Chakra Arcana

Carol Herzer appears twice in this catalog, and the pairing is instructive: the Cosmic Egg with Guido Gillabel worked creation symbolism through majors-only trumps, and this self-published Chakra Arcana runs tarot through the energy body instead, twenty-nine cards aligning arcana with the chakra system. Twenty-nine is a working number, not a canonical one, the tell of a deck built to serve its system rather than to satisfy tradition, which is the self-published esoteric scene's characteristic freedom. Herzer is known among collectors for hand-crafted, small-circulation work, decks made the way illuminated manuscripts were, in editions closer to dozens than thousands, and her decks circulate accordingly, as treasures of the trade-and-forum world. It suits energy workers who want their card practice mapped to the subtle body, collectors of Herzer's rare output, and students of the self-published esoteric tradition at its most personal. Readers needing mass-market availability should expect a hunt; that is part of what these are.