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[[File: | [[File:Deck Items.jpg|400px|thumb|Promotional photo showing the Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot box, deck, and guidebook.]] | ||
The '''Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot''' is | The '''Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot''' is a [[Tarot]] deck created by [[Travis McHenry]]. The deck features prominent [[occultist]]s and other spiritual people throughout history, each person is paired to a Tarot card that best exemplifies the lessons from their life and activities. | ||
The deck | The deck was published by [[Bloodstone Studios]] in September 2022 after a successful Kickstarter campaign. An accompanying book, titled ''[[Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen]]'', containing full biographies of the personalities featured in the deck, was released at the same time as the deck. | ||
==Criteria for inclusion== | ==Criteria for inclusion== | ||
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*There must be a spiritual, [[occult]], or [[ritual magic|magical]] aspect to their life. | *There must be a spiritual, [[occult]], or [[ritual magic|magical]] aspect to their life. | ||
This criteria eliminated most modern occultists, such as [[Anton Szandor LaVey]] and [[Damien Echols]]. It also prevented the glorification of serial killers like | This criteria eliminated most modern occultists, such as [[Anton Szandor LaVey]] and [[Damien Echols]]. It also prevented the glorification of serial killers like the Zodiac Killer or Richard Ramirez, both of whom claimed to have killed under [[Satan|Satanic]] influences. | ||
==Content== | |||
Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen Tarot is laid out like a traditional Tarot deck, with a [[Major Arcana]] and fully illustrated [[Minor Arcana]] cards. The only deviation from the traditional Tarot system is that this deck contains three different cards for [[The Lovers]]. These three variant cards were included to better emphasise the potential forms of love between two people. | |||
* Male-Female Lovers: [[Eva Perón]] & Juan Perón | |||
* Female-Female Lovers: Eva Carrière & Juliette Bisson | |||
* Male-Male Lovers: Saints Sergius and Bacchus | |||
==Publication history== | |||
The first edition of the deck was published by [[Bloodstone Studios]] in July 2022 through a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised $39,000. The rights were quickly acquired by [[Rockpool Publishing]] and a mass market edition was released in September 2023. | |||
==Persons featured in deck== | |||
A partial list of people featured in the deck: | |||
===Magicians=== | |||
* [[Aleister Crowley]] | |||
* [[Angeline Tubbs]] | |||
* [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]] | |||
* [[Christoph Haizmann]] | |||
* [[Don Pedro Jaramillo]] | |||
* [[Edward Kelley]] | |||
* [[Frederick Santee]] | |||
* [[Grigori Rasputin]] | |||
* [[John Dee]] | |||
* [[Lilias Adie]] | |||
* [[Marie Laveau]] | |||
* [[Marie Anne Lenormand]] | |||
* [[Margaret Aitken]] | |||
* [[Ngongo Lutete]] | |||
* [[Nicolas Flamel]] | |||
* [[Nostradamus]] | |||
* [[Samuel L. MacGregor Mathers]] | |||
* [[Thiess of Kaltenbrun]] | |||
* [[Urbain Grandier]] | |||
* [[William II de Soules]] | |||
===Martyrs=== | |||
* [[Jan Hus]] | |||
* [[Joan of Arc]] | |||
* [[Nicholas II]] | |||
* [[Saint Guinefort]] | |||
===Madmen=== | |||
* [[Alexander Pearce]] | |||
* [[Jack the Ripper]] | |||
* [[Ivan the Terrible]] | |||
* [[Mary I of England]] | |||
* [[Matthew Hopkins]] | |||
* [[Peter Stumpp]] | |||
* [[Richard III]] | |||
* [[Vlad the Impaler]] | |||
==External links== | |||
* [https://www.amazon.com/Magicians-Martyrs-Madmen-Tarot-Full-Color/dp/1922785849 Amazon product page to purchase the deck] | |||
* [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/travismchenry/magicians-martyrs-and-madmen-tarot Kickstarter campaign page] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqFHKDSQ7o8 Pitch video for the deck] | |||
[[Category:Tarot Decks]] | [[Category:Tarot Decks]] | ||