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Spirit

Collaborative deck blending painted majors with photocollage minors and angel imagery.

by Kris Dorea · 2007

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Spirit Tarot is a joint work of several people – the Polish artist Joanna Iwanska, the Austrian healer Helmut Weyrer and the German painter of angels Sabine Thiel – coordinated and supervised by the designer Kris Dorea. Combination of two artistic styles – pictures in the Major Arcana and photo collages in the Minor Arcana - makes this deck unusual as the parts of the deck differ very much. The Major Arcana show the states of consciousness, important phases and roles in life while the Minor Arcana represent moods, emotions and feelings, sometimes situations. This deck is one of the few where I like Minor Arcana more than the Majors. While titles of suits and the court cards follow the RWS tradition, the Wands correspond to air and the Swords correspond to fire. The Swords show sunsets and thunderstorms while the Wands show beautiful forests and clearings lit by the sun. What attracts me most that by reviewing the Minor Arcana you instantly “jump into” the picture and feel the dampness, warmth, uneasiness or tranquility, you become one with the landscape in the card. The nature, time of the day and surroundings remind you of the specific events in your life when you felt exactly lik

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