The Devil's Picturebook: The Compleat Guide to Tarot Cards by Paul Huson (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971) Hardcover First Edition

The Devil's Picturebook: The Compleat Guide to Tarot Cards by Paul Huson (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971) Hardcover First EditionPaul Huson. The Devil's Picture Book: The Compleat Guide to Tarot Cards. New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. Hardcover. 256 pages. Condition: Very Good in an Acceptable dust jacket. Some cover wear, edge wear, and tanning (see photos). Some very light foxing on edges. Tight binding and strong spine. No underlining, highlighting, or margin notes. No torn or missing pages.

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his wide reading

Because religion was not a distinct sphere in the Roman world

While focused primarily on the city of Rome

Jeffrey Burton Russell probes the roots of the idea of evil

culminating in a cataclysmic rite based on the Dakshina Kalika Yantra

But while religion continues to flourish

and a wealth of magical spells

describing apocalyptic texts that talk about the pains of witches in hell

Description from the publisher: This book examines the broad varieties of religious belief

This is partly a discovery of how Western society and culture honors these traditions

Detestable and Wicked Arts highlights ties between witch-hunting in the New and Old Worlds