Magus Deck

The record

So says the Message from the Magus in the introduction to the Magus Deck, a set of 54 oracle cards that are the first in a line of products based on the mythical place of ‘Balhundorra – The Shadow Lands’. The inspiration for this fantasy otherworld was provided by Dr Joseph Found: his impressions and recollections of his transformative spiritual journeys to Balhundorra forming the basis of the cards created by Anne-Marie Mackay and Dennis Tufano. The Magus cards are intended as a "tool for delving deeper into your quest for personal authority” and are the “archetypal or quintessential embodiment of traits or values", depicted in vibrantly colourful art. The images have an interesting spray-painted-on-concrete effect on some cards and a finger-painted effect on others, and are almost but not quite abstract. At first glance they look like coloured designs without specific meaning, but on further observation they hint at shapes, faces, people, and movement. Some are subtle – Woodsman, Trickster – others are more overt, like the Wise Owl, Labyrinth, and Demon Keeper. The bulk of the deck’s 54 cards have these descriptive (trademarked) titles, such as Gateway, Harmony, Wise Owl, Swamp o

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