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5.0 out of 5 stars
Breathtakingly Beautiful Tarot Images, Jul 18 2004
The title "Medieval Enchantment" is well chosen for Llewellyn's newest release of Nigel Jackson's splendid Tarot deck. Each Tarot card is a window into its own world, painstakingly rendered in an original watercolor painting by this renowned esoteric authority and artist. Subsequent tarot decks have adopted the Rider-Waite's innovative use of individual scenes for the Minor as well as Major Arcana, but few give such impetus to the imagination and inspiration as Nigel's evocative and bewitching images. While in the general line of Tarot decks based on the Rider-Waite, Nigel doesn't hesitate to innovate within that tradition, using thoughtful new elemental assignments and his own magical take on the subjects for each card. The deck is easily accessible and useable by main stream Tarot practitioners while still being ingenious enough in its variations to pique our unconscious and draw forth our inner divinatory powers. While no one buys a Tarot deck for the instructions, the added mini-book provides a fascinating look into Tarot history, theory and philosophy as well as delving into the Orphic Mysteries, Pythagoras, Hermeticism, astrological magic and talismans and a host of other esoteric topics and their relation to Tarot. Full divinatory explanations for each card are also provided. Truly a glorious deck, full of exquisite and sublime images!
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