Born August 9 1951 Strasbourg France, he now lives in the city of Avignon (France).
Maître ès-Lettres (ancien régime), Member "Sociétaire" of the «Société des Gens de Lettres de France (SGDL), his main publications are about a possible Neo- Pythagorean structure of the 78 cards of the classic tarot.
He is member of the International Association of Yoga Therapist :
https://www.iayt.org/member/pranayama-yoga
Publications
His first essay on this specific topic was:
Origines et histoire du Tarot, Envolée Editions, Toulouse (1977), ISBN 2-912305-004
Manuel de cartomancie, Éditions Envolée, Toulouse, 1997, ISBN 2912305012
Il Castello dei Tarocchi (The Castle of the Tarot), Edited by Andrea Vitali, Lo Scarabeo, Torino, 2010, ISBN-10: 8865270039 / ISBN-13: 978-8865270035
Le Pranayama Yoga: une aproche pranique du yoga, Editions Vie, Collection Experts, (2020), ISBN 978-613-9-58935-7, 02/2020
https://nouveautes-editeurs.bnf.fr/annonces.html?id_declaration=10000000585793&titre_livre=LE_LANGAGE_DES_CARTES
Le langage des cartes: une initiation à la cartomancie française (parution avril 2020).
Divination par les Jeux de 32 et 52 cartes (120 pages)
Marque éditoriale: Independently published; Distribution internationale: Amazon;
ISBN 9798624701724
https://nouveautes-editeurs.bnf.fr/annonces.html?id_declaration=10000000585793&titre_livre=LE_LANGAGE_DES_CARTES
The Language of the Cards : an initiation into French Cartomancy (English version)
https://nouveautes-editeurs.bnf.fr/annonces.html?id_declaration=10000000576663&titre_livre=THE_LANGUAGE_OF_THE_CARDS
Online Essays
Le Tarot “dit de Charles VI” Le point sur la recherche historique http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=761
Article Cartomancie on Wikipedia
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartomancie
Comment: La plus grande partie de cet article est inspirée.de mon livre Manuel de Cartomancie
Article about the pseudo Charles VI
http://bougearel.blog.lemonde.fr/2006/02/12/2006_02_le_tarot_dit_de/
Translation in Portuguese by Constantino K. Riemma
http://www.clubedotaro.com.br/site/h23_15_gringonneur.asp
Article about some Florentine iconography on the Tarot dit de Charles VI
http://traditiontarot.com/viewtopic.php?id=932
Discussion on:
http://traditiontarot.com/viewtopic.php?id=910
About the datation of the TdM Chosson
http://bougearel.blog.lemonde.fr/2006/03/26/2006_03_lpineux_problme/
About "viewing in future" .... mancie
Fabre d'Olivet et Pythagoras
http://bougearel.blog.lemonde.fr/2007/02/21/ce-que-je-vois-arrivera-ou-narrivera-pas-tiresias/
Article on Tarot History Forum
1582 Gosselin Jean: "La signification de l 'ancien jeu des chartes pythagoriques...". La plus ancienne référence française connue d' une analyse pythagoricienne du Jeu de cartes ordinaires ? (The French oldest reference known today of a Pythagorean analysis of the ordianary deck ?).
http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1102&p=17459#p17459
His last work where he gave an exhaustive explanation about the theory of a possible Neo-Pythagorean structure in the 78 cards in the classic tarot:
Le Tarot arithmologique
http://letarot.it/page.aspx?id=603
Michael S Howard has translated this essay on:
http://letarot.it/page.aspx?id=603&lng=ENG
Translations
Tarot 3 stars iconography: Moon, Star and Sun by Andrea Vitali, translated by Alain Bougearel
Moon (Jenuary 2005)
www.officieldelavoyance.org/spip.php?article1020
Star (March 2005)
www.officieldelavoyance.org/spip.php?article1093
Sun (April 2005)
www.officieldelavoyance.org/spip.php?article1141
Temperance
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temp%C3%A9rance_(tarot)
Multimedia publications
• L’Art du Tarot, CR Rom, Alsyd Multimedia Editions (2002), ISBN 2-84489-106 • Tarots de Marseille, DVD Rom PC, Mindscape Editions (2004), TMA3854AF-TMA8AF-SLC1, 5 3901020457747
Diaporama
• The Marsigliese Tarot restoring with Philippe Camoin http://www.camoin.com/images/panneaux/FR/DIAPORAMA.gif
Magazine
• Tarot et Cartomancie, in “L’Ame et le Cœur”, magazine, N° 29 (December- Genuary 1999), ISSN 1274 2139 • Tarologie et taromancie: la divination par les cartes, (March-April-May 2000), Quarterly • Initiation au symbolisme divinatoire des cartes, in “Le Journal de Demain”, magazine, n° 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 12 (2000-2001). Publications CATSMedia, CPPAM n° 0102K79303 • The Arithmological Structure of Tarot, in “The Tarot Lovers Magazine” (1997-2003) www.camoin.com/en/mag/archives/structure_arithmologique_1.asp •La tarologie en question, in “Le Journal Toulousain”, Special file: Voyance - le dessous des cartes, n° 130 + 131 (September 2004) • Tarot et Néo-Catharisme, editorialist for “Club. Cathares. Org”, ISDO numerical editor, SIRET 428 671 804 00030 (April 2004). Le Cercle Philosophique. http://www.club.cathares.org • Tarot et néo-pythagorisme, in “Le Journal de Demain”, L’Officiel de la Voyance Magasine, (July 2004) www.officieldelavoyance.org/spip.php?article736
Article in collaboration
• The oldest French Reference: 1337. Abbaye of St Victor of Marseilles, Documents for old playing-cards. Playing-cards and Tarot Museum, Alain Bougearel e Ross Caldwell (2003 - Published in April 2004) http://www.trionfi.com/0/e1/001/
Translation in collaboration
• Oldest Tarot French Rules of Tarot as a game 1637 [1585?], John Mc Leod and Alain Bougearel, (March-December 2004) http://trionfi.com/0/p/1637.htm
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