Place, Robert M. The Tarot: History Symbolism and Divination. ISBN: 1-58542-349-1

Summary

1781: Antoine Court comes across the card deck at a party. He and the other guests make up nonsense about the symbolism being from ancient Egypt.

Early 1900s: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn layers on western esoteric themes.

Lesson 5: The occultists step in