The Square & Compasses Tarot Deck.

by
W/Bro P.C. BROWNE P.Z.
Lyceum Lodge of Research No 8682 E.C.
Zion Lodge 891 SC.
King Solomon Chapter of Research 334 SC.
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Copyright 2003 P.C. Browne
Printed in Belgium
ISBN: 620-31138-X

And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each in his separate star,
Shall draw the things as he sees It for the God of Things as They Are.
 

Rudyard Kipling,
Freemason & Poet.

 The Square & Compasses Tarot Deck.

I have sought to design, compile and produce a Tarot deck which embodies the broad principles of the modern Masonic Craft and takes the art into the future. Yet at the same time reflects not only to the earliest examples of the Tarot, but also draws out and enhances the aspects of the Freemason’s Craft that are entrenched in other earlier decks. I have deliberately ignored all degrees beyond the Third, but have included the Holy Royal Arch and Mark Master Mason degrees. This is because I believe that the Holy Royal Arch is Ancient Freemasonry worked in a truncated form, and the Mark Master Mason Degree adds an important key at Craft level. The exclusion of the other Degrees is based on the premise that the fundamentals of Freemasonry are all inculcated within the Craft. It can be argued strongly that all the Degrees beyond the Third are not as old as the three Craft degrees.