The trickster Marseille

The Trickster Marseille says something about how I can speak effectively. Do I trust it?

TAROT DÉRIVE | TAROT SWERVE

Tarot Dérive is created by Charles Webb, filmmaker, writer, and sorcerer in many traditions, going from Tao to Hoodoo, and some others in between. And I’m using it.

The Comet

A beautiful gift of cards was sent my way by Caitlín Matthews, a lady of great knowledge of all things divination. This pack of cards is a Lenormand type bordering the Kipperkarten style in which we have more protagonists than in the regular Lenormand set – the number of cards here exceeding to 46, rather

Burning serpent

In a recent discussion with Rachel Pollack about inspiration, I suggested that we look at the etymology of the word. From Latin, inspirare, to be inspirited or to inspire, inspiration means not only ‘to breathe,’ but also to receive divine guidance when breathing in a certain way. What is thus suggested in this word is

WAITING FOR THE END

Here’s what I think about the tarots that make me think: they are great as elastics. If a deck can give me a sense of the following question, then I’ll use it: How far can I stretch a ‘traditional’ meaning, or interpretation of a card? The ideal is neither too far from, nor too close

THE MAGICULUM

THE MAGICULUM For EyeCorner Press, I’ve published Todd Landman’s edited collection of essays on magic. Here’s the editorial description of this wonderful treat: “This collection of essays has been written by magicians who really care about magic. Having discovered magic at a young age, they have allowed it to mature alongside their intellectual and practical formation.

Does it work? Yoav Ben Dov’s work

Today something new. Although I don’t do reviews of new decks here at Taroflexions, on occasion I do mention new productions, but only in the context of reading the cards. I’m not interested in history when I do divination, hence, what I go for is the following question: Does it work? If a deck doesn’t

GYPSY PALACE

I promised Nora Huszka, the creator of the Gypsy Palace Tarot, to take her cards for a ride. I met Nóra this autumn at the Tarot Con UK, where I was invited to do a talk on agency in Tarot. Nóra was there too, introducing her new deck. I liked Nóra from the start. For

DARK GODDESS

Today I got a new tarot deck. I’m not one of those who splurges money on contemporary decks, but I’m interested in anything that Ellen Lorenzi-Prince puts her hands on – and let’s mention her heart and head too, to be fair. I won’t review her new Dark Goddess Tarot, as others have already done

A Helium Poet Lenormand

NOTE: The text below refers to the out of print limited edition that I created ad hoc. Since 2013, a new Helium Poet Lenormand was published with a twist. You can read about it here. Last week I was on the west coast in Denmark, showing my friend Witta Kiessling Jensen the sites. The whether