etteilla – TAROFLEXIONS

KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR’S CHILDREN

How about some cartomantic martial arts? We can call this reading of 40 cards on the table in 30 seconds, the ‘quick draw style.’

I’m editing 3 creative academic books right now, due to appear shortly with EyeCorner Press. One is on a revaluation of Buddhism: Cruel Theory: Sublime Practice, one on the Beat generation writers, Pilgrims to Elsewhere, and one on poetry, Linguistick, written by a familiar of Taroflexions, Enrique Enriquez. They are all good. In line withContinue reading “ELOQUENCE”

THEME TAROT

One of the greatest pleasures I have in life is to go and visit my friends, Witta and K. Frank Jensen. Frank goes by the name of ‘legendary card collector’ and Witta is acknowledged as a ‘very talented artist’. I don’t want to be presumptuous and say that these names are understatements, as I don’tContinue reading “THEME TAROT”

GRAND ETTEILLA’S SECRET

As most cartomancers know, Etteilla (Jean-Baptiste Alliette, 1738 – 1791) is credited with having contributed to separating fortunetelling with playing cards from divination with tarot. Now, why did he do that, some still ask? My guess is that he wanted a place with the high-standing esoteric masons, and he needed something that would convince them ofContinue reading “GRAND ETTEILLA’S SECRET”

TAROTIZING FORTUNETELLING, FORTUNETELLING THE TAROT

Lenormand, playing-cards, Tarot, which one is more bad-ass? See, that’s a cultural question, not one of distinction. They are all cool, if you care to pay attention.

PETIT ETTEILLA: JUST FOR YOU

In a reading situation today with my old Petit Etteilla deck, I found myself promulgating a curious sentence: ‘Yes, your boss will do the right thing and put the sack of money where the money needs to be put, just for you.’ This was in response to a question about a large project that needsContinue reading “PETIT ETTEILLA: JUST FOR YOU”