The First Occult Tarot: as Envisioned by
Louis-Raphaël-Lucrèce de Fayolle,
comte de Mellet, in 1781
Before Aleister Crowley, before Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith, before the Golden Dawn, before Papus, Éliphas Lévi, and Etteilla, the first author to describe an occult version of the Tarot was Louis-Raphaël-Lucrèce de Fayolle, comte de Mellet, writing in Antoine Court de Gébelin’s, 1781, eighth volume of his monumental encyclopedia, Monde primitif.
The comte de Mellet associated the Tarot’s trumps with the Classical Ages of Man: the Age of Gold, the Age of Silver, and the Age of Iron. He correlated the Trumps with the letters in the Hebrew alphabet, he described the minor suits in detail, and he provided the earliest discussion of a divination technique for the Tarot. Now for the first time de Mellet’s vision for the Tarot exists as a complete deck, and book: The First Occult
The deck and book set will be here on October 30th
but you can preorder it now
after the 30th there will be plenty in stock and I will be accepting orders
The First Occult Tarot set is $60 plus shipping ($10 in the US, $30 for Canada, and $41 for other international orders). You may also order the deck alone for $40 plus shipping, or the book alone for $20 plus shipping. ( There is no little book included with the deck)
To preorder email Robert M Place at:
alchemicaltarot@aol.com
US customers can use this Gumroad link to order the deck and book set
https://robertmplace.gumroad.com/l/feonu
US customers can use this Gumroad link to order the deck alone
https://robertmplace.gumroad.com/l/wtygr
US Customers may use this Gumroad link to order
https://robertmplace.gumroad.com/l/dplgw
Read more about this deck in my blog posts
https://robertmplacetarot.com/2023/07/01/who-was-the-comte-de-mellet/
https://robertmplacetarot.com/2021/03/19/the-first-occult-tarot/
https://robertmplacetarot.com/2022/07/25/more-news-on-the-first-occult-tarot/
Some of the Cards
The first and last trumps
The Sun and Moon
Death and the Hanged Man
The Chariot of War and the Lover
Jupiter and Juno
The Mountebank
The four knights
The Seven of Batons
The Three of Swords
The Three of Cups
The Five of Coins
The Knave of Coins
The Lady of Coins
The King of Batons
the card back