Tarot in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland-themed tarot blending Carroll's satire with magic.
by Barbara Moore, Eugene Smith · 2018
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The record
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, and, Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) occupies a unique space in our imaginations. In its time it was a dreamscape children's nonsense story on one level, and on another a biting satire aimed at adult readers. Far from being an aimless confection, the Alice stories lampooned Victorian society, social and political figures, popular fads, ideas, literature and beliefs, challenged readers with puzzles, conundrums, and logic. And, Alice's adventures take place in a world rich in symbolism and archetypes. Today much of the satire and its subjects have been forgotten, but the story of a little girl travelling through a surreal and shifting landscape peopled by strange and untrustworthy characters lends itself to constant reinterpretation through the lens of current art, including the tarot. There have been many Alice in Wonderland tarot decks and Oracle cards, but not many have examined the subject with as much depth and consideration as Barbara Moore has with this deck. The Tarot In Wonderland occupies a netherworld where Wonderland collides with the Waite-Smith Tarot, and characters such as the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, Qu
The cards
