This is not independent scholarship or a secondary reference in the ordinary sense; it is U.S. Games Systems' own commercial listing for the tarot deck it sells, The Golden Dawn Tarot, and its own record states plainly that Robert Wang compiled the deck's correspondences directly from Israel Regardie's published Golden Dawn material rather than developing them independently. That descent is documented in this atlas as its own edge: the deck is marked as a popularized derivative of Regardie's book, so a citation to this listing alongside a citation to Regardie's Golden Dawn is one witness appearing twice, not two independent lines of evidence. Use it only for the deck's own publication details, its compiler, publisher and year; it is not evidence that the correspondences it reproduces are historically older than Regardie's own compilation, and it carries no independent scholarly apparatus of its own beyond that listing.
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A manufacturer's own commercial listing for a deck it sells is a self-referential account, not an independent secondary source. The deck's correspondences were compiled by Robert Wang directly from Israel Regardie's The Golden Dawn. NotesU.S. Games Systems' own listing for The Golden Dawn Tarot (Robert Wang, drawing on Israel Regardie's Golden Dawn material, 1978); records the deck's publication details, not an independent or scholarly source.
Citation
AuthorRobert Wang, from Israel Regardie's Golden Dawn material
PublisherU.S. Games Systems
Publication Year1978
URLhttps://www.usgamesinc.com/the-golden-dawn-tarot.html
Source Typereference
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This source names Israel directly: "deck's correspondences directly from Israel Regardie's published Golden Dawn material rather than developing them independently."
Popularized Derivative Of
The Golden Dawn, Sources This commercial tarot deck's own listing states its correspondences were compiled by Robert Wang directly from Israel Regardie's published Golden Dawn material, not developed independently.
Claims Backed By This Source (26 claims)
This source backs 26 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Tarot Decks, 12 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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