Biker and Body Art Tarot Decks:
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
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Body ArtOrryelle Defenestrate, the artist for the Book of Kaos deck, writes, "Tattooing, when it fulfils its potential as a ritualistic symbolism of initiation and progression, is also an art which is both physical and spiritual, so it is actually quite natural to combine the two, although both tantric purists and 'daggers and roses' tattooists alike would probably condemn me for associating them." This deck is specifically "an intersection of Chaos Magick and the aeonic double current of Horus and Maat," full of "emotive, pagan and tribal imagery". Cosmic Tribe is FULL of body art, but like the Book of Kaos is not biker subculture. "Drawing equally from nature, myth, psychedelics, and contemporary neopagan/radical faerie culture, ... Postman charges his deck with erotic, mystical energy, showing that the modern tribal movement is at heart a spiritual one." This deck has some of the best directly emotive Minor Arcana in the Thoth tradition. The Healing Tarot is similar to Cosmic Tribe in being a living tarot deck, incorporating "the use of original masks, ritual and sacred space". Jennifer Moore is a tattoo artist at Sanctuary Tattoo in Portland, Maine. "My spiritual awareness deeply informs my work as a tattooist. I believe that well chosen images have the power to transform, empower and heal a person who chooses to wear them." Waking the Wild Spirit is a faery deck done by Poppy Palin, a tattoo artist based in Glastonbury, England, who specializes in Celtic and portrait work in black and white. "Tattoo art can be one of our most individual, powerful and resonant magical statements. ... The tattoo is a tool for transformation, both of our own lives and of society as a whole. We can reclaim our own sense of time and place, remembering the body paint and stunning engraved personal adornments of the ancestors, reflecting our own rich heritage and creating a meaningful visual language for this age."
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