Order of Freemasonry: The Jean Bouchard and Masonic Tarot

Case : 254. 

Freemasonry is the oldest, largest and most widely recognized fraternal organization in the world. This traditions are founded upon the building of King Solomon’s Temple, and its fraternal ceremonies use the working tools of the stonemasons to symbolize moral lessons and truths. Most of members of Golden Dawn are freemasons, or in other words, almost of tarot decks created by them is considered as a “masonic tarot” some way: Golden Dawn Tarot, Waite Tarot, Thoth Tarot, … and even pre-Golden Dawn deck like Papus Tarot or Wirth Tarot. Most of them used the masonic symbol to create the deck, but no one claims some relation with freemasonry, until Tarot Masonique of Jean Bouchard. The deck, published by Grimaud in 1987, is illustrated with a rich and meaningful symbols in freemason symbolism. It takes 20 years to have the 2nd Masonic Tarot, created by Patrizio Diaz Silva and publised by Lo Scarabeo  in 2016. The most brilliant work on the masonic symbol is from the author of Waite Tarot, A.E.Waite, named Encyclopedia of Masonic, published in 1879.