Fire
Worldwide fire myths, deities, and elemental beings in meditative tarot form.
creator unknown · 2011
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According to the creators of the Tarot of Fire, it was fire among the primary elements, that put humanity on the path to civilisation. This tarot deck focuses on worldwide myths of fire; gods and goddesses, elemental beings, animals, and even abstract concepts are all players in this vast meditation/exploration. This is an absolutely fascinating tarot, brilliantly conceived and exceptionally well executed. The Major Arcana concentrates on some of the most potent fire myths from world cultures there are powerful and familiar mythical figures such as Prometheus as the Hanged Man, Ocrisa the Vestal Virgin as the High Priestess, Osiride the Egyptian Underworld God serves as Justice, and Hermes Trismegistmus appears as The Magician. On a more symbolic level Vesuvius destroys Pompeii in The Tower; and fire raining down from the skies burns Sodom and Gomorrah in Judgement. Not surprisingly many of these cards depict some quite forbidding characters The Empress, Maori goddess Mahu-ika radiates strength and primal energy; Moloch the Devil is the horned monster of legend, and Dreamtime figure Karakarook is an extraordinarily commanding Hermit. The Minor Arcana traditionally associates ea
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