The OOTK or Opening of the Key tarot spread is part of the Golden Dawn teachings. The spread appears Under “The Behaviour of the Tarot” in the Book of Thoth by Aleister Crowley and untitled in The Oracle of the Tarot by Paul Foster Case.
There are fives stages:
The situation of the Querent
Development of the Question
Further development of the Question
Penultimate aspects of the question.
Final Result
The divination techniques are:
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