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[[File:Damien Echols1.jpg|500px|thumb|Occultist and author [[Damien Echols]] displaying the Angel Tarot]] | [[File:Damien Echols1.jpg|500px|thumb|Occultist and author [[Damien Echols]] displaying the Angel Tarot]] | ||
The '''Angel Tarot''' is a deck of [[Tarot]] cards created by [[occultist]] [[Travis McHenry]]. | The '''Angel Tarot''' (originally released as '''The Angel-Evoking Tarot''') is a deck of [[Tarot]] cards created by [[occultist]] [[Travis McHenry]]. | ||
Like its companion deck, the [[Occult Tarot]], the Angel Tarot was highly influential among the esoteric and [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] community for its adherence to [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] teachings and its depiction of [[angel]]s as more than just humans with wings. | |||
==Development== | ==Development== | ||
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==Publication history== | ==Publication history== | ||
[[File:Angel-Tarot.jpg|450px|thumb|First edition of The Angel-Evoking Tarot]] | [[File:Angel-Tarot.jpg|450px|thumb|First edition of The Angel-Evoking Tarot]] | ||
The Angel Tarot was originally published in March 2019 as [[The Angel-Evoking Tarot]] by [[Bloodstone Studios]]. This edition was limited to 1,300 decks. The cards were gilded with silver metallic edges. It was simultaneously published with a [[grimoire]] of angel magic called | The Angel Tarot was originally published in March 2019 as [[The Angel-Evoking Tarot]] by [[Bloodstone Studios]]. This edition was limited to 1,300 decks. The cards were gilded with silver metallic edges. It was simultaneously published with a [[grimoire]] of angel magic called ''[[The Angenomicon]]''. | ||
In early 2019, the author signed a five year licensing deal with Australian mind-body-spirit publisher [[Rockpool Publishing]] to reprint the deck as the Angel Tarot for a broader audience. This new version of the deck went on sale in April 2020. It is a companion deck to the [[Occult Tarot]]. This edition has sold more than 60,000 copies around the world since its publication. | In early 2019, the author signed a five year licensing deal with Australian mind-body-spirit publisher [[Rockpool Publishing]] to reprint the deck as the Angel Tarot for a broader audience. This new version of the deck went on sale in April 2020. It is a companion deck to the [[Occult Tarot]]. This edition has sold more than 60,000 copies around the world since its publication. |