{"id":407,"date":"2008-11-19T18:47:15","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T22:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=407"},"modified":"2008-11-19T18:47:15","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T22:47:15","slug":"where-art-meets-the-occult-sacred-art-tarot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"Where Art Meets the Occult: Sacred Art Tarot"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"\"$ <\/a>For not actually being a tarot reader, I love tarot decks. Perhaps it\u2019s because tarot decks are generally where quality artwork meets the occult, two things that I can appreciate. Although finding most decks pleasing to the eye and a thing to make my inner occult geek go, oh yeah, I rarely feel inspired by them. You know, like maybe I should turn off \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d, get my ever widening butt up off the sofa, and learn me some tarot. The \u201cRider-Waite Tarot\u201d gets me every time, and now I can add the \u201cSacred Art Tarot\u201d to the list.<\/p>\n

The images used on the cards are great classic works of art primarily of a Christian orientation. Yet the way those images are used invoke a very Western esoteric tradition that I find compelling. The creator of the deck, Andre St. Dryden, does say that the meanings are based on the teachings of Qabalists and occultists with a mixture of the creator\u2019s own beliefs and esoteric decks such as the \u201cGolden Dawn Tarot\u201d and Aleister Crowley\u2019s \u201cThoth Tarot Deck\u201d.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSacred Art Tarot\u201d<\/a> is a 78 card deck that comes with an instruction booklet and a custom spread sheet. If your tarot tastes run more towards the occult I highly recommend checking this deck out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"