'Valentin Arnoldevitch Tomberg (February 27, 1900 – February 24, 1973) was an Estonian-Russian Christian mystic, polyglot scholar and hermetic magician. T. H. Meyer and other Anthroposophists claimed that Tomberg was the 20th Century incarnation of the boddhisattva who will in time incarnate as the Maitreya Buddha.[1] Tomberg espoused Esoteric Christianity, and gave direction to Initiation through the Tarot interpreted through Esoteric Christianity. Tomberg's major written works were published posthumously. They include: