“Etteilla", the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1738 – 1791), was the French occultist who was the first to popularize tarot divination to a wide audience, and therefore the first professional tarot occultist known to history who made his living by card divination. Etteilla wrote many books, included Manière de se récréer avec le jeu de cartes nommées Tarots (How to Entertain Yourself With the Deck of Cards Called Tarot) in 1785, which was the first book of methods of divination by Tarot. Towards the end of his life (1791), Etteilla produced a special deck for divination that syncretized his ideas with older forms of French cartomancy, the first deck of cards specifically designed for occult purposes. His book and his deck become the standard for all teaching and reading during 19th century. Many divination books reused and developed based on his writing, the most notable works in 19th century are L’art de tirer les cartes of Johannes Trimeguste, L’art de tirer les cartes of Julia Orsini, L’art de Tirer les cartes of J. de Riols, L’art de tirer les cartes of Mmlle de Rossamonte, L’art de tirer les cartes of mmlle Athena, L’art de tirer les cartes of Mery, L’art de tirer les cartes of Guyot …
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