Pausing here to say that the Order of the Golden Dawn had a lot of very wealthy members who did culturally appropriate from other faiths and peoples for their benefit. Sometimes, going back to the original means uncovering problematic works. That is part of research. #WitchyWednesday

Despite the two examples, it's the Rider-Waite-Smith deck and advances in card printing that enabled mass production and distribution to multiple countries. That kicked off interest in tarot and established the deck as a contemporary baseline for anyone's use. #WitchyWednesday