Book 22 — The Metaphysics of the Major Arcana of Tarot

The new book by the famous Moscow composer and art historian, researcher of the Western occult tradition Grigory Sergeyevich Zyazev unveils an unusual facet of his creativity to the reader. Unlike the previously published scientific monographs of the author on the topic of European symbolic systems, this book is not a historical, nor even a cultural study, but a modern hermetic mystical-philosophical treatise that takes over the spiritual baton from Eliphas Levi, René Guénon, Julius Evola, and Valentin Tomberg. Like the works of these masters, in this book the author's thought is directed towards the very heart of the Mystery, to the core of each Arcana, which G. S. Zyazev interprets as the steps of a staircase of spiritual ascent leading to the attainment of one's own Path. Through the metaphor of Tarot cards, the book's narrative guides the reader through the steps of Tradition, where each subsequent step allows one to see new territories of metaphysical reality. The book can be classified into the rather rare genre of high occult philosophy of Tarot, where the cards are primarily initiatory Mysteries that allow one to uncover the terra incognita of the human spirit and soul — that which we can be beyond our everyday existence.