Lost Code of
Multimedia alchemy project where postmodernism, magic realism and art intersect.
creator unknown · 2016
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The record
The Lost Code of Tarot box set by Lo Scarabeo is a multimedia project created by Andrea Aste, where post-modernism, magic realism, and art intersect. This box set consists of a tarot deck, sometimes identified as the Alchemists Tarot, and the Book of Shadows. The basic premise/conceit is that this Alchemists Tarot is the *original* tarot, on which all other tarot decks have been based. The deck is the invention of a single creator as opposed to *real* tarot decks which are the product of cumulative knowledge collected over hundreds of years. The alchemist who created the deck kept a journal or Book of Shadows detailing his works and creations And it is here that one can uncover clues to the myths and symbols contained in the deck. The book of shadows is emphatically NOT a guidebook to the cards. It has been created as part of the imaginary world of the artist/author. Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's coded notebooks and also the Voynich manuscript (which contrary to popular belief is currently in the early stages of being decoded) this tarot and its accompanying manuscript as something of a cipher, or giant puzzle. This is an 80 card tarot deck, following the standard format of 22 Ma
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