Phantasmagoric Theater

The record

The word phantasmagoric is "a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams of fever" or "a constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements" (all according to dictionary.com) which in my mind is both an accurate description of the use and meaning of tarot and the ever-changing flow of events and experiences that make up our everyday existence. Graham Cameron invites us to the stage of is Phantasmagoric Theatre, the stage of life. There's a script, we all know it and follow it to the best of our abilities but sometimes we forget a line, we loose our context. To reconnect to the original script we have this beautiful and somewhat eerie deck of tarots to help us on the way. While I don't particularly agree with the theory of predestination I do enjoy the metaphor of life as a stage where we perform a "play" of sorts. I enjoy the image of every human as an actor, or artist creating her/his own piece of art in living. This particular viewpoint is also dealt with in the Saki-Saki tarot where the use of tarot and life itself is seen as a game, or a play. Which to me is a profound and very meaningful statement. Lets not forget, boys and girls, that the ro

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