I Wisdom, Dwell With Prudence, I find out knowledge and learn discretion (Proverbs 8:12).

This website contains links to the Tarot Decks, Books, and Videos made by D. W. Prudence. Daniel E. Loeb is a scholar, occult author, and spiritual mentor who wrote under the pseudonym D. W. Prudence while working in public service, where he needed to maintain a secret security clearance, and his spiritual activities may have subjected him to bias. He retired after serving 20 years in the US Air Force, and is now continues to work as an author and instructor on topics related to Kabbalah, alchemy, and the tarot. He graduated from the Hypnosis Training Institute of Central California in 1994 and from the Therapeutic Learning Center School of Massage in 1997. He earned his Bachelor degree in Psychology in 2002 and a Master's degree in 2008. He has instructed Hypnotherapy certification courses internationally, he's worked as a Hypnotherapist in private practice and as a Tarot reader. In 2018, He authored of the AlcheMystic Woodcut Tarot: the Secret Wisdom of the Ages. For nine years he's volunteered as Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim's Advocate, and he served ten years as a law enforcement officer. He current works in the mental health field as a Crisis Responder Supervisor. Loeb is a Jewish family name of German descent; it means Lion and is a reference to the Tribe of Judah. Kabbalah and Rosicrucianism are in his blood, and have been the focus of his studies for many years. His unique life experiences, and his Jewish, Christian, and occult background has enabled him to interact with diverse cultures, and to gain a unique perspective on mysticism and human behavior. He is a husband, and the father of four. His present goal is to aid others in understanding the mystical concepts he has a passion for, and to empower his readers in their own spiritual endeavors.

Tarot and the Kabbalah

The above video provides a background and history on the Tarot and the Kabbalah, and shows how they are related. The video uses the AlcheMystic Woodcut Tarot to teach the Secret Wisdom of the Ages, which was hidden within the philosophies of Christian Mystics, Alchemists, Kabbalists, and Magicians during the Medieval times and the Renaissance. It covers the Key to the Tarot used by Eliphas Levi, Papus, and A. E. Waite. It describes how the Tarot and Kabbalah can be used as a system of spiritual development, and as a means of understanding God and the mysteries of the universe. It also covers the structure of the 78 card Tarot deck, and how to read the Pip cards based on the Tetragrammaton (as a method of assigning meanings to cards without the need for memorization). It describes the foundational principles of the occult Tarot, and how they are inseparably linked with the Kabbalah.

Alchemy: History, Theory, and Practice

The above video uses the AlcheMystic Woodcut Tarot and other images/decks to explain the History, Theory, and Practice of Western Alchemy. It discusses the roots and development of various philosophies, which came together and formed into both a function system of Spiritual Development and a method of transmutation within the animal, mineral, and vegetable kingdoms. The video provides an overview of the history and theory, and then demonstrates the physical processes using Fractional Distillation and Soxhlet Extraction.

This video was created to explain the Judeo Christian aspects of the Tarot to people who are new to the system. It explains the evolution of the Tarot, the structure of the deck, and the Occult and Rosicrucian concepts that have been encoded into it over the past few centuries. This video will provide new Tarot Readers/Mystics with an introduction to the Tarot and will demonstrate the Tarot's connections to Alchemy and Kabbalah, which can be explored further in the other videos on this channel.