Austin Osman Spare

[sus]

That's the one I own

The Swiss design is lovely

 

[sus]

Difficult how?

 

[william_kent]

Difficult how?

you know who Crowley was?

would you let him in your bedroom?

let alone your head?

 

[william_kent]

ok, years later I started collecting tarot packs, but just for 'reference', my original Swiss 1JJ pack is what I use for 'real work'

so, the following are in no particular order, but one or two decks I 'may' use for divination and interior exploration



I love smoking, I've smoked hash and weed 'forever', I didn't ever smoke tobacco ( except in spliffs ) until the night I got slaughtered at Mortal Kombat when my opponent was feeding me pipes of squishy black and I realised something was missing... tobacco ... and then I realised "My name is Bill and I'm an addict"


Il Meneghello - 22 Arcana Fumatori

 

[william_kent]

flash forward, April 2024

I'm in Tokyo, I made an appointment at the Tokyo Tarot Museum

I fucked up on the timing, we wandered around the streets

I needed a piss, there was a police box with an unhygienic toilet next to it and "most wanted" posters



and then I spotted the "life size pretty girl" fake rubber head shop:




the "tarot museum" was a clever marketing ploy, there were some vintage cards in frames on the wall but there were hundreds of packs for sale

I bought this deck by Ursi that I'd hesitated about when it first came out



Tarot Eros

 

[william_kent]

the "Tokyo tarot museum" had the deck that originally accompanied the classic Walter Wegmuller album for sale

I'm still kicking myself for not buying it, even though I think the design ( on the cover of the box ) is shit, and it was really expensive


Walter Wegmueller - Die Zerstörung

if I had bought the "Neu Age Tarot" then I would have posted this:



edit: still kicking myself for not bankrupting myself by buying a copy / regrets, it is not a bad tower card in retrospect, maybe I should have bought the deck and be living on the streets as a result

edit: I'm thinking Vangelis might have stolen a "chariots" ahem "fire" melody from this tune by Walter

 

[william_kent]

jump cut to 2023

Shinjuku, the "Kinokuniya" book shop

they had a little display of tarot and I felt obliged to buy the Japanese decks

the box cover:



the tower:




the box cover:




the tower:




the box cover:



the tower:



I feel the rum may be causing me to take out of focus pictures, I will resume this at a later date

 

[sus]

you know who Crowley was?

would you let him in your bedroom?

let alone your head?

Thats a really good point

 

[william_kent]

"the magician longs to see"

a rare glimpse into my twin peaks tarot collection



maybe I should take a photo when I am sober?