| The author appears to be a [[Roman Catholic]], although the ideas expressed are often not commonly associated with Catholic [[dogma]]. Many of the ideas are strongly influenced by [[Jungian]] thought. The body of the work is divided into 22 Chapters, called "Letters", with a Foreword by the author and an Afterword by [[Hans Urs von Balthasar]], a Swiss theologian nominated to be a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]. Each chapter is centered around a card from the [[Major Arcana]] of the [[Tarot of Marseilles]]. | | The author appears to be a [[Roman Catholic]], although the ideas expressed are often not commonly associated with Catholic [[dogma]]. Many of the ideas are strongly influenced by [[Jungian]] thought. The body of the work is divided into 22 Chapters, called "Letters", with a Foreword by the author and an Afterword by [[Hans Urs von Balthasar]], a Swiss theologian nominated to be a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]. Each chapter is centered around a card from the [[Major Arcana]] of the [[Tarot of Marseilles]]. |
| Sources cited in the work are many; the most commone one is the [[Bible]], followed by an array of saints, theologists, mystics, philosophers, occultists, and other writers, notably including [[Henri Bergson]], [[Buddha]], [[Goethe]], [[Jung]], [[Kant]], [[Eliphas Lévi]], [[Nietzsche]], [[Fabre d'Olivet]], [[Origen]], [[Papus]], [[Joséphin Péladan]], [[Philip of Lyons]], [[Plato]], [[St. Albertus Magnus]], [[St. Anthony the Great]], [[St. Augustine]], [[St. Bonaventura]], [[St. Dionysius the Areopagite]], [[St. Francis of Assisi]], [[St. John of the Cross]], [[St. Theresa of Ávila]], [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], [[Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin]], [[Saint-Yves d'Alveydre]], [[Dr. Rudolf Steiner]], [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], [[Hermes Trismegistus]], and [[Oswald Wirth]] (major entries taken in alphabetical order from the index). | | Sources cited in the work are many; the most commone one is the [[Bible]], followed by an array of saints, theologists, mystics, philosophers, occultists, and other writers, notably including [[Henri Bergson]], [[Buddha]], [[Goethe]], [[Jung]], [[Kant]], [[Eliphas Lévi]], [[Nietzsche]], [[Fabre d'Olivet]], [[Origen]], [[Papus]], [[Joséphin Péladan]], [[Philip of Lyons]], [[Plato]], [[St. Albertus Magnus]], [[St. Anthony the Great]], [[St. Augustine]], [[St. Bonaventura]], [[St. Dionysius the Areopagite]], [[St. Francis of Assisi]], [[St. John of the Cross]], [[St. Theresa of Ávila]], [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], [[Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin]], [[Saint-Yves d'Alveydre]], [[Dr. Rudolf Steiner]], [[Pierre Teilhard de Chardin]], [[Hermes Trismegistus]], and [[Oswald Wirth]] (major entries taken in alphabetical order from the index). |