A History of the Tarot 

I absolutely appreciate this documentary....no dramatic music...just knowledge being shared....simple and to the point.

With just a little more special effects this could easily run on the History Channel. It is refreshing to see a person presenting by means of his knowledge and experience without having to use a cheat sheet on RU-vid. Best background on the history of tarot cards I could find on RU-vid. Great work and many thanks Colin!

That was the best explanation I’ve ever come across on the history of the Tarot. Thank you for this video!

As a fellow occultist I bow my head to your erudition. I will keep on coming back to this channel. I absolutely love your perspective !!

As a deck creator and tarot collector, I appreciate your knowledge and choice of decks featured. Your info is solid. Thanks!

I'd love to see the 8 hour version! . . Thank you for making this video, I've been lost in the Tarot Rabbit Hole for years and this has certainly shined a light down this dark tunnel of mystery.

Finally, a scholarly and in-depth exploration of the tarot's history. Every other video I've found is so steeped in the occult side of things that they wholly neglect looking into the history of the pack, and none of them even take the time to critically examine those occult elements. Fantastic video, my only complaint is that you haven't posted more content for me to enjoy! I will certainly be checking out your book very soon.

New to the Tarot at the young age of 73. I am young at heart, but my old school research habit has kicked in and I need to know the History, before I start anything. Thank You, for concise and extremely informative. I have already ordered your book. Onward, Anne Numrich Murray

This is a great lecture for a serious tarot student like me. I don't get tired of searching about Tarot. Thanks for the lesson very interesting

Colin Low’s teachings on tarot -oh my what a gift-thank you for getting this recorded and online available to modern tarot students and those forever more. This lecture will be historically useful for centuries-a rare gem in the sea of digital junk.

Such a well researched, comprehensive, and honest account of tarot's history is sadly a little rare - on all counts. I think you've done an excellent job with this, organizing and presenting the facts with great clarity - a real breath of fresh air. A big thumbs up from me.

Thank you very much Master Merlin! blessings from Mexico, may the divine be with u

The video was very fun to listen to, I play it on loop on nights where I can't sleep, like a soothing podcast :) Never thought the history of tarot can be told in such a way that even people with concentration problems like me can follow. Your analogy is one of the best. Thank you so much for your time and work!

Absolutely fantastic way to spend my Saturday night. Thank you so much for this opportunity to get to know some of the history of the tarot. I appreciate your time and attention. Blessings to you, fine Sir. ❤️☀️🙏

Thank you so much for doing this work and sharing you're knowledge. This is so well crafted. I look forward to watching more videos and buying your book!

This was absolutely brilliant, thank you Colin! So informative and in depth!

Thank you! This was very helpful and I enjoyed your presentation 🙏🏼

Thank you for this great class!

Absolutely fabulous explanations on the Tart.Thankyou

I enjoyed that. I knew much already. I have many decks. And I can only read one at a time. I was born on April fool’s day and on Pinterest I collect only the fool card. I have collected so many hundreds. I read the Rider Waite. It is impressed on my subconscious. When I read an ordinary deck of playing cards I see PCS’s depictions. This is true for all tarot decks that I have. I could read the cards the first time I saw them. That was over fifty years ago. I do call myself an entertainer when I read. Thank you, Colin. You are blessed.

Really thorough explanation and I liked the extensive historical and visual references.

Great work Colin, really enjoyed it. Thank you.

Thank you Colin, I really enjoyed your talk, it was fantastic.

Thank you for taking the time to make this video for all of us to benefit! blessings to you 🙏

Thank you Colin great explanation!

Great video. You've open my mind to certain ideas. Thank you so much.

You did an amazing job. Thank you!

Wow, such a great talk. The attention to detail is very welcome and rare. Really hope you can get into regular video making 🙏

Interesting and beautiful. Thank you !

What a well-rounded video! I've always felt the need to visit multiple videos when looking for information on the history of tarot, but this is such a comprehensive summary! Looking forward to more such content :)

I love tarot💞 Thank you for this video!!!

Incredibly informative and superbly presented. Thank you.

Thank you! This was exactly what I was looking for, and I’ll be recommending it to others who want to know more about the Tarot’s origins

I could listen to this for days... So interesting & informative. Thank you!

Awesome! Super informative and interesting. Thank you!

A superb synthesis! Thank you very much.

Truly great introduction for a complete starter. Excellent, thank you

Thank you so much for this wonderful talk, I’ve learned a great deal 👌🙏

Thank you very much!!! Very informative and well researched.

I really enjoyed your video .. and plan on checking out a couple of the books you have referenced .. I'll be looking forward to your next video ... thanks for the great listen

Enjoyed this very much. Thanks! Very informative.

Thank you for taking the time to make this! Sending love from Argentina.

Absolutely brilliant. I very much enjoyed this history lesson on the tarot. Thank you for taking the time to put this together!

As I delve back into tarot and the occult almost 20 years after first "having a go" I found myself wanting more information on the background etc. Thank you so much for this nutshell recap of hundreds of years of information, its a super helpful and really interesting starting point!

I second that this is the best video I have see on the internet about the history of the tarot. I would very much enjoy other videos, if you create them, Mr. Low.

This was phenomenal! I hope you continue to make videos!

This was so beautifully explained. Thanks x

Wow, great material presented eloquently. Painted so many images in my head. Thank you for this video!

Just a quick note to say thank you. This video was very good; I learned a lot. I would very much enjoy more videos from Colin Low.

thank you for such an easy to listen to explanation!

Awesome Lecture

I could listen to you forever, Mr. Low. I was recently introduced to the tarot reading and your video has been incredibly useful, educational and inspirational at the same time. I am really looking forward to read or watch more of your work here or in any other platform. Thank you again!

Absolutely fascinating. Thank you.

Thank you Colin, really enjoyed your explanation, thank you for sharing your research! Btw, your hair is amazing!

This was excellent, thank you for making video!

thank you for this video Colin, thank you for sharing knowledge in a way that is easy to understand!!

I really enjoy this video❤ Thank you for putting so much work on this. Looking forward to more🌷

This was a fascinating program to learn about the Tarot. I look forward to seeing more from the knowledgeable narrator. Thank you.

finally something i can understand and its lovely how you presented this thank you

What an amazing video! Mr. Low, thank you for being such a good teacher, I didn't want the video to end. Can't wait for the next class 🙂

Thank you so much for your thoughtful travel through tarot history. I enjoyed this so much - great research, great examples, great storytelling. You're a gem. 🖤

Wow I love the study themed backdrop you chose for this video.

Please make more videos, this was really enjoyable to watch.

Hands down the best history of the tarot I have ever seen (and I have watched more than my fair share)! Thank you so much!

Wow. Amazing. Thanks a lot

A fantastic lesson, thank you! I learned more from this than any other instructional video I've seen. Quite a gift!

The best history of Tarot on youtube. Thanks.

Very informative and contextual. Great explanation and thank you for including your sources!

I really enjoyed your presentation. Well prepared and engaging, Thanks for sharing w us. Hope you will do more?

Loved it sir.. it's a blessing to have you share the details n intrigue facts about tarot.. have saved Ur video n will always refer to it..

I am grateful to learn this history sir Colin. You have cleared much confusion with this video. You peak interest beyond the simple meaning of the cards . Thank you so very much for sharing this valuable research. Your generosity is amazing

I wish you made more videos. You are so nice to learn from.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, sir. This video is so informative it basically saved me years and years of research, especially because I’m such a slow reader. Incredible work!

Thanks Colin for making this video. I've been trawling through loads of videos trying to find facts and this video seems to be the only one that does that.

I throughly enjoyed that. Please have more conversations like that on your channel

So good. Grounded and no nonsense overview of Tarot as well as its people and places. Thank you.

I found this very interesting .Thank you

Thank you for your contribution!

This was a fantastic watch! Engaging, informative, and beautiful cards. I would be very interested in seeing more.

I loved this video so much, thank you so much for the book recommendations as well. I’m sad to see you only have 3 videos on your channel. I hope to see more from you and I’m excited to check out your books once I am more informed on the topic ❤.

Thanks for this very helpful tour, Colin. It's probably the single best RU-vid resource on the history of the Tarot (and the only other significant one of the same duration is a sensationalist History Channel documentary narrated by Chritopher Lee). Can't wait to watch another one from you!

Such a great lecture. It would be wonderful if you would do some more 🙏

This was excellent Colin - thoroughly researched, well illustrated, and beautifully articulated. I've recommended it to my students. Hope you'll do more!

Thank you a really informative talk - please keep uploading more videos 😍

10 minutes into your video & easy to grasp... look forward to finishing it tomorrow very interesting up to this point... love your wizardry locks.....

Thank you Colin, for your time and for imparting your extensive knowledge regarding the tarot and it's history in such an erudite and accessible manner. During the pandemic I used some of my time to learn and extend my knowledge of regular card games. During that time I learnt to play, amongst other card games, the game of French tarot and became interested in the original deck and it's history. I've started to collect historic decks and it's become a passion of mine. I am not convinced by their use for divination, that said, I wouldn't undermine other people's beliefs just because I don't share them. I do wonder though, regarding divination, whether the cards work like a Rorschach test for some people. Subconsciously reading meaning that's connecting the images on the cards to their own state of mind... Just a thought (if you'll excuse the pun) Anyway, enough of my musings, thank you once again for a very engaging presentation. Thank you.

Lovely swagger through tarot history, voice and visual poetry.

I was already loving your video and then you said you feel sorry for the poor lion, I was like yeah I knew I liked this gentleman lol. hope to see more from you!

Best video about the history of the Tarot on the internet, hands down. Thoroughly researched, sources cited, interesting, informative, captivating. Mr. Low, you should make more videos like this one.

Excellent work Mr. Low! I received my first deck about 20 years ago from my mother, which was the Waite/Smith deck. I wasn’t extremely consistent with my readings until about six years ago. Now I have about 25 decks. “Oracle” as well as (and mostly) tarot. I’ve heard some readers say that there are secret meanings in some of the images and colors on the Waite smith deck. I would love a video, that takes a deeper look into the intuitive meanings behind these symbols. Thank you for a very polished and educational piece on this amazing tools history.😊🙏🏼 - I just found your 2 new videos! Hooray🥳🥹🥂🧙🏻‍♂️

Thank for sharing your expertise. I have been reading long enough to want to plow deeply into this literature. I look forward to any more work you share and have subscribed and liked.

Thank you for sharing your in depth knowledge of the tarot. I appreciate such detail. Great video. This is why RU-vid is good.

Truly wonderful presentation, it's safe to say we're all eagerly awaiting your next video.

This was such a good history. Thank you so much for the book recommendations, and the detail you went into this. It was a refreshing experience, and I appreciated the humor added in.

Very good! Not only did I learn a lot from your talk, but you introduced me to a number of books that had previously escaped my attention. Thanks to the miracle of the internet, and Amazon, I actually ordered the books while listening to your presentation. And so, your teaching and influence will go on indefinitely in my household. I only wish I could have gotten a closer look at that earring you're wearing!

Good job Colin, spot on.

Thank you so much for this very informative vídeo.

Thumb up! A really excellent subject. Great Job. Waiting for another video. Thanks

Thank you! Very Informative!

GREAT explanation of the taort's history. A lot of information I've never heard before. 👍 Very knowledgeable.