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Tarot of Magical Symbols      2006 E.B. Utina      Russia                                                   Art Medium: Pen and watercolour, but could have been mimiced digitally. Description: The Majors are each related to a path of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Each Minor bears circular magical sigil. The line drawing is very fine, and these have been painted in intense saturated colours. These appear to be some water based pigments, but are very bright and intense. They could have been created digitally. On the Majors, the image does not fill the whole space on the card, but there is a small border above, bearing the Hebrew letters and astrological signs, while below is a larger panel with a Kabbalistic tree of life and the card title. There also appears to be a clear use of magical colour associations in these panels. The imagery of the Majors seems to be drawn from the G.O. Mebes designs, but in no way slavishly follow these. Although the pip cards are not emblematic, the artist has introduced some little unique variations on some of the cards. Each of the Minors is connected with the decanates of the Zodiac and one of those strange 'angelic' names from Hebrew inspired European Renaissance magic. This deck comes with a book, in Russian of course, where the whole complex system is explained.