost indefinitely. He undertakes an experiment using to die and resurrect his own body in order to attain immortality. The Greater Trumps (1932) - The original Tarot is used to unlock immense power, allowing those who possess it to see across space and time, create matter, and create powerful natural storms. Descent into Hell (1937) - An academic fetishizes a woman to the extent that his perversion takes the form of a female demon. The cycle of sin brings about the necessity for redemptive acts. All Hallows' Eve (1945) - Explores the meaning of suffering and empathy by removing the barrier between the living and the dead through both black magic and divine love. Et in Sempiternum Pereant (1935) - In this short story a retired Lord Chief Justice is on a walk in the countryside when he enters a burning house and encounters a troubled spirit on its way to Hell. This is the only tale of this kind that Williams wrote - sketchy in detail but terrifying through implication. Williams was admired by his contemporaries including T. S. Eliot and W. H. Auden, his especially by C. S. Lewis, whose novel That Hideous Strength is considered to be entirely inspired by Williams's work. When he moved to Oxford he participated regularly in Lewis's literary society known as the Inklings. This enabled Williams to read and improve his final published novel, All Hallows' Eve, as well as to hear J. R. R. Tolkien read some of his early drafts of The Lord of the Rings aloud to the group.The Tarot
If the player has any two of these Tarot Trumps, he can ask his opponent for a
third; if the latter cannot reply by ... At the end of each hand the points made by
each player are added up separately, then the lesser is taken from the greater,
and ...
Author: S.L. Macgregor Mathers
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609255712
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
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Revised and expanded edition of Mathers' original treatise. Three methods of reading cards are included, along with instructions for the game of tarot, which can be played by two or three people. This is a classic text that will be appreciated by anyone interested in the study of the tarot.Knowledge
Therefore he may count Y's hand to consist of the Knave of Hearts , together with
three trumps and one Club . If that Club be the ... The same thing is true if Y hold
the King and Ten of trumps . But if the ... the greater trump strength . Hence , as ...
Author: Edwin Sharpe Grew
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The Inner West
They do not exactly parallel Tarot trumps, but with slight effort could be equated
with them, especially as the card ... the leading Italian literary artists of the time
was wedded to the notion of allegory, and how the greater trumps themselves are
...
Author: Jay Kinney
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781440650833
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
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The founder of the influential Gnosis magazine collects essays by some of today's finest spiritual writers to explore the West's magical and esoteric traditions. Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, The Knights Templar . . . Even before the success of The Da Vinci Code, many readers knew of these and other aspects of Western esoterica. But few understand their true meaning. In The Inner West, more than twenty essays by seventeen leading authors shine a light on some of the most mysterious and closely held aspects of the Western tradition. Its authors bring to life the symbolist and occult philosophies that populate the history and beliefs of the Western way. These same philosophies-which include variants of Christian and Jewish mysticism, and the teachings of figures like Rudolf Steiner and G. I. Gurdjieff-can present a deep and different spiritual path for today's seekers. Spiritual seekers have often looked to the East for inspiration and guidance. Yet increasing numbers of people are discovering that many helpful wisdom traditions have existed right here in the West. With the Kabbalah and Tarot cards more popular than ever, and alternative spirituality from Wicca to Sufism gaining a new audience, The Inner West is a timely book for this expanding audienceEnglish Studies in Canada
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GREATER TRUMPS EVELYN J. HINZ University of
Manitoba Not that many years ago the Tarot was a name known to few besides
occultists or readers of T.S. Eliot , and even these – through understanding or ...
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Mysteries of Templar Treasure the Holy Grail
Williams shared their interests to a very great extent but was himself something of
an expert on the Tarot . His mystical and mysterious novel , The Greater Trumps ,
is centred around the Tarot pack as integrally as Alice through the Looking ...
Author: Lionel Fanthrope
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 157863315X
Category: History
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Next to Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, no other place on Earth holds as much esoteric symbolism as France's Rennes le Ch'teau. Its location and design are the subjects of countless rumors, myths, and legends. Mysteries of Templar Treasure and the Holy Grail, formerly published as The Secrets of Rennes le Chateau, delves into the reality behind the action and adventure of The Da Vinci Code. Rennes le Chateau has plenty of secrets: buried treasure, unsolved murders, supernatural powers, codes on parchments and tombstones, not to mention clues concealed in statues and paintings, enigmatic priests who controlled immense wealth, and secret societies that are still active today. The authors survey the arcane history and secrets of Rennes le Chateau, including its relationship to the Merovingian bloodline of Christ. The Chateau is a possible location of an immense treasure, such as a Templar, Cathar, or Priory of Sion hoard. The final resting place of a famous artifact like the Ark of the Covenant, the Spear of Longinus, the Emerald Tablets of Hermes Trismegistus- or even the Holy Grail. The authors also examine Rennes le Chateau's proximity to Cathar and Templar fortresses, its mystical layout, and its location on the same Paris meridian as so many other esoteric mysteries. Extensive appendices in the book offer possible solutions to secret cryptograms, point out odd connections and commonalities between Rennes le Chateau and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, and suggest the possibility of fourth-dimension/tesseract implications.Coming Up Trumps A Memoir
They got the exleader of the Greater London Council instead, Ken Livingstone.
Fine for him to be rude about Mrs Thatcher. Not fine for me. I think it was quite
brave of me because I did have to cause a terrible scene, but sometimes you do ...
Author: Jean Trumpington
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781447265351
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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The Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller. In this characteristically trenchant memoir, the indomitable Jean Trumpington looks back on her long and remarkable life. The daughter of an officer in the Bengal Lancers and an American heiress, Jean Campbell-Harris was born into a world of considerable privilege, but the Wall Street Crash entirely wiped out her mother's fortune. At fifteen, the young Jean Campbell-Harris was sent to Paris to study but two years later, with the outbreak of the Second World War, she became a land girl. However, she quickly changed direction, joining naval intelligence at Bletchley Park, where she stayed for the rest of the war. After the war she worked first in Paris and then on Madison Avenue, New York, with advertising's 'mad men'. It was here that she met her husband, the historian Alan Barker, and their marriage, in 1954, ushered in the happiest period of her life before embarking on her distinguished political career, as a Cambridge City councillor, Mayor of Cambridge and, then, in 1980, a life peer. Forthright, witty and deliciously opinionated, Coming Up Trumps is a wonderfully readable account of a life very well lived.Evaporating Genres
Many Dimensions (1931), or the magical tarot deck in The Greater Trumps (1932)
. And the number of artifacts associated with feats of endurance and tests of
worthiness in modern fantasy—in the tradition of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the
Rings ...
Author: Gary K. Wolfe
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819571045
Category: Fiction
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In this wide-ranging series of essays, an award-winning science fiction critic explores how the related genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror evolve, merge, and finally “evaporate” into new and more dynamic forms. Beginning with a discussion of how literary readers “unlearned” how to read the fantastic during the heyday of realistic fiction, Gary K. Wolfe goes on to show how the fantastic reasserted itself in popular genre literature, and how these genres themselves grew increasingly unstable in terms of both narrative form and the worlds they portray. More detailed discussions of how specific contemporary writers have promoted this evolution are followed by a final essay examining how the competing discourses have led toward an emerging synthesis of critical approaches and vocabularies. The essays cover a vast range of authors and texts, and include substantial discussions of very current fiction published within the last few years.Renascence
Trumps : " I am not familiar with the exact constitution of the Tarot pack of cards ,
from which I have obviously departed to suit my own convenience . " Charles Wil
- liams , on the evidence of The Greater Trumps , obviously has a much closer ac
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Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series
GRESHAM , WILLIAM LINDSAY The greater trumps . SEE Williams , Charles .
GREENE , GRAHAM . The third man . ( Based on the motion picture of the same
name . Pub . in condensed form in the American magazine , March , 1949 ) New
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Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to PeriodicalsThe Complete Guide to the Tarot
A new English writer, Gareth Knight, exhibits great understanding of the Tarot in
his two-volume work A Practical Guide to ... in The Waste Land; Charles Williams,
in The Greater Trumps; William Lindsay Gresham, in Nightmare Alley; and P. D. ...
Author: Eden Gray
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780307779441
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
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For centuries, the strange and beautiful Tarot cards have been an endless source of fascination. Now one of the foremost authorities in the field reveals the intricacies of this ancient art. With detailed reproductions and explanations, Eden Gray offers explicit advice about the three different methods of reading the cards and using the Tarot for divination and meditation. Both beginning students and advanced devotees will find in this book insights into the ancient lore of the Tarot. “The Tarot is a symbolic record of human experience. Through deeply rooted mystic powers, the cards accomplish miracles of psychological insight, wise counsel and accurate divination.”—from A Complete Guide to the TarotSeven
Charles Williams ' s Christmas Novel : The Greater Trumps The visitor to Charles
Williams ' s grave will see that he identified himself as a poet ; and whether he
happened to be writing verse , fiction , or drama , it was always essentially a poet
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Pantologia
There when the counters are even , they divide them are two sorts of counters for
stakes , the greater equally . ... The last letter of ways the highest trump , in
whatsoever suit the alphabet , therefore taken in the Holy the trump be ; the
manille ...
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The Encyclopedia of Tarot
... the points which can be scored : SCORED IN HAND Points 5 .10 follow suit if
they can ; if not , they may trump . ... of the Greater Trumps held in hand For any
four of the Greater Trumps held in hand For all five of the Greater Trumps held in
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Author: Stuart R. Kaplan
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Provides information on every important theory and interpretation and every recognized deck, illustrating and commenting on the symbolism of the early Tarocchi decks and the major later decks.Charles Williams
THE GREATER TRUMPS ( 1932 ) Williams ' first five novels , written so close
together and on such similar patterns , can be seen to form a kind of series .
Especially given the marked differences between these five and the final two
novels ...
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Knowledge
The notes and criticisms two of the smallest trumps ; and , so far as we can see ,
A ' s public are by Cavendish ; the ... on which his ought to be left to the partner
who has the greater trump strength . partner should discard the Eight Hence , as
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