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ALPHABETS

 

THE ARCHITECTURE OF KNOWLEDGE…

 

FROM BOLOGNA TO THE WORLD

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22-23-24 November 2025

 

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The role of Bologna as the capital of knowledge in the medieval and Renaissance periods is based on its ability to generate and disseminate new cultural codes. The Alma Mater Studiorum, the first university in Europe, gave rise to countless "alphabets" of knowledge, whose influence shaped European civilization.

 

This conference aims to trace the trajectories of such knowledge: from their academic origins to their manifestation in less explored artistic and intellectual fields. Through the contribution of distinguished international scholars, the meeting aims to shed light on this extraordinary cultural heritage.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2025

 

HERMETIC ALPHABETS

 

FARNESE CHAPEL (2nd FLOOR) – PALAZZO D’ACCURSIO

 

PIAZZA MAGGIORE, 6 - BOLOGNA

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025

 

SECRET ALPHABETS IN ART

 

CONFERENCE ROOM

 

MAMBO - MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF BOLOGNA

 

VIA DON GIOVANNI MINZONI, 14

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24

 

ON THE TRAIL OF INGMAR BERGMAN

 

THE TAROTS AS A KEY 

 

TO THE ALPHABETS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS

 

CINEMA MODERNISSIMO

 

IN COLLABORATION WITH FONDAZIONE CINETECA

 

BOLOGNA PIAZZA RE ENZO, 3

9:00 am - Participant registration 

 

9:30 am - Introduction to the Conference 

 

10:00 am - THE WORD IS A GODDESS WHO DANCES

 

(Paola Goretti)

 

According to Charles Malamoud (orientalist and historian of religions), in the ancient Vedic poems the Word is a manifestation of the goddess: feminine, inspiring, living. In various Western alphabetical repertoires, her pirouettes are visions of light and sensuality: for aesthetic, artistic, and sapiential expansion.

 

10:45 am - THREE MOTHER LETTERS:

 

Kabbalistic Keys of Creation

 

(Jari Casagrande)

 

Kabbalah explores the 32 Paths of Wisdom, considered creative elements of the universe. The session offers a general introduction to this esoteric knowledge, with a focus on the three "Mother Letters", allowing a first approach to an ancient spiritual path that is increasingly followed today.

 

 11:30 am ASTROLOGICAL ALPHABET:

 

The basics of the structure of the Natal Chart and its psychological interpretation

 

(Clara Tozzi)

 

The Natal Chart is a true map of the personality, but the relationship that can be established between the different inner parts and between oneself and the external world leaves an extraordinary co-creative possibility in the individual, which manifests through time and its mysterious lines.

 

12:15 pm LETTERS AND NUMBERS IN THE MANTEGNA TAROT

 

A spiritual code to unite Earth and Heaven

 

(Giordano Berti)

 

The so-called “Mantegna” Tarot are an evolutionary game built according to the rules of the Art of Memory. One of the processes consists in arranging letters and numbers on rotating circles. In the deck we can see 5 circles, where 5 letters and 50 numbers are connected to sapiential images.

 

1:00 pm Lunch break

 

2:30 pm A MASTER'S DEGREE FOR THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF ESOTERICISM

 

(Chiara Ombretta Tommasi)

 

A scientific initiative coordinated by the speaker: a Level II Master's Degree at the University of Pisa dedicated to Religions, Esotericism, New Spiritualities: Evolutions and Perspectives. A scientifically based approach to alternative or marginal movements from the ancient world to the present day.  

 

3:15 pm CASTEL DEL MONTE

 

An alphabet in stone to hear the whisper of God

 

(Andrea Vitali)

 

The intended use of Castel del Monte, beyond any esoteric interpretation, reveals how from the modus cogitandi of the time, the medieval man expressed a modus operandi where earthly and cosmic values unite in perfect harmony.

 

4:00 pm – THE ALPHABET OF THE GODS:

 

Numerology as a symbolic and archetypal path

 

(Valentina Cesari)

 

Numerology is present in the main sapiential traditions of humanity to decode the complexity of the Cosmos and its laws and to understand how to align oneself with them. In modern times, thanks to Theosophy, it has also become an effective tool for deepening self-knowledge.

 

4:45 pm - GREEN ALPHABET

 

The language of plants

 

(Laura Dell’Aquila)

 

Plants speak and express themselves through a varied alphabet made of colors, aromas, shapes, sacred geometries, similarities and analogies, sounds and vibrations. Rediscovering the ancient connection with the plant world is the key to recognizing our true nature.

 

5:30 pm - THE ENIGMATIC ALPHABET OF THE TAROT

 

(Giovanni Pelosini)

 

In the order of the Triumphs is encrypted a complex hermetic astrological code: an enigma created in the intellectual context of fifteenth-century Milan to represent the Renaissance vision of the cosmic order: coherent geometries, hermetic symbols, alchemical and philosophical figures.

 

 6:15 pm - End of works

3:00 PM - Welcome 

 

3:15 PM – Introduction to the Conference

 

3:30 PM - MUTUS LIBER:

 

The mute book of Alchemy

 

(Morena Poltronieri)

 

An enigmatic work that stands at the crossroads between art, alchemy, and language. In an era dominated by words, the "Mute Book" makes a radical and extraordinarily modern choice: it entrusts its entire narrative to a sequence of 15 symbolic plates, creating a purely visual experience.

 

4:00 PM - LUIGI PERICLE: 

 

ICONOGRAPHY AND CALLIGRAPHY OF MYSTERY

 

(Andrea Biasca-Caroni and Greta Biasca-Caroni)

 

The rediscovery of the pictorial work of Luigi Pericle (1916-2001) through documents of esoteric, astrological, and symbolic research from the Luigi Pericle Archive - Ascona, Switzerland. His spiritual vision of art and the cosmos in dialogue with Theosophy highlights the connection with the initiatory culture of the 20th century.

 

4:45 PM - AROUND THE “SECRET WRITINGS” OF MAX ERNST

 

(Martina Mazzotta)

 

A journey to discover the “secret writing” of Max Ernst (1891-1976), one of the few modern artists to have structured a true alphabet, an extraordinary tool that relates to his work, to cinema, to the cosmos.

 

5:30 PM - THE ANIMAL WORLD: A SPIRITUAL ALPHABET

 

(Octavia Monaco)

 

An excursus through the symbolic procession of her work Le Tarot Mystique. Animals, figures of the sensitive world of nature, subjects of symbologies, allegories, and metaphors, constitute an indispensable vocabulary that is intimately human, bearing meanings that substantiate the artistic language.

 

6:15 PM - RUNES history art myth:

 

the magic of an alphabet

 

(Ernesto Fazioli)

 

Runic writing presents itself as a divine gift, rooted in the myth of Odin, the supreme deity of the Norse pantheon. This sacred origin has given the Runes an oracular function, elevating them to a true bridge of communication between the divine and earthly realms.

 

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A fascinating combination of tarot, archetypes, and cinematography. This journey is inspired by some works of Ingmar Bergman, whose iconic images were taken directly from scenes in his films, captured in the synchronicity of the moment, just like the revealing path of the tarot. An intense journey through symbols that describe the eternal inner struggle to reach the profound meaning of existence.  

 

2:30 pm BERGMAN AND THE ARCANA:

 

A Journey into the Unveiled Soul

 

(curated by Morena Poltronieri and Jari Casagrande)

 

There is a red thread that connects some of Ingmar Bergman's films to the symbolism of the tarot. It is an interpretative path that reveals how Bergman's images and narratives may have inspired a visual and conceptual reinterpretation of the Major Arcana. Traditionally associated with divination, tarot cards have gradually transcended this function, emerging as privileged tools for archetypal investigation and the exploration of the human psyche. The analogy between Bergman's powerful cinematic figures and the archetypal imagery of the tarot is eloquent evidence of this evolution.

 

3:15 pm - HOUR OF THE WOLF (Film Screening 1968 - duration 90 minutes)  

 

5:00 pm - ARCHETYPES IN COMPARISON:

 

Bergman's Cinema as a Mirror of the Unconscious

 

(curated by Sabina Guidotti and Ernesto Fazioli)

 

An in-depth analysis of two of Bergman's masterpieces, exploring their connections with universal archetypes.

 

HOUR OF THE WOLF as a threshold crossing: The moment between night and dawn, when the boundaries between worlds become thin, psychic defenses are weakened, and dark forces manifest with greater power. It is a moment of revelation and spiritual vulnerability.

 

WILD STRAWBERRIES Dreams, Symbols and Catharsis: An immersion in the esoteric aspect of the film, understood as an inner initiatory journey. A dreamlike and symbolic exploration of the past and the unconscious to achieve liberation and reconciliation with oneself and with life.

 

6:15 pm - WILD STRAWBERRIES. (Film Screening 1957 - duration 91 minutes)  

 

Modernissimo Ticket Offices for November 24

 

Online: cinetecabologna.18tickets.it

 

In person at the Cineteca Bookshop

 

(under the Voltone of Palazzo Re Enzo)

 

Bologna Welcome infopoint desk

 

(Piazza Maggiore 1/e)

 

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Tickets available from October 27 with a code dedicated exclusively to registered participants of the Alfabeti Conference, which will be provided to them in advance by the Organizing Secretariat, to benefit from a discount.

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Modernissimo ticket offices November 24

 

Online: cinetecabologna.18tickets.it

 

In person at the Cineteca Bookshop

 

(under the Voltone of Palazzo Re Enzo)

 

Bologna Welcome infopoint desk

 

(Piazza Maggiore 1/e)

 

 Cinema Lumière ticket offices (Piazzetta Pasolini)

 

Tickets available from October 27 with a code dedicated exclusively to registered participants of the Alfabeti Conference, which will be provided to them in advance by the Organizing Secretariat, to benefit from a discount.

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Organization

 

Morena Poltronieri – Ernesto Fazioli

 

Management of the International Tarot Museum.

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Giordano Berti, historian of Western esotericism, has collaborated on major exhibitions and directed the publication of three encyclopedias on Tarot and one on playing and divination cards. For important publishing houses, he has published works on the history of esoteric traditions, including History of Tarot. Truth and Legends about the Most Mysterious Cards in the World (OM Edizioni, Asti-Bologna, 2023). He was an editor at the publishing house Eurographis in Bologna, continuing his research on the history of Western esotericism with particular reference to the visual arts and literature, a history and symbolism consultant for Edizioni d'Arte Lo Scarabeo in Turin, with whom he has published historical studies, directed a series of educational games, and designed new Art Tarot decks created by great illustrators. He was among the founders of the Istituto Graf in Bologna, where he was president for many years and for which he directed the organization of major exhibitions, in collaboration with famous historians, writers, and philosophers. He also created the brand Rinascimento Italian Style Art, dedicated to the faithful reprinting of ancient and rare Tarot and Sibyls. In 2025, he launched "Tarot Focus: International Journal of Tarotology, Symbolism and Occulture," published in Italian, English, and Spanish, with contributions from scholars around the world. He teaches courses in symbolism and tarotology, both in person and online. 

 

Andrea Biasca-Caroni was born in Locarno, Switzerland, in 1971. For over twenty years he has presided over the organization of international cultural events. Since 2014 Andrea has been the Presidential Agent of the Swiss Theosophical Society.

 

Greta Biasca-Caroni was born in Bergamo in 1974. Since 2023, she has been president of the Swiss Theosophical Society.

 

Together, in 2008, they founded L’officina Home Interiors in Locarno, an interior design studio with a concept store. In December 2016, the couple purchased the villa that belonged to Luigi Pericle (1916-2001) located in Ascona on the slopes of Monte Verità, to make it their home, discovering an extraordinary treasure: thousands of works of art created by the previous owner who, upon investigation, turned out to be one of the most mysterious and fascinating artists of the 20th century. In 2019, Andrea and Greta founded the non-profit association Archivio Luigi Pericle in Ascona, with Andrea as president and Greta as director. The association aims to promote and enhance the work and thought of the rediscovered artist internationally through research, publications, exhibitions, study stays, artistic residencies, and collaborations with cultural institutions and universities. Their essays have been published by Silvana Editoriale, Scheidegger & Spiess, and Paul Holberton Publishing. In 2022 Andrea edited the volume Luigi Pericle. The Rediscovered Master, published by Nino Aragno.

 

Jari Casagrande After classical studies, he set his sights on philosophical and psychological research, which he translates into poetry and narrative. Following this path, he published A Face Without a Face (2010). Subsequently, his interest delved into Assyro-Babylonian culture and mythology and he published I and the I, Odyssey in Gilgamesh (2013). But the main theme has always been the study of Jewish Kabbalah. His research began with the texts of Yiṣḥāq Luria (Jerusalem, 1534 – Safed, July 25, 1572) and later followed masters such as Yehuda Ashlag and Michael Laitman. He gives lectures and seminars on this subject.  

 

Valentina Cesari PhD in Indo-Vedic psychology and transpersonal Life coach, Valentina Cesari is an expert in numerology and Chinese astrology and a facilitator of Vedic and Taoist meditation. She trained as a consultant and teacher of Ba Zi at the Italian Academy of Feng Shui Architecture in Verona with teacher Pierfrancesco Ros, Feng Shui Master of the 73rd Generation, bearer of the teachings of M° Raymond Lo, M° Joseph Yu, M° Eduardo Ess, M° Joey Yap, M° Paul Hung. She deepened her practice of Ba Zi with Joey Yap's team and the Ming Shan Taoist Studies Center. Co-founder and teacher of Ba Zi at the Shendao school of Taoist arts until 2023, she has conducted training courses throughout Italy. Author of the book with cards Dialogue with Numbers ed. il Ciliegio (2012) and holistic operator SIAF since 2015, she integrates her skills in the personal growth path “Inner Keys of Harmony”. This method combines the effectiveness of transpersonal coaching with the astro-numerological interpretation of personality and meditative practice, to support a natural process of self-awareness and harmonization, bringing clarity and well-being for a more authentic and fulfilling life. 

 

Laura Dell'Aquila Graduated in biology, she has always dedicated herself to the world of plants and specialized in Geobotany. She obtained a diploma in Herbal Techniques to discover, in addition to plant physiology and ecology, the richness bestowed by friendly plants. She has always devoted herself to nature education, working both with schools and in teacher training. For many years she worked as a consultant for Public Bodies on vegetation studies, handling both photointerpretation and field surveys. At the same time, she organized and conducted courses on the knowledge and use of wild herbs, phytotherapy, and natural cosmetics. She taught for several years as a Contract Professor at Herbal Techniques in Bologna, Pharmaceutical Systematic Botany, and for many years led ecology laboratories at the Primary Education Sciences department. She continues to teach phytotherapy at the School of Naturopathy of Riza Psicosomatica and other qualified public institutions. Her botanical and herbal interest gave rise to the School of Botany and Wild Herbalism "Il Giardino di Pimpinella" in Luminasio (Marzabotto - Bo), where educational and outreach activities are held to fully share her experience in the fields of botany, herbalism, and self-production.

 

Ernesto Fazioli Researcher and essayist. Since 1980, he has devoted himself to hermetic-anthropological research with particular interest in ancient philosophies and religions, such as astrology, tarot, runes, and Norse mythology, as well as the symbolism of art. These researches have been presented in exhibitions, conferences, and meetings in Italy and abroad. He is a member of ESSWE - European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. Since 2007, he has coordinated the International Tarot Museum in Riola di Vergato (Bo) and, since 2024, the Academy of Hermetic Studies. He has published numerous essays in which hermetic culture is combined with the discovery of the mysteries of cities and the most famous figures of the past.

 

Paola Goretti Trained as a Cinquecentista, art and costume historian, PhD in Arts of Light, she has devoted twenty years to the study of early period clothing systems, which have resulted in countless writings and in Monumenta. I Costumi di Scena della Fondazione Cerratelli, photographs by Aurelio Amendola (Pacini), awarded by the UNESCO Club of Florence (2010). She has taught and collaborated with prestigious national and international cultural institutions for interdisciplinary projects, held the chair of Scenarios at the University of the Image in Milan, conceived around the five senses by Fabrizio Ferri (1998-2005), worked at the Hermitage Foundation for some surveys on Italian heritage in St. Petersburg (2009-2010). She deals with classical tradition and sensory integration. Among the exhibitions curated: Claudio Koporossy. Acqua di rose (Bologna 2023); Vita Universa. Jorio Vivarelli sculptor (Pistoia 2022); The Art of Beauty: the jewels of Gianmaria Buccellati (Reggia di Venaria 2016); Kokocinski. Life and the Mask: from Pulcinella to the Clown (Rome 2015); Octavia Monaco. Inda Angelica Fiamma. Figures of Contemplation (Bologna 2015); Venanzo Crocetti and the Feeling of the Ancient. Elegance in the Twentieth Century (Rome 2013). And then, Aurelio Amendola. An Anthology (Pistoia 2021; Bari 2022), in Treccani Editions. Since 2013 she has collaborated with Il Vittoriale degli Italiani, where she created D’Annunzio and the Art of Perfume. Odorarius Mirabilis (2018), set design by Maestro Pier Luigi Pizzi. Among her latest publications: “It is the immortal rose”. D’Annunzio and the flower of intoxication (2022); The Rose of Bologna. A Scented Story (2022); Tu m’inambri (2023); I, Lavinia. The First Female Painter (2024). And on Alphabets, Emotional Alphabet Book (2023): a literary homage—halfway between an anthology and a prayer book—that makes the word a nourishment for the spirit.

 

Sabina Guidotti Writer, Editor, Creative Writing Teacher. After graduating as a Screenwriter from the National Academy of Cinema, she continued her studies with Francesco Scardamaglia, Tonino Guerra, and Jean-Claude Carrière. She works in cinema as a dialogue writer and writer with Vincenzo Cerami, who became her teacher and mentor. For the theater, she collaborates with Ascanio Celestini on workshops that led to the staging of the show La pecora nera. In the field of fiction, she was for years an editorial consultant for Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. She is the author of several books, including: L’Ipotesi, with a preface by the poet Alda Merini. Land’s end, published by Meridiano Zero. Un occhio verde e uno blu published by Minerva Edizioni, with a preface by Francesco and Raffaella Guccini and a contribution by Prof. Antonio Faeti.

 

Martina Mazzotta is an art historian, essayist, and curator with a philosophical background oriented towards Husserlian thought. After graduating with honors in Theoretical Philosophy in Milan and studying in Berlin and Munich (as a DAAD scholarship holder), she obtained her PhD in Modern and Contemporary Art History. From 2003 to 2017 she collaborated with the historic family publishing house and the Mazzotta foundation (both of which have become historical archives / “living archive”) while also teaching at the art history department of the Catholic University of Milan. Martina’s work focuses in particular on the relationships between philosophy, visual arts, music, magic, and science. She has curated exhibitions in museums, foundations, and biennials in Europe, the United States, and India. Her recent exhibitions and publications have expanded and renewed research on classical-modern figures such as Wassily Kandinsky, John Cage, Jean Dubuffet, and Max Ernst, as well as explored fields such as Wunderkammern and the history of medicine in relation to the skin. Currently, Martina is a correspondent from the United Kingdom for Il Sole 24 Ore/Domenica and Associate Fellow at the Warburg Institute in London, where she is conducting new research on encyclopedic collections of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their legacy in modern and contemporary art, as well as curating exhibitions at international venues, in 2025 on Max Ernst and cinema (Madrid, Circulo del Bellas Artes), and on the cultural tradition of tarot/Tarot (London, Warburg Institute).

 

Octavia Monaco Italo-French artist. She has created illustrations for fairy tales, legends and myths, and illustrated books dedicated to the biographies of illustrious painters of the past, published in various countries around the world, obtaining multiple awards, such as the exhibition of the originals of Vi presento Klimt at the Louvre bookshop in 2004. This fruitful twenty-year professional experience has helped to define the stylistic hallmark that still distinguishes her artistic creations, especially regarding the Feminine archetype, particularly in the symbolic relationship between Woman and Nature. She was a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna for fifteen years, teaching the art of illustration. She exhibits her painted works on wood in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In June 2022, the XXII Major Arcana of the tarot "Le Tarot mystique" were published, a pictorial cycle on wooden panels, created in two years of dedication, which became a precious limited edition deck of cards, published by the International Tarot Museum. 

 

Giovanni Pelosini Doctor in Biological Sciences, writer, researcher, consultant, and lecturer. He deals with hermeticism, alchemy, tarotology, astrology, symbology, oriental disciplines, and neuroscience. He has published more than three hundred texts, books, and articles in specialized journals, translated into several languages and distributed on all continents. Author of the volume Tarot, the Mirrors of Infinity (Hermatena, 2016), now considered an opus magnum that gathers all tarot culture worldwide. He gives lectures and conducts seminars in Italy and abroad. He has represented Italy at international congresses in Moscow (2013), San Marino (2015), Tel Aviv (2017), Haifa (2022), Barcelona (2024). He is the scientific-cultural coordinator and correspondent for Europe of the International Tarot Museum. He founded Humanistic Tarotology, a philosophical and psychological discipline for the knowledge of the Self.

 

Morena Poltronieri Researcher and essayist. For fifty years she has been conducting research related to ancient symbologies that have permeated hermetic culture throughout history. Her travels have become numerous books dedicated to the "magical places" of the world. She has deepened her research on Eastern culture by curating texts and seminars. She is a member of ESSWE - European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. She founded and collaborates with the International Tarot Museum in Riola (Bo). She curates various editorial series for Mutus Liber editions. She is part of the board of directors of the Academy of Hermetic Studies. 

 

Chiara Ombretta Tommasi Former student of the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (1991-95) and PhD in Classical Philology (2000), she teaches History of Religions and History of Early Christianity at the University of Pisa. Her main interests focus on Late Antiquity, dealing in particular with the dialectic between pagans and Christians, the presence of esoteric currents, and relations with other cults of foreign origin in the Mediterranean religious landscape. In recent years, she has broadened her research horizons, extending them to the relationships between classical civilizations and the Far East. She is preparing a commented edition of Athanasius Kircher's China Illustrata. In 2024, a volume dedicated to Religions. A Global History was published by Le Monnier/Mondadori Education. She is a member of numerous scientific committees (Axolotl. Collana di Storia delle Religioni at Mimesis, Milan/Udine; Documenta Orientalia, Pacini, Pisa; PLUS, Pisa University Press; Roma Sinica and Millennium, De Gruyter, Berlin; Religion, Routledge; Religeographies, Fondazione Cini; Religions in the Roman Empire, Tübingen); Vice-Secretary of the EASR (European Association for the Study of Religion); member of the Laboratoire sur Les Monotheismes of the French CNRS; of the Board of Directors of the Institut d’Etudes Augustiniennes in Paris; of the Academia Europaea in London. 

 

Clara Tozzi Scholar of humanistic and psychological astrology, from 1998 to 2001 she perfected her knowledge with seminars in traditional and evolutionary astrology and later with the three-year school of psychological astrology of Lidia Fassio. Since 2006 she has collaborated with Eridanoschool as a teacher, continuing for 10 years. Since 2016 she has been a professional holistic counselor with an astrological focus, registered with UNI-PRO. She has written numerous articles published in magazines and websites. In 2022 she collaborated with Morena Poltronieri and Graziella Pagani on the book Etty Hillesum Edith Stein Simone Weil – The Red Thread of the Feminine between Stars and Handwriting.

 

Andrea Vitali Medievalist and historian of symbolism, he is considered by the academic community to be one of the leading experts on the history of tarot. In addition to chairing the scientific committees of the most important exhibitions held in Italy on the subject, he has given lectures on medieval symbolism and the allegorical iconography of the Triumphs at various Italian and foreign universities and cultural institutes. In 1985 he founded the Cultural Association Le Tarot, of which he is president, composed of eminent personalities from international culture. He has written and edited numerous publications. On the Association's website (www.letarot.it) there are over 250 of his essays, both historical and iconological, the latter translated into six languages. On this subject, Umberto Eco stated: “Andrea Vitali's iconological essays are the most authoritative reference for the study of the symbols and allegories of the Major Arcana.” He has carried out scientific and teaching collaborations for various universities (Florence, Bologna, Genoa, Lecce), giving lectures, seminars, and assisting students in preparing their theses as a co-supervisor. Among his most important contributions are having brought to light numerous historical documents attesting to the meaning of the term ‘Tarocco’, the reason for the presence of the Magician, having deciphered in a historical iconological context the most emblematic allegories of the Triumphs (Major Arcana), and having found a large number of documents on tarot from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Numerous interviews with him have been published by the press and national television broadcasters. He holds online and in-person courses on the medieval imagination and tarot, basing the teaching of the latter on Jungian theories of symbolic energy.

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