Mystical
Lo Scarabeo mystical deck rich in dreamlike symbolism for intuitive interpretation.
by Giuliano Costa · 2017
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The record
The Mystical Tarot is a beautiful new deck from Lo Scarabeo. It has been created to speak to the intuitive part of our minds where logic, order, and linear thinking takes a backseat to symbolism, mysticism, the 'illogical, the language of dreams and visions. The Mystical Tarot is rich in symbols, with an intense attention to detail. The images have been sourced from the Rider Waite Smith classic and interprets them through a unique lens which could be best described as the lovechild of Sandro Botticelli and Evelyn De Morgan, with elements of surrealism and sci-fi thrown in for good measure. One may also catch glimpses of the influence of the Sola Busca tarot in many of the Mystical Tarot illustrations. Slipstream is a relatively new genre of fiction which straddles the boundaries between sci-fi, fantasy, and literary fiction. It is typified by a sense that something distinctly odd is at work in the mundane world. The Mystical Tarot visually expresses the same sentiment There is some strangeness to these otherwise 'typical tarot images. Like its illustrious antecedent, the Rider-Waite Tarot, this is a 78-card fully illustrated deck with 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. The Maj
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