The first tradition of iconography : Egyptian Influence

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From the beginning of the tarot occult, the important traditions on iconography is egyptian influence. It stated with Gebelin’s theory in 18th century.  The early Etteilla decks, which claims Egyptian origins, are nonetheless interesting, especially because they don’t incorporated the iconography from ancient Egyptian. More than 100 years later, in 1896, the R. Falconnier’s book and his R. Falconnier’s Egyptian Tarot, which truly mimicked Egyptian art. After that, Comte C. de Saint Germain’s Egyptian Tarot for Pratical Astrology (1901), Gloria Beresford’s Egyptian Tarot for C.C.Zain’s The Sacred Tarot (1936), John.H.Dequer's Egyptian  Tarot for Crowley’s Book of Thoth (1944), developed their deck based on Falconnier’s influence. A less known germanic pattern, was started with the design of Woldemar von Uxkull in his book Die Einweihung im alten Ägypten, developed laterly to Schikowski Tarot (1931), and to Tarot der Eingeweihten (1954). We need also count many decks influenced by Etteilla like Madame Aida’s Egyptian Tarot in 1920.