Adam has written two books on the Tarot (‘The Tarot’ and ‘Instant Tarot’) and is is a known expert on the expert of the Tarot and has lectured at the UK Tarot Conference.
There are numerous theories as to where the Tarot cards originally came from. Some believe they originated in Egypt, others say India and there have also been well-argued theories that the Tarot were used by the Templars. The first playing cards that we know about are in fact from China, and date from the ninth century, while the earliest evidence we have for Tarot cards as they appear today stems from Northern Italy in the fourteenth century.