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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. | 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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* ''Amulet of Doom'' | * ''Amulet of Doom'' | ||
The books were written as novels of "teen terror," but Coville's goal was to bring more substance than might normally be found in the young adult horror genre. While writing the | The books were written as novels of "teen terror," but Coville's goal was to bring more substance than might normally be found in the young adult horror genre. While writing ''Eyes of the Tarot'', Coville worked with a deck of [[tarot]] cards, experimenting with various spreads to add a sense of authenticity to his story. | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
The novel has not yet been adapted in other media. | |||
[[Occult]] author [[Travis McHenry]] has frequently cited the book as inspiring him to purchase his first deck of tarot cards, a [[Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot]] deck in 1993. He subsequently published more than a dozen tarot and [[oracle cards|oracle]] decks. Bruce Coville wrote the forward for McHenry's 2025 book ''An Occult Guide to the Tarot''. | |||
''Eyes of the Tarot'' is included in the William G. Lockwood collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy stereotypes at Michigan State University. This collection contains thousands of works which contain references to Romani stereotypes. | ''Eyes of the Tarot'' is included in the William G. Lockwood collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy stereotypes at Michigan State University. This collection contains thousands of works which contain references to Romani stereotypes. | ||
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