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'''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' was a Bavarian painter active in Austria. He is remembered for signing a [[diabolical pact]] with [[Satan]] and the subsequent [[exorcist|exorcism]] to free him from the pact.
'''''[[Eyes of the Tarot]]''''' is a juvenile fiction novel written by American author Bruce Coville. The book is a mystical adventure made richer by accurate descriptions of [[tarot]] cards as well as techniques for utilizing the cards and Coville's suggested interpretations. In many ways, the heroine's experiences with the figures from the tarot mirror those found in Russian [[occultist]] P.D. Ouspensky's 1913 book ''The Symbolism of the Tarot''.


In 1666, Christoph performed a ritual invocation to summon [[the Devil]] in an effort to find relief from his depression. Nine years after signing a pact, Christoph fell into a deep depression. He arrived at the Basilica of the Mariä Geburt on September 5th, and showed the letter explaining his condition to the church fathers. Their [[exorcist|exorcism]] lasted three days, but was deemed successful when Christoph confronted the Devil in the church and retrieved his second pact, the one signed in blood.
One notable technique for utilizing the cards involves sleeping with a specific card inside your pillowcase in order to commune with the figure on the card while dreaming. The book's tagline is: “Death is in the cards.”


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It was first published on November 1, 1983 as part of Bantam's "Dark Forces" series. Coville later later revised the text for republication in 1996, when it was released with three other novels as "Bruce Coville's Chamber of Horrors" series. The cover art for this edition was created by Argentine artist Ciruelo Cabral. He subsequently revised the 1996 version of the text again, making minor changes and adding some new material. This third edition was released in March 2012.
 
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