The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Mantegna Pack

A deck of cards created by Mantegna, containing fifty uniquely illustrated subjects and serving as a curious historical and artistic example.

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

Levi→Person

The Mantegna tarot pack might be influenced by the Kabbalistic ideas of Levi, given the Qabbalistic significance of the cards and their connection to the 50 gates of light in Kabbalistic writings.

The Mantegna pack, as a historical collection, includes subject 37, fortitude, which intersects with the Le Feu du Ciel tarot card's themes of inner strength and divine resilience.

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

Mantegna PackthroughLeviilluminatesBlack Magic →
I. Mantegna Pack & Levi

The Mantegna tarot pack might be influenced by the Kabbalistic ideas of Levi, given the Qabbalistic significance of the cards and their connection to the 50 gates of light in Kabbalistic writings.

II. Levi & Black Magic

Levi's writings on black magic influence the understanding of this concept.

Mantegna PackthroughLe Feu Du CielilluminatesTyphon →
I. Mantegna Pack & Le Feu Du Ciel

The Mantegna pack, as a historical collection, includes subject 37, fortitude, which intersects with the Le Feu du Ciel tarot card's themes of inner strength and divine resilience.

II. Le Feu Du Ciel & Typhon

Typhon, as a symbol, is related to the destructive forces of the Le Feu du Ciel tarot, illustrating the fall of man from divine grace.

Mantegna PackthroughLe Feu Du CielilluminatesCrown →
I. Mantegna Pack & Le Feu Du Ciel

The Mantegna pack, as a historical collection, includes subject 37, fortitude, which intersects with the Le Feu du Ciel tarot card's themes of inner strength and divine resilience.

II. Le Feu Du Ciel & Crown

The crown on the Le Feu du Ciel card represents divine nature, which is destroyed when the tower is struck by a lightning bolt, leading to the fall of man.