Brotherhood

The record

The Brotherhood Tarot is an independently published Tarot deck focusing on the alternative gay lifestyle. This deck is a work of art - and heart - for Patric Stillmam - aka Pipa. It is the product of his personal journey to find the sacred in his life. Pipa (this seems the right form of address, and no lack of respect is meant to Mr. Stillman) comes from the background of "Radical Faeries", which is something that I had not even known existed until I heard about this deck. There are several things that are focused on here - that the Radical Faerie world is one that holds a deep connection to mother nature and the outdoors, that this deck act as a "visual storytelling" device for gay history and mythology, and that the gay spirit be explored beyond the conceptual boundaries that currently exist in the western world. Pipa made some core decisions (and choices) when he chose to put his energy into this project. He founded his own company, Oak Grove Oracle, and set up an Internet site to act as the venue through which he could establish an on-line community of like minded people to explore the arts of Radical Faeries and showcase the wide range of their digital artistry. The next part

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