Via

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The Via Tarot is a Thoth based Tarot pack created by internationally known artist Susan Jameson. Ms. Jameson used colored pencil in her creation of this deck instead of her usual mezzotint, oils, or watercolor, for which she is so famous. Generally, creators of Tarot decks will be artists who try their hand at developing a deck for a specific audience, have an idea or desire for the creation of a specific deck, or may possibly commissioned to create a deck for a particular person or group, as with the Golden Dawn Magical Tarot. Ms. Jameson, however, began this project with the reception of a visionary dream and through a series of ‘channeling’ or ‘scryings’ received the images for the Major trumps from entities specifically identified as the Daughters of Light and the Daughters of the Daughters of Light. These entities are found on the Minors or pips as will be discussed later. The images received by Ms. Jameson during these sessions were seen as small bubbles of light which would slowly be revealed over time as the full image of a given card. Further, each Minor includes at the top of the card an inset lozenge, or medallion, which had originally been included in A. Crowley’s descr

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