From: Baird Stafford Subject: Re: The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 17:03:27 GMT BEKKI LYN, blchapma@eos.ncsu.edu writes: > Now that I've gotten my brain somewhat in gear and found out that > the Golden Dawn deck that Kraig mentions in _Modern Magick_ (the one > by Wang), and the New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot (by Cicero) are not > the same deck (duh!), I now want to know how close the New Golden > Dawn deck comes to Israel Regardie's descriptions, or if this newer > deck is Llewellyn fluff and a waste of time unless one just wants a > new deck to play with outside of GD symbolism. Thanks for any > enlightenment on this matter. The Ciceros' deck was begun under Regardie's direct supervision and completed from notes taken by the artist of discussions with him before his death. It includes not one but two Temperence cards, both conforming to Temperence cards used in different GD rituals. The symbolism is absolutely accurate, as are the colors, which are in the appropriate color scales for each suit and Trump. The Wang deck, on the other hand, was a disappointment to Regardie: Wang reproduced exactly the preliminary sketches Regardie had provided him (Regardie had no opinion of his own draftsmanship) and the colors are approximate at best. The Ciceros' deck, by the way, is used in the rituals of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Light, Baird __ Baird Stafford (bstafford@bstafford.ess.harris.com) === From: Paul_Hume@f235.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Paul Hume) Subject: The New Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 12:52:42 GMT Bekki - 2 cents worth on New Ritual GD Tarot... According to the Ciceros (who designed the New GD RT) Regardie thought well of the designs for the trumps, which he saw before he died. I don't know of anyone other than the designers who can corroborate this, of course, and while I think highly of their probity, it is hardly solid documentation. I like it, myself. Wang's work is very sincere, but frankly not my cuppa. Sandra Cicero's art is often garish, an often heard critique is "comic book," but the use of color scales is exact, and uses "flashing" colors by design. The deck is drawn "to spec" per the instructions from Mathers. Paul