A super quick recommendation for Deja Whitehouse’s THE LADY & THE BEAST on Lady Freida Harris, Aleister Crowley, and the making of the Thoth tarot (which can be seen at the Warburg Tarot exhibit or link below to my walkthrough.). Yes, it’s an expensive book but discounts are out there (follow Deja on IG) but…
Category: tarot
Irreverent #Tarot Ep3
The Three Ages of Tarot: from game to occult repository to more reflective modern uses for personal development and expression. Much of this informed by scholars of tarot history including: A Cultural History of Tarot by Helen Farley (2019) A Wicked Pack of Cards by Decker, DePaulis & Dummett (1996) which makes a quick cameo!…
Irreverent Tarot Ep2
Another #TarotTuesday flick up: this one takes a quick look at a strange 1911 tarot, Le Tarot de la Reyne which I came across at the Beinecke while looking for something else (what? who knows?! knee deep in figuring out a thing that remains a bit amorphous but deals with tarot history). The queen in…
Irreverent Tarot Ep 1
Because having eleventy million things to do is not much different than doing eleventy million and one, I decided to start a micro-podcast to share weird tarot things that have been obsessing me as I dive deeper into the history. The first one has to do with this nineteenth century deck — so-called Egyptian, as…
Tarot at the Warburg
Can’t get to the Warburg Institute for the amazing Tarot: Origins & Afterlives exhibit? Or you went and you want to relive the fun? I can help: I made a video of some photos so you can at least get a feel for it. Expect the usual caveats about photos of things in cases (odd…
In Dreams
The latest issue of Rick Veitch’s legendary comic Rare Bit Fiends is out now with the glorious golden pupa cover. I mention because it’s not only a series of interest to anyone obsessed with dreams, comics or surrealism but also because I have a dream in it–not drawn, mind you, but happy to add to…
Shortlisted!
I was delighted to be shortlisted for the College of Psychic Studies annual art competition — along with folks like the wonderful Hazel Florez. The winners: Ancestor (Shell) by Mimei Thompson @mimei_t 1st runner-up: Inner Fire by Virginia Shepley2nd runner-up: Elements of Nature in Earth by Tejas Patel Judges’ choices:Water of Life by Emma DugganPsychic Symphony…
Tarot @ Star+Splendor
TAROT READINGS! SUNDAY 8 Dec Star + Splendor 96 Congress Street Troy NY 11am-5pm Kick off the holiday season with a tarot reading to prepare you for the new year! I’ll be reading along with folks like pal Jen Simon as part of the Troy Victorian Stroll. So expect me to dress like an early…
TAROT IN GRESHAM’S NIGHTMARE ALLEY
[N.B. Written when I first heard that GDT was remaking it] When I showed Nightmare Alley to the students in my noir film course, one came up at the end to complain that the tarot readings were way off. I agreed and encouraged him to pick up Gresham’s novel. I assured him that the author cared a…
Gresham’s Guide to Tarot
I seem to have neglected to update the blog with my post over at Punk Noir Magazine about William Lindsay ‘Nightmare Alley’ Gresham writing about Tarot. I realise now it was because I reblogged it not here but over at Graham Wynd‘s blog. I attended a talk on tarot in fantasy fiction and learned more…