Archeon
Spiritually-focused deck exploring divine seeking and inner vision.
creator unknown · 2005
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The record
Paul of Tarsus, the persecutor of Christians, later convert, apostle, and saint, wrote in the first century CE, "We see now as through a glass, darkly... then shall we see clearly, face to face."(1 Cor.13:12) He was writing of our experience of spiritual seeking in this life, and then in the one he believed was to follow. The Archeon Tarot by Timothy Lantz could have been Paul's subject. The glowing, swirling images are dark, a bit mottled, and somewhat indistinct; reminding us that what views we may glimpse of the past, the present, and of future possibilities by using the tarot will be less than perfectly clear. Life and vision on this plane of existence is necessarily and naturally limited. Later when we have moved to a higher level, we will have clarity. At least, so we may hope. I'm not always fond of darker coloured decks; aside from sometimes seeming depressing, often the palette suffers in what is likely a printing issue. That is definitely not the case here, perhaps due to this deck having been printed in Italy. The colours are deep and rich, and many of the card images have an inner glow to them. With the entire deck spread on a table, one can see the predominance of oran
The cards
