Cult of Weimar
Collage tarot exploring Weimar Berlin's cultural dance before upheaval.
by Joan Incontro · 2016
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The record
The Cult of Weimar Tarot is a collage deck, focusing on the years of the Weimar Republic, i.e., Germany between the two World Wars and especially Berlin. In those years, Berlin was the dance floor of Europe - a dance floor on top of a volcano that would soon break out and bury beneath it the avant garde art, the open and tolerant culture, the crazy sub-culture and everything else. Walking through Berlin today, you can still feel the heartbeat of those years vibrating beneath the many historical layers. I was excited when I saw this deck for the first time, and I knew I had to have it. I spent many wonderful years in Berlin and explored its history and culture. The idea of seeking the archetypes, motifs and stories of the tarot in the Weimar atmosphere is creative and challenging, but also very apt. Aleister Crowley spent some years there, and interest in the occult was high. The art of the time, dominated by Expressionism and experiments in all genres, adds another interesting perspective - as do the many social challenges of the time and the down-to-earth character of the "Berliner as such". Accordingly, I had high expectations, and the deck is no disappointment. It adheres to the
The cards
