Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Tarot of the Holy Light

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

This is one of those rare occasions when I feel very pleased that a mass market publisher didn’t pick up on this spectacular tarot deck by Christine Payne-Towler and Michael Dowers. Although they have written much about tarot and esotericism on … Continue reading →

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Card of the Day; Madru; das Baum-Tarot

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

I spread the cards of this charming Majors only deck out on the bed today. The Tower. The Pear Tree. I know what this refers to. The sudden end of summer. It has been hot for weeks and weeks and … Continue reading →

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An Unfamiliar Lenormand

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

I decided to embark on an adventure this afternoon; I took the train out to an unfamiliar suburb to visit an esoteric shop which sells love potions, voodoo amulets, strange herbs for spells, cloths for casting buzios, incense to fumigate houses and keep the evil eye … Continue reading →

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Fallen Angel Fortune Cards

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

I am very rarely an Oracle deck reader, and I most certainly am never an Angel deck reader, but this deck was one I had my eye on from the moment I heard about it being scheduled for release. I bought it as … Continue reading →

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Tarô Adivinhatório; a version of Dr Papus’ Tarot

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

I have long been fascinated by the deck which appears in Papus’ (1865-1916) Tarot Divinatoire; Clef du tirage des Cartes et des Sorts (1909).  I like its strangeness,  its unique Egyptian-Marseilles hybrid images, its excess of symbols, its brazen inaccessibility, … Continue reading →

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