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Manteia Courier 1998-99 Manteia Courier 1998-99 • Waite-Smith • Motherpeace • Golden Dawn • Tapestry • Cosmic • Tarot of Spirit • Ceremonial Magic Tarot • Morgan Greer • Albano • Aquarian • Yeager • Crowley • Voyager • Haindl • Kier • Transformational Tarot • Röhrig • Oswald Wirth • Papus • New Tarot for the Aquarian Age • Tarot Gruyeres • Marseilles • Richard Gardner Tarot • Royal Fez • Davis Sheridan Tarot • Frown Strong Tarot • Thelemic Tarot • Tarot Cardinal • Future Solleone • Etteilla • Arista • Celtic Tarot • Egorov Tarot • Gentillini • BOTA • Jo Gill Tarot • Rolla Nordic • Witches Tarot • Golden Dawn Tarot • Hermetic Tarot • Astro Tarot • Xultun Tarot • Zolar • Avion Eye Tarot • Golden Cycle Tarot • Mountain Dream • Astral Tarot • Hoi Pollock • Balbi • El Ted Tarot • • Karma Music Tarot • ustralian Dreamtime • Arcus Arcanum • Alchemical Tarot • Ancestral Path Tarot • Hannahs Tarot • Shadow Tarot • Story Teller Tarot • Sacred Rose Tarot • Shining Woman • Evolving Tarot • Baseball Tarot • Tarot de Tattwas • Unicorn Tarot • Ukraine Tarot • Wild Flower Tarot • Word of One Tarot • Moonprincess Himiko Tarot Molinero • Tarocco Mitologica • Victoria Regina Tarot • Tarocci di Felicia • Tarocchi di Elisabetta • Tarot Espagnol • Egyptian Tarot • Fantasy Tarot • Flying Hearts Tarot • Enchanted Tarot • Druid Tarot • Golden Rider • Healing Earth Tarot • Jumbledance Tarot • Deutsches Original Tarot • Sternenmädchen Tarot • Zigeuner Tarot • Pointner • Ommagio a Erté • Sola Busca • Angel Tarot • Medicine Tarot • Alitalia • Spiral Tarot • Daniuela Fulgosi Tarot • Cosmic Tribe Tarot • Tartessos • Black Tarot • Faery Wicca Tarot • Wheel of Change Tarot • Healing Tarot • Ludwig Tarot • Windmill Tarot • Tarocchi di Eva • Renaissance Tarot • Northern Shadows • Love Tarot • Cat’s World Tarot • Old English Tarot • Gothic Tarot • • Waite- Smith • Motherpeace • Golden Dawn • Tapestry • Cosmic • Tarot of Spirit • Ceremonial Magic Tarot • Morgan Greer • Albano • Aquarian • Yeager • Crowley • Voyager • Haindl • • Transformational Tarot • Röhrig • Oswald Wirth • Papus • New Tarot for the Aquarian Age • Tarot Gruyeres• Marseilles • Ri- chard Gardner Tarot • Royal Fez • David Sheridan Tarot • Frown Strong Thelemic Tarot •TarotCar- dinal • Future Solleone • Etteilla • Arista • Celtic Tarot • Egorov Gentillini • BOTA • Jo Gill Tarot • Rolla Witches Tarot •Golden Dawn Hermetic Tarot • Astro Tarot • Xultun Tarot • Zolar • Golden Cycle Mountain Dream • Astral Tarot • Hoi Pollock • Balbi • Deutsches Origi- nal Tarot • Zigeuner Tarot • Sternenmäd- chen• Pointner • Karma Music Tarot • Ommagio a Erté • Australian Dreamtime • Arcus Arcanum Tarot • Alchemical Tarot • Ancestral Path Tarot • Sola Busca • Shadow 25 Years with Tarot Tarot • Sacred Rose Tarot • Shining Woman • Baseball Tarot • Tarot de Tattwas • Unicorn Tarot • Ukraine Tarot • Wild Flower Tarot • Word of One Tarot • Moonprincess Himiko Tarot • Tarot de Molinero • Tarocco Mitologica • El Ted Tarot • Victoria Regina Tarot • Tarocci di Felicia • Tarocchi di Elisabetta • Tarot Espagnol • Egyptian Tarot • Waite-Smith • Motherpeace • Golden Dawn • Tapestry • Cosmic • Tarot of Spirit • Ceremonial Magic Tarot • Morgan Greer • Albano • Aquarian • Yeager • Crowley • Voyager • Haindl • Kier • Transformational Tarot • Röhrig • Oswald Wirth • Waite-Smith • Motherpeace • Golden Dawn • Tarot of Spirit • •Papus • New Tarot for the Aquarian Age • Tarot Gruyeres • Marseilles • Richard Gardner Tarot • Royal Fez • Davis Sheridan Tarot • Frown Strong Tarot • Thelemic Tarot • Tarot Cardinal • Future Solleone • Etteilla • Arista • Celtic Tarot • Egorov Tarot • Gentillini • BOTA • Jo Gill Tarot • Rolla Nordic • Witches Tarot • Golden Dawn Tarot • Hermetic Tarot • Astro Tarot • Xultun Tarot • Zolar • Golden Cycle Tarot • Mountain Dream • Astral Tarot • Hoi Pollock • Balbi • Deutsches Original Tarot • Zigeuner Tarot • Sternenmädchen Tarot • Pointner • Karma Music Tarot • Ommagio a Erté • Australian Dreamtime • Arcus Arcanum • Alchemical Tarot • Ancestral Path Tarot • Sola Busca • Shadow Tarot • Sacred Rose Tarot • Shining Woman • Baseball Tarot • Tarot de Tattwas • Unicorn Tarot • Ukraine Tarot • Wild Flower Tarot • Word of One Tarot • Moonprincess Himiko Tarot • Victoria Regina Tarot • Tarot de Molinero • Tarocco Mitologica • El Ted Ta ro t • Victoria Regina Tarot • Tarocci di Felicia • Tarocchi di Elisabetta • Tarot Espagnol • Egyptian Tarot • Waite-Smith • Motherpeace • Golden Dawn • Tapestry • Cosmic • Tarot of Spirit • Ceremonial Magic Tarot • Morgan Greer • Albano • Aquarian • Yeager • Crowley • Voyager • Haindl • Kier • Transformational Tarot • Röhrig • Oswald Wirth • Papus • Evolving Tarot • New Tarot for the Aquarian Age • Tarot Gruyeres • Marseilles • Richard Gardner Tarot • Royal Fez • Davis Sheridan Tarot • Frown Strong Tarot • Thelemic Tarot • Tarot Cardinal • Future Solleone • Etteilla • Arista • Celtic Tarot • Egorov Tarot • Gentillini • BOTA • Jo Gill Tarot • Rolla Nordic • Witches Tarot • Golden Dawn Tarot • Hermetic Tarot • Astro Tarot • Xultun Tarot • Zolar • Golden Cycle Tarot • Mountain Dream • Astral Ta ro t • Hoi Pollock • Balbi • Deutsches Original Tarot • Zigeuner Tarot • Sternenmädchen Tarot • Pointner • Karma Music Tarot • Ommagio a Erté • Australian Dreamtime • Arcus Arcanum • Alchemical Tarot • Ancestral Path Tarot • Sola Busca • Shadow Tarot • Sacred Rose Tarot • Shining Woman • Baseball Tarot • Tarot de Tattwas • Unicorn Tarot • Ukraine Tarot • Wild Flower Tarot • Word of One Tarot • Moonprincess Himiko Tarot • Tarot de Molinero • Tarocco Mitologica • El Ted Tarot • Victoria Regina Tarot • Tarocci di Felicia • Tarocchi di Elisabetta • Tarot Espagnol • Egyptian Tarot • Waite-Smith • Motherpeace • Golden Dawn • Tapestry • Cosmic • Tarot of Spirit • Ceremonial Magic Tarot • Morgan Greer • Albano • Aquarian • Yeager • Crowley • Voyager • Haindl • Kier • Transformational At the turn of the millennium - editorial Whilst I’m writing this we are Haindl, Kier, Yeager (even though getting closer to the end of the USGS has transformed the latter Millennium (well, I know that there into a sex-political correct pack), are different opinions about that, but now all taken under the “protective” let’s say we are). The 31. of Decem- wings of US Games Systems Inc. ber 1999 my voluntary mission in the realm of tarot is over. For 25 The new packs produced under this years my aim has been to document, monopolistic mass media concept as comprehensive as possible, what are nice pieces, well made, with nice is and was happening with esoteric illustrative art and ... extremely tarot and related concepts in the predictable. They do but rarely 20th century. I feel that I have done create tension, they are “just another at least a reasonable job within this tarot deck”, and the interest for What have ardent tarot collectors subject, and I know that my archive them is soon lost. Fundamentally, to look forward to include in their of mantic art tools, regarding the they have not very much to do with collections now the commercial period is not inferior to any other the essence of tarot. The decreasing packs are all so dull? Small indepen- known archives and collections. In interest for similar commercial dent productions, sometimes the new millennium, others will have items have likewise caused the few produced and financed by the artists to take over the documentation task. other manufacturers to slow down themselves, show up from time to I don’t envy them since everything their publication rate; there is long time, and the easy access to Internet has changed so much, that, in my between tarot decks from, for makes it possible to market such opinion, this will be an almost example, Spanish Fournier these packs without much cost, thus impossible task. days, and the French manufacturers securing a reasonable sale. Also we seem to stake more on cartomantic have seen an increasing new trend Tarot is still in fashion but has packs and reprints of old successes establishing itself during the last changed immensely during the last than on new artistic tarots. Italian couple of years, the entirely hand- couple of years. The tarot commer- manufacturers like ItalCards and Dal made, very small editions of what I cialism received its backlash; lately Negro, who published a long row of call “private tarot decks”. More Swiss AGMüller was taken over by excellent and artistically remarkable about them later in this issue. the big CartaMundi playing card decks some years ago, are never factories in Belgium. It is not many heard from again; only LoScarabeo, The are at present two schools of years ago that AGMüller, as one of who has a market particularly aimed tarot. One is the traditional Euro- the few remaining card manufactur- towards comic book fans, whose pean kabbalistic tradition, which ers, expanded heavily and estab- favorite characters are used in the follow either the French branch (in lished themselves as a publishing decks, is still producing. French Le the spirit of esoterists like Oswald company, aiming at a bigger share of Diouris, not heard of for many years, Wirth) or the English Golden Dawn the growing new age market. Now saw this light too, and produced based branch (Waite, Crowley). The we have only CartaMundi, in liaison recently a series of Comic character other school is the American laissez- with USGames Systems Inc., left as tarots, but with French suitmarks. faire type of tarot, which has moved the major tarot card manufacturers. more or less away from the Euro- The tarot market has turned into a Are tarot packs a consumer’s pean
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