Born in St. Petersburg, Nina Roudnikova graduated from the Bestuzhev higher women's courses, where she received a doctor's degree. She was interested in the occult from an early age, especially the field of Egyptian Hermeticism - an inclination she shared with other Russian masters. She searched long for a master and it might be said that fate led her to the society for the study of Tarot Arcana that was headed by G.O.Mebes. She quickly became...