B. O. T. A. Tarot

[Magician] [Ace of Cups] B. O. T. A. stands for Builders of the Adytum, an organization founded by Paul Foster Case and dedicated to "spiritual attunement through enlightened worship in the Tradition of the Western Mysteries. Its congregation is an association of spiritual aspirants who participate through the B.O.T.A. lesson instructions." One part of the lesson plan is coloring your own tarot cards using this deck. The instruction booklet is Highlights of the Tarot, first written in 1931. It describes the symbols on the major arcana cards and offers coloring instructions for all cards. According to the booklet, when you color your own cards, they take on your personality and become deeply linked to you. The B. O. T. A. cards are black line drawings on stiff, white cardboard-like paper stock. (The cards are whiter than these scanned images.) The deck and book are available separately and as a set.

Deck
Deck/Book Set
Number of
Cards		 Size Copyright Card Back Design Set Cover
78

22 major
56 minor

 2 1/2"
x
4 1/4"		 1999 [back design] [set cover]
Companion Book
Title Author Size Number of
Pages		 Copyright Cover
Highlights of
Tarot
(with coloring
instructions)		 Builders of the
Adytum		 4 1/4"
x
5 1/2"		 72 1989
14th ed.		 [cover]

Language of Card Titles: English

Style of Suit Cards (2-10): suit symbols

Also Included: instruction booklet, tree of life card, Pattern on the Trestleboard card

Major Arcana:
Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant,
Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice,
Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Devil, Tower,
Star, Moon, Sun, Judgement, World

Suit Names: Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles

Court Cards: King, Queen, Knight, Page

SAMPLE CARD IMAGES:

[Knight of Pentacles] [4 of Swords] [High Priestess]

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