Orishas, the divinities and myths from an ancient magic, are deftly infused with tarot archtypes, opening a channel towards these natural forces. A unique blend of tarot and Santeria, this colorful deck is an ideal tool for meditation, healing, and ritual.
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Since 1987, Art Publisher Lo Scarabeo has published over 100 Tarot decks that have been acclaimed all over the world for originality and quality. Only the best Italian and International artists are selected for our new decks, and the result is that Lo Scarabeo's decks are all recognizable as an exceptional artistic value.
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Tradition
One of Lo Scarabeo's goals is the preservation of traditional Tarot decks.
Development
New decks and ideas are continually gathered from all over the world. This allows Lo Scarabeo to produce some of the most innovative decks available today.
Quality
Lo Scarabeo is committed to ever increasing quality and beauty of their products.
Distribution
*Llewellyn is the exclusive distributor of Lo Scarabeo products in North America.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
nice...but!,
By Kalfu (Savannah, Georgia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Afro-Brazilian Tarot (English and Spanish Edition) (Cards)
I am a psychic reader and normaly use Fortune Telling or Divination Cards to read. One of my friend gave me a deck of these cards as a present as she knows that I am initiated into an Afro-Brazilian Tradition.
The images on these card are beautiful, as are the associations between Orixas and the images of the Mayor Arcana. The Emperor is depicted as Ogum, The Devil as Exu, The Moon shows the Orixa Obba...amazingly beautifull cards! What I find difficult however is to look at the Orixas depicted on these cards and to interprete the cards according to Tarot Meanings. There is so much more to the orixa Obba then to the card that she is associated with - The Moon. Iemanja has so much more to say then The High Priestess and Orunmila's message is by far deeper then The World (the card he is associated with)... As a practitioner and initiate of Afro-Brazilian religion I have to remind myself that this is not an Orixa/Orisha divination tool, but simply a cute tarot deck. Orixa does not speak through these cards! What anoyes me most however is the ignoranze of the publisher! There is no such thing as "Afro-Brazilian Santeria"! Its either called Candomble, Umbanda or - if you want to use slang - Macumba. But I guess marketing reasons forbid the use of the correct terminology!?
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Images,
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This review is from: Afro-Brazilian Tarot (English and Spanish Edition) (Cards)
This deck has beautiful images but as the 1st reviewer says, it is difficult to use the traditional meaning of the deck with the images of the Orisha. However, because Tarot is supposed to be an intuitive tool, I use my intuition when interpreting the card's meaning. I absolutely believe and have experienced that the Orisha, God and any other aspect of Spirit will speak through anything that you are receptive to including this deck. I am just grateful to begin to see decks with people of color and they are so beautiful. The publisher of this deck also just put out an African American Tarot deck with great images as well. You can see my review of that deck on its page.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
try the lukumi deck instead..,
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This review is from: Afro-Brazilian Tarot (English and Spanish Edition) (Cards)
i bought this deck cause i am interested in the afro carribean religions, like voodoo, santaria, cantomblé. the first thing i noticed was indeed the afro-brazilian-santaria deck. that made me think. then the cards. i somehow like and dislike the pictures. sometimes it reminds me too much of the fantasy comics i have read. the drawings of the knights totally make no sense. the fool is the worst card. you see chango raging to war.
i can do nothing with the minor arcana. i sometimes think it is just the number and color of the card, with some nice illustration, but that the illustration has nothing to do with the card itself. (this is very black white) and the dark choice of backgroundcolors, does it want to indicate the afro-brazilian-santaria is a dark religion. and then dark in the sense of slightly evil? i own an orisha deck, a new orleans voodoo deck and a lukumi deck. those ones are exciting to work with. especially the lukumi deck is very beautiful and very useful. there the major and minor arcana cards are well chosen. there the choice of the orisha on the minor cards make sense. no fantasy knights in shining armour. i sometimes try working with the deck. but this one doesnt work for me. for those who are seeking for an deck with orisha's i can recommand the lukumi deck.
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