The Tarot and the Magick of the Six Realms

As revealed to Jeff Carreira and Judith Marsden.

What if the Tarot’s Major Arcana were never meant to predict the future — but to liberate the soul?

In this groundbreaking work of mystical reconstruction, spiritual philosopher Jeff Carreira and independent scholar Judith Marsden unveil a visionary manuscript that traces the roots of the Tarot back to the desert mystics of early Christianity. At the center of this revelatory text is a fragment attributed to Amma Syncletica, a revered Desert Mother, who transmits a secret teaching said to have originated with Mary Magdalene herself — teachings that may have once formed part of the now-lost pages of the Gospel of Mary.

Syncletica’s fragment describes twenty-two archetypal initiations the soul must pass through as it ascends through six mystical realms: Strength, Power, Will, Time, Eternity, and Creation. Through these symbolic trials, the soul sheds illusion, awakens inner power, and reclaims its divine nature. The Tarot, seen through this lens, becomes not a tool for divination but a map of sacred transformation.

In these pages, you’ll discover:

• A reimagined gospel-style text that gives voice to the silent feminine lineages of early Christianity
• The archetypal origins of the Major Arcana as spiritual thresholds
• An esoteric system of six realms that mirrors your inner initiatory journey
• Commentary from a fictionalized Cosmas Indicopleustes, placing the teachings within 6th-century Christian cosmology
• A mythopoetic invitation to reclaim the mystical roots of your own awakening
• A newly imagined scroll by Amma Syncletica, interpreting the Major Arcana as thresholds of soul ascent

The Tarot and the Magick of the Six Realms is both a spiritual initiation and a literary artifact — a profound reading experience for anyone drawn to mysticism, metaphysical symbolism, and the hidden history of soul liberation.