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An -hypothesised and randomly factual History of Tarot Cards

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What follows is the story of a deck of cards and of all the -more-or-less believable claims that were made about its origin. This -brief history was complied following sources that attempted accurate -historic recalling instead of the most commonly shared semiotic, -occultist story. However, despite all efforts all the found sources -told a convoluted story due to the misinterpretation of age, sources and -authorship common in any ancient text on magic and mysticism (Dummett, -1993). As such, the following text will recall the disproven stories -that were told about the origin of Tarot, some factual sourced material -and a modern description of its usage.

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When we talk about Tarot cards we are talking about a deck of playing -cards composed of ten numeral cards and four court cards(Jack, Knight, -Queen and King) for each of the suits, Swords, Batons, Cups and Coins. -Alongside these more common cards Tarot includes 22 ‘trump’ cards with -allegorical illustrations. The trumps form a sequence, usually numbered -from 1 to 21, with the single card of the Fool being separated (Decker, -Depaulis & Dummett, 1996).

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This specific deck of cards’ history begins at the bottom of a well -in Norther Italy, in the 1440s, where we place its first appearance in -history. From there we can easily find links to the common usage of -these cards in Norther Italy, from Milano to Bologna e Ferrara (Steele, -1900). These cards, initially called Trionfi and then -Tarocchi are thought to have been intended to be used for card -games, regardless of their occasional usage in future-telling (Dummet, -1993).  This finding helps us trace a factual beginning of Tarot but -leaves an open question to how these cards gained their place as the -primary tool used in modern occultism and mysticism for cartomancy. 

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While this is where the story began to intricate itself, it can still -be seen that the first wide spread future-telling uses appeared in -France in the 18th century. 

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At this point the history of tarot beings to be influenced by what -each fortune teller imagined the history of the cards to be. To fully -disclose this I will first attempt to estimate the most notable -occultists that used the cards and wrote historical notations about -their deviance and then the stories they told about them.

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The first encounter we have between Tarot and magical theory and -practice happens in the Monde primitif, an incredibly long -essay about Tarot cards written in 1781 by Antoine Court de Gébelin. -With this text, the pastor began what would be the endless repository of -arcane esoteric wisdom within Tarot that will follow the cards for -generations (Chisholm, 1911). In this text, Gébeling attributed the -cards’ origin to ancient Egypt, a theory that is to this day shared as -truthful. This belief was based on an erroneous link to “The Book of -Thoth”, an ancient Egyptian text about magic that is believed to have -been spread through Europe by Romani people. This belief was then -substantiated by a similar essay by the by the comte de Mellet(Decker, -). Promptly, a Parisian fortune teller named Jean-Baptiste Alliette, -professionally known as Etteilla, having found these theories, adapted -the esoteric view of the cards to his own uses. He switching his own -practice from traditional French piquet cartomancy to the use of a -self-made Tarot card deck. This deck was based on the previously shared -Hermetic ideologies and was named “The Book of Toth”(same).

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The next fundamental spin that was given to the cards’ background was -down by Éliphas Levi, another French esotericist. Levi repudiated -Etteilla’s theory and integrated a version of the cards that was closer -to the original to his own Cabalistic magical system. However -historically mistaken was Levi’s understanding of the cards’ travel from -Egypt to Judea into Jewish tradition, it nonetheless revolutionised the -cards in ways that live on till today. His Cabalistic theory about signs -being letter, letters being absolute ideas and absolute ideas being -numbers can be seen in even modern iterations of tarot.

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From here on over, Tarot’s journey speeds up as the cards leave -France and become absorbed into new esoteric movements like -Swedenborgianism, Mesmerism and spiritualism (Decker, Depaulis & -Dummet, 1996).

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Before we make a jump through time to the next biggest relevant -development of Tarot, I will share the last of the three false -widespread theories about the origin of Tarot, the first two being Egypt -and Judaism(despite its influence in modern tarot).

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This last theory is harder to trace back to one esoteric influence, -but nonetheless claims a Chinese origin to the cards. Most likely, this -is due to the similarity with the I Ching, a divination manual from -around 1000 BC. The manual was grounded in cleromancy, the production of -random numbers to predict divine intention. However, there is no -traceable connection between Chinese cleromancy and Tarot divination. -Modern analyses of Chinese Tarot divination draw direct correlation -between Western occultism and Tarot divination, leaving little room to -imagine any direct causation starting from China (Fu, Li, Lee, -2002).

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For the purpose of this recalling but unsurprisingly for those -familiar, the next big step will bring us to the late19th century in -Britain, in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn was a -secret society devoted to occult Hermetic Kabbalah and one of the -largest single influences on Western occultism as a whole (Jenkins, -2000). While the society itself had a wide curriculum, including -astrology, alchemy and geomancy(soil divination), our only concern at -the moment is with their links to Tarot cards.

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In 1909, two mystics and members of the Golden Dawn, A.E. Waite and -Pamela Colman Smith published with the Rider Company a deck of re-made -Tarot cards based on the society’s magic system. These cards, later -known as the Ride-Waite Tarot(Dean, 2015). This deck was based on the -Sola Busca deck, with symbolism being taken from Levi’s descriptions and -Egyptian and Christian symbolism. This deck has become the paradigm and -touchstone through which modern occultists think of Tarot. Between the -distribution of this deck and the use of the cards in the Golden Dawn, -it became axiomatic among followers many traditions of mysticism that -the Tarot is an essential component of any occult science.

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Nowadays, Tarot is emblematic and incredibly wide spread as the most -common future-telling method and device. Thousands and thousands of -different formats exist, often falling under the category of Oracle -cards and as such not having the clear formatting rules of Tarot but -still implicating divination and self-reflection through the -interpretation of allegorical illustration.

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#CONSOLE

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####xpub special issue xx

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Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help +yourself. Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of +healing; Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries. +Face the past and encounter your fortune. Console gives you a new +vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and +care; Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. Are you +ready to play?

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##<3 this publication made possible thanks to:

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Lídia Pereira (ed.) Artemis Gryllaki (ed.) Manetta Berends Joseph +Knierzinger Steve Rushton Leslie Robbins Michael Murtaugh Sébastien Tien +and the Page Not Found team Anna M. Szaflarski Paul DD Smith Shana +Moulton Bérénice Serra The Sun is its father The Moon its mother The +Wind hath carried it in its belly The Earth is its nurse

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#Table of contents

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Super(de)construction, a -text-adventure game

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My text-adventure game was (first and foremost a struggle and) an -attempt to dive a little bit into the world of python and deal -peacefully with the potential trauma of coding. The first unsuccessful -try started by making a map on paper with all the possible rooms, -corridors, spaces and the potential inputs of the player. It was proved -to be a too ambitious plan though. So this was the time when the -super(de)construction game was born! My intention was to make a fan -fiction text adventure game(!) of the marxist superstructure theory. -There are three basic rooms where the player can navigate : the -Base-ment, the Apparatus and the Megaroom. People can grab specific -“objects” from each room and check their inventory (for example you can -have unpaidlabour, church, mostlywhitemen from base-ment, apparatus and -megaroom respectively in the same bag!). The aim of the game is to -accumulate enough points in order to bring eventually the revolution and -win. The fermentation and the radicalization happen only in the -base-ment. Will you be part of the revolutionary class?

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Contents

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Colophon

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Photography and Illustration

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Unless otherwise stated, all photography and illustrations in this -publication are created by the same authors as the text. That which is -below is like that which is above and that which is above is like that -which is below, to do the miracle of one only thing.

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Digital Tools

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This book was created with the help of a collection of not-so-small -and extremely sharp open source tools, to name a few; paged.js, pandoc, -pdfimpose, pdftk, and our darling demon inkscape. So was the world -created. From this are and do come admirable adaptations where of the -means is here in this.

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###Printing and Binding Just lil old us.

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Fonts

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Work Sans by Wei Huang. Consolation by us.

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That which I have said of the operation of the Sun is accomplished -and ended.

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Introduction

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The last trimester was an attempt to understand the notions of games -and rituals. Instead of introduction we will try to unravel this -mysterious journey as well as keep questioning and collaging.

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We mapped the common characteristics and the differences between the -latter in relation to ideology and counter-hegemony. We practiced, -performed, annotated rituals that were connected (or not) with our -cultural backgrounds while we questioned the magic circle. We dived into -the worlds of text adventure games and clicking games while drinking -coffee and talked about class, base, superstructure, (counter)hegemony, -ideology, materialism. We discussed about how games and rituals can -function as reproductive technologies of the culture industries. We -annotated games- focusing on the role of ideology and social -reproduction. We reinterpreted bits of the world and created stories -with it (modding, fiction, narrative) while focusing on community, +

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Documentation of Games and Rituals, Kick off sessions

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#Introduction

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This Special Issue has been an attempt to understand the notions of +games and rituals. Instead of an introduction, we will try to unravel +this mysterious journey as well as keep questioning and collaging.

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We mapped the common characteristics and the differences between +games and rituals in relation to ideology and counter-hegemony. We +practiced, performed, annotated rituals that were connected (or not) +with our cultural backgrounds while we questioned the magic circle. We +dived into the worlds of text adventure games and clicking games while +drinking coffee and talked about class, base, superstructure, +(counter)hegemony, ideology, materialism. We discussed how games and +rituals can function as reproductive technologies of the culture +industries. We annotated games, focusing on the role of ideology and +social reproduction. We reinterpreted bits of the world and created +stories from it (modding, fiction, narrative) with a focus on community, interaction, relationships, grief and healing.

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The eventual product of this process is a console, a magical object, -a wooden container, a promising healing. How the unpacking of notions of -games, rituals, ideology, superstructure in relation to the -witch-hunting can become the midwiferies of a healing box? How practices -of heal and care can work as counter-hegemonic acts that can cure and -liberate our souls and bodies from patriarchical and capitalistic -fetters?

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We didn’t manage to provide you with comprehensive and solid answers -or conclusive statements. The truth is that this wasn’t our plan. Our +

The eventual outcome of this process is a console, a magical object, +a wooden container, a promise of healing. How can the unpacking of +games, rituals, ideology and superstructure in relation to witch hunting +become the midwiferies of a healing box? How can practices of healing +and care work as counter-hegemonic acts that can cure and liberate our +souls and bodies from patriarchical and capitalistic fetters?

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We didn’t manage to provide you with comprehensive answers or +conclusive statements. The truth is that this wasn’t our plan. Our intention was to create openings for debate or even conflict, to map a territory, to invite those who would like to join us.

“What if you are playing tetris and the tetris gods give you something apart from the usual seven tetrominoes, like an unexpected -pregnancy or the end of capitalism?”,(Steven)

+pregnancy or the end of capitalism?” (Stephen)

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Starting with rituals we can claim that they can be understood as +

Starting with rituals, we claim that they can be understood as instruments in the struggle for the exercise of power. Organized by repetition, they (re)connect the individual to the collective, creating a vision towards a given perception of society. Participation -in this creative act is determined by several factors, for example, a -ritual’s function, its relationship to hegemonic power, a collective’s -politics and objectives, etc.

+in this creative act is determined by several factors: a ritual’s +function, its relationship to hegemonic power, a collective’s politics +and objectives, etc.

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*“Ritual is a means of performing the way things ought to be in +

“Ritual is a means of performing the way things ought to be in conscious tension to the way things are in such a way that this ritualized perfection is recollected in the ordinary, uncontrolled, course of things. Ritual relies for its power on the fact that it is concerned with quite ordinary activities, that what it describes and displays is, in principle, possible for every occurrence of these acts. But it relies, as well, for its power on the fact that, in actuality, -such possibilities cannot be realized.(Smith,1980)*”

+such possibilities cannot be realized.” (Smith,1980)

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“Ideology talks of actions: I shall talk of actions inserted into practices. And I shall point out that these practices are governed by rituals in which these practices are inscribed, within the material -existence of an ideological apparatus(...)Ideas have disappeared as such +existence of an ideological apparatus(…)Ideas have disappeared as such to the precise extend that it has emerged that their existence is inscribed in the actions of practices governed by rituals defined in the -last instance by an ideological apparatus”,(Althusser,1970)

+last instance by an ideological apparatus.” (Althusser,1970)

Similarly, videogames create worlds. Often, those worlds mirror our own, reproducing certain ideals and values as norms through their @@ -254,7 +192,7 @@ characteristics.

“The main task of mass culture is to create, reproduce, and manage particular kinds of subjects — workers, consumers, individuals, -citizens —required for current conditions. To perpetuate their own +citizens — required for current conditions. To perpetuate their own existence, mass media must succeed at representing the violent coercion of capitalist systems as natural laws: Of course you have to pay rent to live inside; of course you have to buy food to eat; of course you have @@ -269,40 +207,44 @@ the complexity of the always expanding and changing capitalist system requires an equally flexible set of subsidiary tools capable of rapidly adjusting ideology en masse. In general, media emerge not to meet the demands or desires of individual users but to accommodate what the -predominant mode of production requires.”,(Osterweil,2018)

+predominant mode of production requires.” (Osterweil,2018)

Our intention was to look into rituals and their overlap with video -games as a way to explore "forbidden" or otherwise lost knowledge erased +games as a way to explore “forbidden” or otherwise lost knowledge erased by oppressive systems (e.g. witch hunts). Understanding games and rituals as gateways to alternative ways of relating to Nature, each other and (re)production of life, labour, etc, we played together by writing fan fiction and spells, developing rituals, analysing and creating games together.

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“Sims as just social reproduction: some values are certainly -given by the game (make money to buy nicer things, progress in your -career by doing tasks that improve your skill, charisma is a skill but -not kindness) , but also ideology is put into the game by the player. -The player chooses what to reproduce and often share in the "gallery" or -on social media. Community being so important in this game then means -that the crux of the social reproduction is happening when the choices -you have made in the game are broadcasted. Did you create a -heteronormative white thin nuclear family that made a lot of money? or -did you choose to play differently?“,(Ada)

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“Sims as social reproduction: some values are certainly given by +the game (make money to buy nicer things, progress in your career by +doing tasks that improve your skill, charisma is a skill but not +kindness) , but also ideology is put into the game by the player. The +player chooses what to reproduce and often share in the “gallery” or on +social media. Community being so important in this game then means that +the crux of the social reproduction is happening when the choices you +have made in the game are broadcasted. Did you create a heteronormative +white thin nuclear family that made a lot of money? Or did you choose to +play differently?” (Ada)

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“The Communist Party of Second Life (CPSL) aims to be a Marxist, internationalist and revolutionary organization for all communists in Second Life. The CPSL aims to spread understanding of Marxism among SL citizens, to organise support in SL for the class struggle in RL, including all struggles of the working class against imperialism and the -bourgeoisie, its state and wars.”,(Lydia)

+bourgeoisie, its state and wars.” (Lídia)

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“The act of the modder’s appropriation of the pre-existing game -is also similar to Michel de Certeau’s cultural ‘poaching’.De Certeau’s +is also similar to Michel de Certeau’s cultural ‘poaching’. De Certeau’s everyday bricolors make do with remixing the privatized spaces and products of consumer society that they find themselves inhabiting and using. Rather than being passive consumers, ordinary people invent varied subversive tactics for stealing back the given of everyday life. De Certeau writes, ‘Everyday life invents itself by poaching in -countless ways on the property of others’.”(Schleiner,2017)

+countless ways on the property of others.’” (Schleiner,2017)

Meanwhile, we went through the witch as a magical practicioner, as a resisting body, a border figure. “Federici presents the witch”as the @@ -312,686 +254,51 @@ live alone, the obeha woman who poisoned the master’s food and inspired the slaves to revolt.” Behind the witch hunt, she uncovers a joint effort by the Church and the state to establish mechanisms of gendered control of bodies that immanently resisted newly instituted regimes of -productive and reproductive work”(Timofeeva,2019).

+productive and reproductive work.” (Timofeeva, 2019)

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“Sorcerers have always held the anomalous position, at the edge of the fields or woods. They haunt the fringes. They are at the borderline of the village, or between villages. But sorcerers not only exist at the border: as anomalous beings, they are the border itself. In -other words, the borderline passes through their bodies.”,(Deleuze, +other words, the borderline passes through their bodies.” (Deleuze, Guattari,1980)

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How the understanding of the witchs’ hunting that happened a few -centuries ago in relation with the figure of the witch as marginal, -rebellion entity can shed light on the contemporary witch-hunting. How -this knowledge can provide us with tools of empowerment, emancipation, -resistance and make us reimagine counter-hegemonic practices of -collective care and healing?

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How does the understanding of the hunting of the witches that +happened a few centuries ago in relation to the figure of the witch as +marginal, rebellious entity shed light on the contemporary +witch-hunting? How does this knowledge provide us with tools of +empowerment, emancipation and resistance, and make us reimagine +counter-hegemonic practices of collective care and healing?

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+Never stop questioning never stop mapping + +
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Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help yourself.

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Console invites you to: open the box and discover ways of -healing;

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Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of healing;

Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries.

Face the past and encounter your fortune.

Console gives you a new vantage point; a set of rituals and practices -that help you cope and care(of yourself and of the others)

+that help you cope and care for yourself and for others.

Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers.

Console invites you to self reflect, explore your subconscious, spin -the wheel of fortune (and pick a card), explore what is possible beyond -what is obvious, guide you into... [the future and past], creates -stories …

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+the wheel of fortune and pick a card, explore what is possible beyond +what is obvious, guide yourself into the future and past, create +stories. Are you ready to play?

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They who dream of drinking wine may weep when morning comes; they -who dream of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While they are -dreaming they do not know it is a dream, and in their dream they may -even try to interpret a dream. Only after they wake do they know it was -a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know that -this is all a great dream.

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And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming, too.

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Zhuàngzi 莊子

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✧ Preface

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Have you ever woken up feeling like there is a word, at the tip of -your tongue, in a language you don’t quite understand?

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It’s the same feeling you may have felt when a dream has left too -quickly once you woke up, like a regretful lover. You grasped and -reached but it was gone and you have forgotten something so -fundamentally important that your stomach has caved into itself.

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This deck of oracle cards invites you to go back into that cave, that -pit, to the start of that word. Tarot and oracle cards are always tools -for self-exploration, but the Oracolotto will guide you to explore -deeper, into the subconscious realm of your dreams.

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Oracolotto includes twenty-one cards and one guidebook. The cards -follow the paved journey of Tarot’s major arcana, but do not be fooled -by the numbers, as they will not give you insight into the path. You do -not need any previous knowledge to use these cards, only the ability to -dream and a soul, yours or other.

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The Oracolotto cards present illustrations of collective dream -archetypes, as delineated by Neapolitan tradition. While the cards -symbolically follow the traditional Tarot journey from the fool to the -world(minus the Emperor), they are based on the Neapolitan art form of -the Smorfia, intended not as the grimace but the dream interpretation -method.

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The Smorfia is an ancient art form in which symbols and archetypes -from a person’s dreams are analysed and converted into numbers. To use -the Smorfia, one would thus recall every event, person and object that -appeared in their dream, and then use the extensive list of dream -archetypes to find the associated numbers. This may be used to find out -the meaning of your dreams or, most commonly, to find numbers to play -the lottery (Ricciardone, 1987; Zezza, 1835).

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In this case however, the archetypes were used as a story telling -device, an exploration tool for imagination and self-discovery. You may -chose to use these cards in the two ways I have imagined, or create your -own.

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  1. The first, and the one I recommend, asks your soul to sit with the -cards, ask them a question, read the answer in the following pages and -find a language for new or old feelings.
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  2. The other way I have imagined requires you to keep the deck next to -your bed, or wherever you sleep. Once you wake up, while the dream is -still supple and alive, reach for the Oracolotto and try and find the -cards that resemble the dream most closely. This way you may give a -language to the unformed and find on the cards apparent truths.
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There is a possibility, that you have read thus far because you wish -to remember your dreams and connect to your subconscious, but feel like -you cannot. You may almost never recall your dreams or think that they -are random. If this is your case, I recommend that you use the -Oracolotto in the first way I have described, as the subconscious seeps -into our daily thoughts and feelings anyways. The deck may help you find -these patterns.

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You may also choose your own path, disregard what I said and make -your own game, read old or future dreams or even play the lottery. The -tools are now in your hands.

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✧ How to care for the -Oracolotto

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You may have been told that objects do not have spirit and have -believed it. If you have, I suggest you tuck the inner skeptic into bed -and let the curious child out to play for the following sections. You -see, the Oracolotto, like any Tarot or Oracle, does not believe itself -to be an objects. In fact, it thinks that no object is just a thing, but -most exist in the spiritual plane as well. As such, all objects have a -soul, a spirit that connects to yours.

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This particular one, the Oracolotto, has a playful and deep soul. It -asks to be cared for as if it was a living thing, more a plant than a -pet. It asks to be touched, used, cried on, laughed with. Most -importantly, it asks for a place to rest every night. I would also -recommend, at your discretion, to free negative intention from the cards -if you stumble upon it. This may happen if you do a reading for someone -who turns out to have bad intention, or just a very heavy painful load. -It may also happen if you use them alone in a moment of intense sadness -or anger. In these cases, I recommend finding a way to release these -feelings from the cards, by leaving them out to breath, or holding them -in your hands while thinking positive thoughts.

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✧ How to Do a Reading

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Set an intention to begin. You or the person you are reading for will -ask a question, out loud or in your mind as you shuffle the cards. You -then have two options: either spread them out or fan them, and choose -one card at a time with your dominant hand; or place the whole deck on a -surface and run your fingers alongside it until you feel like splitting -the deck and picking a card. Do it however you wish, the important thing -is that you let your intuition guide you to a card.

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Lay it in front of you ( the “How to Lay Out the Cards” section -follows). Turn the card over and feel, hear, see, and intuit its meaning -in relation to your question. Refer to this guidebook for -interpretations. If you give readings to others, it is always a good -idea to keep a record of your own read­ings, as messages for others do -usually weave together with those for you. Sometimes cards will”jump” -out of the deck while you’re shuffling. These cards are try­ing to get -your attention. They’re part of your reading, or perhaps the entire -reading. In any case, know that they’re important messages to be -heeded.

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Alternatively and if applicable, you may choose one card and place it -on your altar or under your pillow at night to bring in deeper -understanding.

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✧ How to Lay Out the Cards

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.One Card Spread

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A single card can be used for several pur­poses:

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  • Draw a card in the morning for guidance about what you need to know -that day.
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  • Draw a card after you ask a question. The one you pick is your -answer.
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A three-card spread can also be used in a couple of different -ways:

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If you wish to find a more fleshed out narrative, you may choose to -do bigger spread. Information about those can be found in any book about -tarot or online.

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✧ Dream well!

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✳ 42. the coffee

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.keywords: beginnings, unformed potential, taking a risk, answering a -‘call’, trusting in the universe, overcoming self-doubt, embracing -uncertainty.

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Coffee is brewing, yet to be poured on the empty cup on the counter. -A spiritual guide sits patiently, urging you to begin, while the sun -shines outside a closed window. On the side, enormous snowdrops have -blossomed, indicating the first tentative steps of spring.

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While the Coffe is number 42, this card comes before the others. Like -an unhatched egg it contains all the potential for the journey. The cup -is empty, but you are urged to pour it, to drink it and to being the -journey. A spiritual guide urges you forward. Like the prophet Muhammad -who was given coffee(قهوة) by the Archangel Jibreel, you are also urged -to begin.

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The Coffee upright in a reading tells you it is now the time to be -naive and courageous. Set on a new adventure and do not worry about the -consequences. It is time, the coffee is ready.

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If the Coffee appears reversed, it is a warning. The coffee will -spill and it may burn your or others. Be cautious about disregarding the -consequences of your actions. Your eagerness for freedom and new -beginnings may have harmed others of yourself. Now, you are being asked -for consistency and patience. There is a time to be brave and to set off -on new paths, and a time to be reliable and patient-wisdom lays in -knowing the difference.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 0. the fool.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: all signs, the -universe.

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✳ 66. the two spinsters

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.keywords: magic, manifestation, setting intentions, directing energy -consciously, willpower, concentration, having all the resources you -need.

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Two old women stand before a table, one pointing to above and one -below. Their eyes glow with mystic powers and if they have appeared in -your dreams you may feel their power radiating. This is particularly -powerful card. While looking at it, reject what you have been told about -the emotional loneliness of spinsters and focus on their ability to spin -a magical web. These women are appearing to you at an important time, at -the moment when you may choose your own path. You are now fully able to -manifest your desires. The Spinsters are showing you the power you hold -and asking you for intense concentration. There is power in your focus -and dedication, now is the time to channel all your resources to -achieving what you wish.

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If the Spinsters have appeared reversed, is is a sign that you are -ignoring your own powers. You no longer see two crone magicians who have -chosen the path of spiritual power but instead two unmarried older -women. Do not be fooled. The power is in your hands, your potential lays -dormant underneath your doubts and lack of self esteem. Trust in your -ability, trust the Spinsters to weave you back to an active role within -your own life.
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✳ tarot correspondence: 1. the magician.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: gemini & virgo.

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✳ 63. the bride

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. keywords: intuition, subconscious, higher wisdom, knowing something -you can’t explain, stillness, meditation, spell-work and ritual.

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The Bride sits in silence in an underground cistern, two eyes closed -and a third one opened. Upon her head two crescent moons hold the globe. -She is alone, but does not appear to be waiting. The Bride is a figure -of divine wisdom, feminine mystery and intuitive knowledge. She is the -guardian of the unconscious and she is meeting you. By receiving this -card you are being gently led deeper, or asked to go deeper. To artists, -she is the representation of creative potential. The bride has little -care for the material as her powers lay in the true nature of emotion. -Let your intuition lead the way, quiet the chatter of the rational and -logical.

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If you are facing a reversed Bride, is is an indication to examine -where you are ignoring your gut. Perhaps you have let your thinking mind -run loose or have not been listening to your gut. You have even be -overvaluing other’s opinions or acting too hastily. Whichever is it, it -may be time to be still, reflect and meditate on your intuition.
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✳ tarot correspondence: 2. the high priestess.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: cancer & pisces.

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✳ 52. the mother

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.keywords: maternal figure, familiar love, abundance, life force, -strong protection, dignity.

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The Mother sits on a throne in the middle of the river of life force, -a crown upon her head a sword in her hand. In this iconography she is -Juno, Roman goddess of marriage and family. As such, she sits near a -pregnant cow and a peacock eating a pomegranate. Around her nature -thrives. She is the embodiment of femininity and the bringer or life and -growth. Her energy is both nurturing and fiercely protective. She is -appearing to indicate that she is looking after you and your growth. She -is abundant and as such so will your expression be, both creative and -sensual. Deep fulfilment awaits.

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Reversed

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The Mother has appeared reversed. Juno’s warlike nature is more -active than her nurturing side. Your seeking of protection is keeping -your from true love and joy. You were guarding yourself, and while you -were in the right to do so, it is now time to let your shield down. Your -emotional crops are thriving, you have put in the work. Let go of your -war, lean into joy and love.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 3. the empress. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: libra.

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✳ 84. the church

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.keywords: belief systems, ancestry, study, tradition, conformity, -learning about the past.

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A priest stands in front of you, one hand to invite you and one -towards the divine. On his shoulders sits a church, the door slightly -ajar. On the bottom, you may see keys. The Church cards beckons you -inside a mysteries sacred place. In Christian belief, a church is not -only where religious community meets but seat of Divinity itself. I -invite you to the Church card as such, and disconnect it from its -Christian imagery. It stands in the place of any established social -structure, spiritual tradition or source of ancestral knowledge. It is a -teacher, a leader, a guru of past memory. If the Church has come up in -your reading, its indicating a need for deeper meaning or knowledge. -Will you use your key to follow the paved road and find out who paved it -and who walked it before you?

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The Church is upside down. Its integrity is questioned, the status -quo stumbles. The pressure of conformity weighs heavy, others’ belief -systems hang above your head. This card is now urging you to move. -Tradition can be a teacher or a jailer and in this case, it is trapping -you. It may be time to shake your ancestors wishes away and start anew, -upon a path you paved yourself.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 4. the hierophant.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: taurus, libra & -capricorn.

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✳ 69. the upside down

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Two hands reach for each other, the space between them filled with -light and eyes. Around their wrists roses are growing. There is an -obvious story being told, of two souls meeting in companionship. -However, this is a card about balance and choices too. The Upside Down -is a reference to love and the two sides of a coin. When this card -appears it speaks of love and strong bonds. It is asking you to choose -love, to make heartfelt, loving, compassionate choices. The Upside Down -is a simple card, asking you to choose. Listen to your heart and follow -it.

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Due to the nature of this card, up is down and down is up. However -you pull this card, it is showing you both the Yin and the Yang. In this -case, however, a sourness is prevalent. The eyes look away, giving you -space to work out and identify within yourself why a committment has -turned sour. Your inner voice is unbalanced. Use your heart for your -choices and seek out harmony.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 5. the lovers.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: gemini.

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✳ 35. the bird

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.keywords: focused action, self-belief and confidence, -commitment, drive and determination, hard, passionate work, -assertion.

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A chariot flies across a starry sky with two half moons. Inside it, a -man dressed in Roman armour with the head of turtle dove looks straight -at you, welcoming you with one hand. This is the card of control and -victory. The Bird has control of his own fate but it will help you with -it too. It directs you to assert your will with mastery, careful -practice and self-discipline. It reminds you of your own courage and -your strength, an encourages you to direct your energies towards the -stars.

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When reversed, the Bird is spinning further and further out of -control. It may be due to an attempt to control too much, or an -underdeveloped assertiveness. Loosen the reins, redirect your chariot. -Some things are beyond your power to change and some others are just -waiting for your confidence and hard work. Assess which is which and -begin riding.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 6. the chariot.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: cancer.

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✳ 28. the breasts

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.keywords: inner strength and courage, dignified resistance, -emotional labour, heart.

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A naked woman covered in flowers looks to the side, casually taming -the lion in front of her. Behind her, a natural landscape opens up. Do -not be fooled by her gentle appearance, for she is not effortless. Her -strength lies in her heart as this is the card for Breasts. Emotional -weakness is discarded as patriarchal concept, as the Breasts are showing -you a dignified taming of the wild through your heart. Emotion can -steady your demeanour and your inner strength powers you. This indicates -positive emotional labour of your own ferocity and expression of pure -emotional strength. Go to towards your own chest, to the place of pain, -anger, greed, and fear in your life. Acknowledge where these things live -within you and own them, pour love all over them.

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The lion is now overpowering as the Breasts appear upside down. This -is an indication of weakness, your strength feeble as your -self-confidence lessens. Your emotions are no longer a power but an -overwhelming force that you cannot control. Do not let anger or pain -dictate your choice, find your strength once again.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 7. strength.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: leo.

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✳ 65. the crying

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.keywords: introspection, solitude, retreat, working things through -on your own, claiming space and time for you, self-guided or guided -study.

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A figure cries in a cocoon underwater, wrapped in a cape of their -hair and algae. They are holding themselves, as their tears make their -way up. A light shines from their hands. This figure is in deep -introspection. The Crying card is not a negative card, regardless of -your own view of tears. It indicates a need for comfort and solitude. It -is asking for a moment of introspection, the only thing that may lead -you to true self discovery. Once you have expressed your pain and truly -felt it, you will gain better understanding.

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The tears fall upon you as the Crying card is reversed. You have -relied on yourself too much and over-isolated. The cocoon has served its -purpose, now the time for solitude is over. You may let others in or -leave your safe space altogether for the time for crying is over.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 8. the hermit.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: virgo.

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✳ 82. the set table

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.keywords: positive luck, change, predictions and prophesies, feeling -like something is ‘destined’ to happen, an interconnected bigger -picture.

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A table is set with plates spelling out the ancient names for tarot -and wheel. In the center of the table you can see water, soil, air and -fire. Around the table sit the four fixed signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio -and Aquarius. Three eyes, symbolising the three Fates oversee the table. -This is an incredibly auspicious card to pick. Like the table, your -destiny has been set, the tempo will crank up as your personal vision -develops into reality. This card is asking you to accept your fate, but -also take responsibility for it. The table is set but it is up to you to -serve.

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The Set Table has been turned the wrong way. This indicated elements -outside your control that are spinning your fate. Luck has not been on -your side and you may have found yourself unhappy with your -circumstances. Take a moment to analyse what could have happened, are -these elements toying with your luck internal or external? Is there -someone to blame, if yes, who is it? Whatever you find, trust that the -Table will be set again, and out of darkness a new light will be born, -informed by your discoveries.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 9. the wheel of fortune.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: aquarius, leo, taurus & -scorpio

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✳ 60. the lament

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.keywords: truth, logical thought, objectivity, binary thinking, -justice, fairness, balance, accountability, social justice principles, -intersectionality.

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A woman, justice, walks the steps out of darkness, a lament -distorting her face. In the Lament, you can see justice wearing white, -carrying a sword on her waist and holding scales, with a heart on one -end and a brain on the other. Her blindfold stays on as her piercing -eyes penetrate through the truth. It is her cry for truth, her lament, -that propels her forward. This card calls out to you. Every action has -an equal reaction but it is often expression of injustice that brings -justice forward. It is the Lament that leads to balance, believe that -your expression of injustice is worth sharing.

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When the Lament appears reversed it indicates a flawed system, an -hidden truth or bias. This injustice may have been committed against you -or by you, but however it happened the scale are not balances and soon -they will be as someone faces consequences. It also begs for a -re-establishing of a balancing perspective on your side. Look at the -issue from both sides, hear the Lament.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 11. justice.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: libra.

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✳ 85. purgatory’s souls

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.keywords: passivity, cost, holding back, patience, allowing events -to unfold, meditation and mindful practice, inner peace, -self-acceptance, overcoming ego

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A man dangles, his foot loosely tied with rope, his wings closed by -his sides, his braid falling beyond sight. Next to him other people -hang, in the same situation. What we see are Purgatory’s Souls, intended -as the souls of people who are in a state of temporary punishment and -purification as they have died in a state of grace but are not yet ready -for heaven. Let the souls be of inspiration to you, in their state of -acceptance, as it is not their work that will send them to heaven. They -are, just like you, ready for peace and joy. What you must do now is -fully succumb to your situation, release. You see, if the soul was to -trust the flow of events and let go, he would realise he had wings all -along. A brazen metaphor, a simple reminder that it’s not time to -struggle for control. Trust the universe, trust yourself and let go.

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Reversed

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As Purgatory’s Souls appear reversed, they tell a different story. -They are not hanging but anchored to the soil. You are pulling yourself -further down, digging your heels in on a decision that has to be made. -Your inaction now is pointless, it will just delay the inevitable. The -souls already can fly, the punishment has been lifted and yet here you -still are. You must face your inner turmoil to move on.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 11. the hanged man. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: pisces.

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✳ 48. the talking dead

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.keywords: the ending of a cycle, letting go and saying goodbye, -ritual to honour change, not resisting, honouring the seasons of -life.

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A deer’s skeleton lays on a blooming prairie. Close by, another deer -looks into the sun that is rising above the hills. The Talking Dead card -is a deeply sensitive one, invites a gentle approach. It does not -symbolise necessarily literal death but more so a positive harbinger of -change. The death has already happened, and the deer’s spirit is ready -to move into the coming day. The Talking Dead tells you it is time to -let go of old habits, ways of thinking and of the buried. This is the -only way to allow for more rewarding patterns. Resisting change will not -bring you joy at this stage, you must embrace transformation. There is -no other way, a profound experience is awaiting you, let the resting -lead you.

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If the card is reversed it appears that the Talking Dead is being -forced still. Changes are frightening you and you may be resisting them. -Your life is now stagnant, the sunrise is eternal as the sun never -reaches the sky. Trust that change will lead you wherever you need to -be. It is not a matter of avoiding what has happened, but rather of -learning to live with what it brought in the hope that better things lay -ahead.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 12. death. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: scorpio.

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✳ 48. warm soup

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.keywords: balance, harmony, blending of dualities, seeking the -middle path, not making extreme decisions, taking a non-binary attitude, -testing the waters, self-care, grace, gentleness.

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A large, winged, genderless dark figure stands in the sea. On their -forehead shines a triangle enclosed in a square, representing that -humans are bound by the Earth and natural law. The figure is taking -water from the sea but as they pour it into the bowl, it transforms into -a bowl of steaming soup. This card gives insight into the nuances of -balance. Wherever something is taken, something else must be given. The -figure is taking from the sea to deliver you the Warm Soup. See the -figure as if it was keeping a close eye on how well you handle -dualities. Keep to the middle path, do not make extreme decisions. You -may someone who tends to have a peaceful nature or someone who swings -between extremes. Either way, now is the time to test the waters of -gentleness, give back what you have been given and ask for what was -taken.

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Reversed

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The Warm Soup now pours upwards from the ladle. Something has been -thrown off balance in your life. The coming times require meticulous -care of balance. Equilibrium has to be restored once again. The costs -may be too high for what you are receiving from the universe. You must -reconsider your choices, find the weak point that has thrown off the -balance and adjust it.

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A ✳ tarot correspondence: 13. temperance.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: sagittarius.

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✳ 77. the devils

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.keywords: bondage, addiction, materialism, destructive behaviours, -harmful cycles, choosing to get free, or choosing not to get free, -confronting fear, committing to your own freedom.

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Above a reversed pentacle five little devils dance naked, holding a -chain that leads to a circle of light containing a key. The Devils -symbolise what keeps us bound and trapped. It is a small circle that -contains you, a metaphorical jail to which you do not yet have a key. -This card cautions you against finding blame, and refers instead to that -which is constrained by ourself, our subconscious and direct choices. Do -not let ideas, people or situations absorb you so intensely that it -causes you to ignore other relationships.

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Reversed

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The Devils being upside down immediately reveals the bondage, you are -aware of your own chains. The unhealthy and trapping dynamics in your -life are finally emerging to the light. Caution, as this does not imply -freedom but may entail further temptation to crawl back into your own -trap. This is a time that needs your complete attention, use your -newfound awareness to open the chains, escape your metaphorical -jail. 

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✳ tarot correspondence: 14. the devil.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: capricorn.

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✳ 83. the storm

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.keywords: revolution, disaster, shock, mourning, blowing apart old -structures, demolition of the status quo, toppling systems of power, -potential, rebuilding after disaster, a blessing in disguise as a -disaster, rehabilitation, regeneration.

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An ancient pine tree towers in the night. Above, the all-seeing Storm -is unleashing lightening, cutting the tree down as birds escape. The -Storm, as the name suggests, is a complicated card to receive. It -indicates a profound disruption, a complete reset of the known. The -situation may seem grim at times, but it is fundamental that you -understand that the change that will be brought is undeniably ultimately -positive. You may not believe me at first, as the event that this card -indicates is a demolition and toppling of a structure that can feel -quite devastating. However, new growth will come from this and the old -cannot last forever lest it become decrepit. Remember well that when the -Storm appears in front of you, you are not the tree but the doves -escaping.

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Reversed

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In this situation the Storm that topples the pine tree is coming from -within. The issue is within your response to the situation, your worries -within your own head. Your perception is bringing you great pain. Take -care not to become a vortex of negativity, you must be mindful of your -own feelings and take responsibility of how your responses affect you -and those around you.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 15. the tower. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: scorpio & aries.

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✳ 25. christmas

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.keywords: hope, love and support, coming home to yourself, -self-care, healing, being true to yourself, being guided by your -intuition, integrity, honesty,a positive new start or new vision.

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A Christmas tree sits lit by candles, next to a window. On the -windowsill sits a still warm cup of cocoa, framed by the view of an -enormous star illuminates the snowy field. Christmas is a card of hope. -A time of renewal, comfort and homely-ness lays ahead. It is now time to -leave the hard times behind. The star shines alone through the window, -filling the landscape with positivity and opportunity. It is

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✳ tarot correspondence: 16. the star.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: aquarius.

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✳ 48. blood

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.keywords: shadow work, getting in touch with your wild nature, -listening deeply to your intuition, secrets, signs and symbols, -non-rational, witchcraft, magic and spell-work, lies and deception, -deceiving yourself, wearing a mask.

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A wolf drinks from a pond of blood. Close by, a wild dog turns away -from the pond to face the moon that illuminates all around them. A crab -floats on a leaf, rising from the subconscious. The Blood is telling you -that all is not what it seems. Unsettling as a nightmare can be, this -card allows your inner wildness to be seem. The Blood represents -witchcraft, spell-work and occult arts of any kind. Do not be fooled by -the blood, as nobody in this figure is harmed. The moon shines its -silvery light on the elements within reality that are dishonest and -manipulative. Uncomfortable questions have to be asked and it may by -just someone just mad enough to think of them. Things are strange, it is -okay to feel disorientated. It is not time for answers now but for wild -magical practice.

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When reversed, the Blood shows a moon shining in the front. The inner -confusion is clearing. However, you may find find yourself deprived of a -mask you are not ready to let go of. Manipulation has been exposed, -wether you were the victim of perpetrator. While things will soon be -lighter, now they will first be heavy. Mental health struggles as the -truth comes forward and you initiate a process of complete honesty with -yourself.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 17. the moon.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: pisces.

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✳ 19. laughter

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.keywords: positivity, saying yes, joy, practicing gratitude, -success, things coming together, life’s simple pleasures, allowing -yourself to simply be, connecting to a dynamic life force.

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Two children laugh in harmony on a horse, holding each other and a -waving flag. The sun shines on them and sunflowers are growing around -them. Laughter is an undoubtledly positive card. It represents -enthusiasm, growth and victory. Your good choices will pay off, you will -laugh again soon as victory is so close you may taste it already. Joy -will fill your heart and life will once again seem light-hearted and -effortless.

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Reversed

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Laughter is reversed, but do not panic. Victory is just not as close -as you thought it would be. A setback has brought you back into a -quieter place. There is a key element missing before you may achieve -that state of perfect joy. The effort will now need to be given to -finding once again things that make your heart swell up with joy, the -things that make you walk so light you feel you may just fly away. -Follow them and soon Laughter will come back.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 18. the sun.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: leo.

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keywords: hope, love and support, coming home to yourself, self-care, -healing, being true to yourself, being guided by your intuition, -integrity, honesty, a positive new start or new vision.

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A Christmas tree sits lit by candles, next to a window. On the -windowsill sits a still warm cup of cocoa, framed by the view of an -enormous star illuminates the snowy field. Christmas is a card of hope. -A time of renewal, comfort and homely-ness lays ahead. It is now time to -leave the hard times behind. The star shines alone through the window, -filling the landscape with positivity and opportunity. It is

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✳ tarot correspondence: 16. the star.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: aquarius.

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**✳ 19. laughter*

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.keywords: positivity, saying yes, joy, practicing gratitude, -success, things coming together, life’s simple pleasures, allowing -yourself to simply be, connecting to a dynamic life force.

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Two children laugh in harmony on a horse, holding each other and a -waving flag. The sun shines on them and sunflowers are growing around -them. Laughter is an undoubtedly positive card. It represents -enthusiasm, growth and victory. Your good choices will pay off, you will -laugh again soon as victory is so close you may taste it already. Joy -will fill your heart and life will once again seem light-hearted and -effortless.

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Reversed

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Laughter is reversed, but do not panic. Victory is just not as close -as you thought it would be. A setback has brought you back into a -quieter place. There is a key element missing before you may achieve -that state of perfect joy. The effort will now need to be given to -finding once again things that make your heart swell up with joy, the -things that make you walk so light you feel you may just fly away. -Follow them and soon Laughter will come back.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 18. the sun.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: leo.

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✳ 18. the gossiping -woman

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.keywords: liberation, freedom, casting off shackles, laying down of -old baggage, total accountability for self, integrity, honesty, -forgiveness, allowing yourself to move forwards.

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A woman with rollers in her hair stands on a balcony, looking down, -where a swarm of butterflies is emerging from the darkness. This is a -lofty card, as, like Lament and the Set Table, it carries the theme of -accountability. In this particular case it talks about being honest and -thorough about yourself. The Gossiping Woman sees all of you and calls -you to do the same. It is holding a mirror to your entire life, -successes and failure. You must face the Gossiping Woman to liberate -yourself and fly towards freedom. To move forward unencumbered it -requires acknowledgement of the present moment and everything that it -carries.

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The Gossiping Woman now may not see you. This is an indication that -you are refusing to acknowledge the hurt or pain that was caused to you -and the one that you have caused yourself. However, you must own -mistakes and let them be just that. When the Gossiping Woman is -reversed, it is asking you to find forgiveness, for yourself and others. -It will be hard work and possibly take a great amount of time, but the -Gossiping Woman watches and is rooting for you to be able to free -yourself of this burden.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 19. judgement.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: scorpio.

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✳ 45. the good wine

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.keywords: completion, a sense of wholeness, knowing who you are in -the world, having a sense of place, feeling deeply connected to all -things, reaching your goal, celebration, jubilation.

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Three friends are celebrating, drinking Good Wine and dancing on the -world, surrounded by a crown of vines for victory. One holds a flag and -another a wand, bringing your journey to closure. This is the end of the -road, the last card in this deck. The spiritual guide that brought you -Coffee now has brought you here. The completion of the cycle and the -celebration that comes thereafter. You have changed and grown and now -the energy of wholeness shines. Soon it will dissipate as life shifts -into a new beginning but for now, the Good Wine urges you to relish in -your successes. One day you will surrender again to the flow and -remember that you are the same person that started this journey, filled -with infinite possibilities.

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The Good Wine may not be drunk yet, completion is not within reach -yet. The end seemed in sight but you tried cutting corners and there is -still work to be done. The result will only bring fulfilment if the -effort has been thorough and earnest. Keep dreaming, keep working and -soon the Good Wine will be yours.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 20. the world.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: all signs.

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The Wheel of Fortune

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a tool for self-inquiry

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The Wheel of Fortune (not to be mistaken with the tarot card) is a -tool for self-inquiry that you, dear reader, can engage in a daily, -weekly or any frequency that suits you best. Beware, the game can be -played individually or in small groups.

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The main components of the game are a virtual spinning wheel, -accessible via this link here https://issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel, a deck of -20 photo slides, a notebook, and a pen(cil) to store the potential -insights you might find for yourself.

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To start the exercise, you need to visit the website on their devices -and spin the virtual wheel. The Wheel of Fortune spins for quite some -time, and then it gives you a random question. Take these questions as -an invitation to an explorative conversation with yourself. The list of -404 questions is carefully collected, modified (where needed) and -presented to you through a random web generator. Psychotherapists, -philosophers, writers, and students from XPUB 2023 are among the authors -of this long list of sentences ending with “?”.

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Another collection that can help you delve deeper into your inner -world is a deck of photo slides. Hopefully, these captured memories of -other people, paired with a random question on the screen, would evoke -new emotions or prompt you to imagine possible futures.

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The use of collective resources in this piece highlights the power of -collaboration in creating works that encourage people to engage in -self-reflection and introspection, making it a valuable addition to any -art publication that explores the human experience.

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The use of collective resources in this piece highlights the power of -collaboration in creating works that encourage people to engage in -self-reflection and introspection. As such, it may contribute to any art -publication exploring the human experience.

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Courtesy to: Casey Horner (https://unsplash.com/@mischievous_penguins)

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Reference list: “The Myth of Normal. Trauma, Illness, & Healing -in a Toxic Culture’, by Dr Gabor Maté Nadia Piet and Sandra Reeb-Gruber, -https://nadiapiet.com/know-thyself/ The School of Life WNRS, We’re Not -Really Strangers

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Excerpt from the 404 Questionnaire: What do you want? Why do you do -what you do each day? What do you think you’re here for? What are you -doing with this day, today? What are you searching for? What are you -looking at? Have you learned something new today? This week? What -filters would you apply to your mood right now if it was an analogue -film frame? Is this what you really want to do or it is your way of -delaying your realisation? What would your day look like if you were a -pirate? If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you choose -and why? If you could be any animal for a day, how would you experience -the world differently? Do you speak horse language? (wild question) If -you were Kim, who would that person be? (wild question) What does your -body need today? What does your mind need today? What does your soul -need today? If your life was a treasure hunt, what would you be -searching for? What is your personality? What would a person that loves -you tell you if know you’re suffering? If you were in search of a new -identity, what clues would you need to find it? If you could see the -world through the eyes of any animal, which one would you choose and -why? If you were a pirate, what kind of treasure would you be searching -for? If you were a pirate, what obstacles would you face on your -journey? If you owned a boat, to which destination you would go first -and why? Think of your favourite food. How does it make you feel when -looking at it? And when eating it? What is one “yes” that you’ve been -ignoring lately? What advice would you give to someone else who is -experiencing loss? What emotions have you been experiencing lately? How -has my relationship with others changed in the last 5 years? How have my -thoughts and beliefs about life and death changed in the last 5 years? -What positive memories can you hold on to about a person you’ve lost? -What activities or hobbies bring me comfort in times of grief? How can -you take care of yourself during difficult times? What were the 6 things -you wanted to be when you were a kid? What is time? How can you describe -it? What is beauty? How can you describe it? What is happiness? How can -you describe it? What is love? How can you describe it? What is faith? -How can you describe it? What is hope? How can you describe it? What is -fear? How can you describe it? What is play? How can you describe it? -What is a ritual? How can you describe it? What is a game? How can you -describe it? How does your body feel when you are in pain? How does your -body feel when you are in love? How does your body feel when you are -anxious? Do you talk negatively to yourself? Are you mean to yourself? -If yes, why? If not, also why? Think of all your past partners. What are -some qualities and traits they had in common? Is sex usually the best -aspect of a relationship or the worst for you? What do your friends say -about your partners? Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a -friend, a partner or a family member? Did you ever have any kind of -unwanted touch from a stranger? What does sex mean for you? How does sex -make you feel? What words, metaphors or images do you associate with -sex? What is your attitude towards your body? Do you have any tendencies -for self-sabotage, procrastination or self-doubt? Have you tried to get -advice, help or guidance from professionals? Do you sometimes feel like -a victim? How much sex is normal for you? Were your first sexual -experiences positive or negative? How did you learn about sexuality? -What are your values around sexuality? What losses have you experienced -in your life, and how have you coped with them in the past? What -self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine to help -you cope with grief? What self-care practices can you incorporate into -your daily routine to help you cope with anxiety? What new perspectives -have you gained about life as a result of loss in the past? What -triggers your feelings of grief, and how can you manage them when they -arise? How has your sense of identity been affected by a loss? How can -you stay connected to someone you lost even though they are no longer -physically present? What role does forgiveness play in your healing -process after experiencing loss? What can you do to take care of your -physical health during times of grieving? How can you create a support -network that will help you through difficult times? What have your -friends taught you about friendship? What have your friends taught you -about life? What have your friends taught you about love? What have your -parents taught you about friendship? What ideas have changed your life? -What subconscious behaviours are keeping you from the life you want? In -which direction has your life expanded in the last five years? Are you -afraid of being who you truly are? Have you adapted to a certain way of -thinking? Do you suppress your feelings? Have your thoughts been chosen -for you? Who do you trust? Why? Have you forced yourself to forget -something painful? What is art for?

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Papa Louie’s Ghosteria

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Papa -Louie’s Ghosteria is a comic-like fan fiction written by Ada, Irmak and -Boyana.

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Following the discussions we had about the texts ‘Notes on -Deconstructing The Popular’ by Stuart Hall and ‘Game Modding: Cross-Over -Mutation and Unwelcome Gifts’ from The Player’s Power to Change the Game -by Anne-Marie Schleiner, we split into groups and started dissecting the -ideology behind games some of us have played as children. To do that, we -utilised several prompts to help us examine the ideology that two -popular video games enforce through their narrative and gameplay. The -list of questions we needed to answer while playing the game includes: -What are the win conditions? If the game is quest based, what types of -quests are you asked to complete? What is the gameplay? What is the -narrative? How much space is there for alternative ways of playing this -game? What is missing? What type of relationships are you allowed to -form? What is the role of non-player characters? What are the -requirements for surviving the game? Which behaviours are rewarded? What -real-world values are reproduced in the game you are playing? How are -you situated in the hierarchy of the game? What change in status is -promised? What are you being trained for? What fantasies are lived out -or explored?

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Our team, Irmak, Ada and Boyana, worked on the famous Papa Louie: -When Pizzas Attack. Soon after we started investigating the game, its -elements and modifications, we discovered that other people already have -done numerous fan fiction about it. We were bewitched by this the -multitude of stories fans have written and the really good memes they -have created about Papa and his businesses. Yes, plural. Freezeria. -Sushiria. Donuteria. Burgeria. PanCakeria. CupCakeria. Taco Mia. You -name it.

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After spending some time analysing the ideology behind the game, we -discovered a few elements that reinforce the capitalist narrative, such -as the need to fight to survive and collect coins to purchase weapons. -In response, we decided to create a new version of the game with a -storyline that focuses on healing and coping with grief and loss, rather -than violence. Also, to link the new storyline to SI20’s topic we felt -like adding somehow ritualistic elements as actions during the -gameplay.

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What we decided to change was the topic, purpose and outcome of the -game. Papa no longer fights to save his customers, but he deals with his -own loss and grief over what happened. Our version is promoting rest and -rituals for healing instead of revenge-seeking, violence and toxic -pizzeria culture.

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We started by putting some keywords and suggestions on a blackboard -about “How To Cope With Grief” and “How to Use Rituals and Ceremonies to -Overcome Grief” to define what Papa Louie lost and what rituals could -help him heal.

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We also liked the idea of making a comic-like storyboard that -visualises the new narrative for Papa Louie’s Ghosteria. To create a few -scenes depicting some of the 5 levels we outlined earlier, we used an -app called Papa Louie Pals. The images turned out pretty nice! Playing -around with the app was fun mainly because it allowed us to materialise -our idea in just a couple of hours.

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The gameplay revolves around things Papa lost and the needs he needs -to fulfil. Different types of losses are organised into five levels of -the game: 1. loss of safety (innocence, physical safety) 2. loss of -community (clients, belonging) 3. loss of future (hope, dreams) 4. loss -of identity (dignity, making things himself) 5. loss of labour (money, -time, effort, pizza)

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To cope with grief, Papa Louie performs various rituals to unlock a -new stage in his grieving process and heal from that loss. Rituals are -the actions players need to execute at each level.

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And so our story goes like this: The Onion ring mafia kidnapped Papà -Louie’s clients, and he lost his Pizzeria. However, along with this -external change, he lost his identity as a pizza owner/maker. He is full -of grief and seeks ways to cope with grief and ease himself. He tries -different rituals throughout this process, builds his new identity and -overcomes his troubles.

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Documentation of Monday +Morning Rituals

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*** For 8 weeks, students from XPUB prepared a ritual to perform at +the top of Monday morning class. We explored cultural rituals such as +the birthday cake and coffee-ground reading, but also more personal +rituals such as ‘going to sleep’ rituals, a personal hard-drive +purification, and the creation of worry-dolls.***

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Week 1, January 9th +2023: Tea and Cookies

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Performed by… Artemis and Lídia

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Artemis and Lídia introduced us to Monday Morning Rituals on the +first cold, dark, wintery Monday morning. We shared cookies with tea as +a way to open up the semester and get to know each other. The ritual of +a hot drink and cookies is well-known around the world as a moment of +gathering, peace, gossip, and self-care.

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Week 2, January +16th 2023: Coffee Fortune-Telling

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Performed by… Aglaia

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For Aglaia’s ritual, we sat in a circle while the coffee was being +prepared by the ancient Stove priestess who was placed in the middle. +When it was done, it was served to the participants in special coffee +cups. We drank our coffee while gossiping and eating cookies. When +everybody was done, we swirled the cup counter-clockwise 3 times and +turned the coffee cup upside down over the cup’s saucer. We waited +patiently for 5 minutes for the fortune to be prepared. Everybody had to +tell the Fortune of the person sitting on their left side by reading the +coffee grounds until the circle was done.

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Aglaia’s Ritual Overturned Coffee Grounds

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Week 3, +January 23rd 2023 Hard Drive Purification

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Performed by… Stephen

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Stephen prepared a few zines with instructions to conduct a +ceremonial cleansing of not only our browser history and cookies but +also our trash cans/recycle bins. All operating systems were welcome. +The zine was a reminder to ‘clean’ messy space up (for yourself) and was +written in such a way that instructed us to recite sentences at the same +time, with one person leading the group – a play on the magic +circle.

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Week 4, January 30th +2023: Birthday Cake

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Performed by… Boyana

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To celebrate Agalaia’s birthday, Boyana baked a cake and Ada made +jellies. We sat in a circle, gathering around the cake. The person who +had their birthday most recently sliced the cake, and we took turns to +wish them our blessings. After going through a round, we ate +together.

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Week +5, February 6th 2023: Special Issue Prediction Ritual (SIPR)

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Performed by… Ada

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For Ada’s ritual, Ada brought in a deck of tarot cards to read the +fortune of the Special Issue you are holding in your hands right +now.

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Her text made us laugh, and we have chosen to include it in full:

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“The priestess Ada will start the ritual by playing the ceremonial +music on the sacred Spotify. Candles shall be turned on. Then three +human sacrifices will be selected amongst the group through a collective +decision. The three sacrificial people will then select three cards from +either of the two decks given by the priestess. While they do so, they +must think of the special issue. The priestess will then interpret the +cards and together we shall rejoice in having found out our Special +Issue’s future.”

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Week +6, February 13th 2023: Guided Meditation (A Nighttime Ritual)

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Performed by… Cara

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Cara’s ritual is related to her history of having a hard time falling +asleep at night. Over the years, she has found that music - especially +quiet music with the sound of nature (field recordings) – really helps +her fall asleep. She DJs outside of class and plays a lot of ambient, +narrative DJ sets. For her ritual, she played a sound piece she had made +of field recordings around Rotterdam (the sound of water lapping against +a water taxi, the sound of wind, the sound of rain) and read out a poem +about sleeplessness from a collection of literature about the Night. The +ritual was meant to lull everyone to a moment of peace.

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Week 7, February 20th +2023: Worry Dolls

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Performed by… Irmak

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Irmak’s ritual was about how to ease our worries. We wrote down our +worries on a pink piece of paper and shared them with a handmade doll +that Irmak brought. These dolls are called Worry dolls (also called +trouble dolls; in Spanish, Muñeca quitapena) and originate from +Guatemala. There is one in each box of our special issue.

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Self-published by Experimental Publishing, Willem de Kooning -Academie, Wijnhaven 61, Rotterdam

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Licencing Information

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Copyright © 2023 TBC

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XPUB is the Master of Arts in Fine Art and Design: Experimental -Publishing of the Piet Zwart Institute. XPUB focuses on the acts of -making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital -networks. Find out more at xpub.nl

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#CONSOLE

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Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help -yourself. Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of -healing; Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries. -Face the past and encounter your fortune. Console gives you a new -vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and -care; Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. Are you -ready to play?

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Lídia Pereira Artemis Gryllaki Manetta Berends Joseph Knierzinger -Steve Rushton Leslie Robbins Michael Murtaugh Sébastien Tien and Page -Not Found Anna Szaflarski Shana Moulton Bérénice Serra The Sun is its -father The moon its mother The wind hath carried it in its belly The -earth is its nurse

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The Wheel of Fortune - -Manual

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Console: “Welcome, my dear! This exercise is all about healing, about -reconnecting with what is essential and authentic within yourself. By -understanding the true nature of our suffering, we can evoke compassion -for ourselves as we move through uncomfortable feelings on the path to -healing and peace.

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Prerequisites: Before you begin, there are a few things you will -need. Firstly, you must have a strong intention to commit to this -exercise for some time. Secondly, find a quiet room free of -distractions, and finally, get a notebook and pen. Handwriting will -engage your mind more actively and profoundly, help you connect with -yourself, and enable the tracing of your progress over time.

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I will be guiding you through a series of carefully selected -questions written by different authors, some are well-known, and others -will remain unknown. To begin the exercise, spin the Wheel of Fortune -located at https://issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel. After a few seconds, a -question will appear on the screen. Then, take a photo slide from the -deck and try to think of an answer to that question by looking at it and -the tiny film simultaneously.

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These photo slides are there to help you dive deeper into your inner -world. Use them to explore moments in your life that you may not have -fully processed or understood. As you reflect on these images and answer -the questions, you may gain new insights and perspectives about yourself -and your life.

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An +hypothesised and randomly factual History of Tarot Cards

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What follows is the story of a deck of cards and of all the +more-or-less believable claims made about its origin. This brief history +was compiled, following sources that attempted accurate historic +recalling instead of the most commonly shared semiotic, occultist story. +However, despite all efforts, the found sources told a convoluted story +due to the misinterpretation of age, sources and authorship common in +any ancient text on magic and mysticism (Dummett, 1993). As such, the +following text will recall the disproven stories that were told about +the origin of Tarot, some factual sourced material and a modern +description of its usage.

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When we talk about Tarot cards we are talking about a deck of playing +cards composed of ten numeral cards and four court cards (Jack, Knight, +Queen and King) for each of the suits, Swords, Batons, Cups and Coins. +Alongside these more common cards, Tarot includes 22 ‘trump’ cards with +allegorical illustrations. The trumps form a sequence, usually numbered +from 1 to 21, with the single card of The Fool being separated (Decker, +Depaulis & Dummett, 1996). 

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This specific deck of cards’ history begins at the bottom of a well +in 1440’s Northern Italy, where we place its first appearance in +history. From there we can easily find links to the common usage of +these cards in Northern Italy; from Milano to Bologna e Ferrara (Steele, +1900). These cards, initially called Trionfi and then +Tarocchi are thought to have been intended for card games, +regardless of their occasional usage in future-telling (Dummet, +1993). This finding helps us trace a factual beginning of Tarot but +leaves an open question to how these cards gained their place as the +primary tool used in modern occultism and mysticism for cartomancy. 

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While this is where the story began to get intricate, it can still be +seen as the first wide spread future-telling performance appeared in +France in the 18th century. At this point, the history of tarot began to +be influenced by what each fortune teller imagined the history of the +cards to be. To fully disclose this, I will first attempt to estimate +the most notable occultists that used the cards and wrote historical +notations about their deviance and then the stories they told about +them.

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The first encounter we have between Tarot, magical theory and +practice happens in the Monde primitif, an incredibly long +essay about Tarot cards written in 1781 by Antoine Court de Gébelin. +With this text, the pastor began what would be the endless repository of +arcane esoteric wisdom within Tarot that will follow the cards for +generations (Chisholm, 1911). In this text, Gébeling attributed the +cards’ origin to ancient Egypt, a theory that is to this day, accepted +as truthful. This belief was based on an erroneous link to “The Book of +Thoth”, an ancient Egyptian text about magic that is believed to have +been spread through Europe by Romans. This belief was then substantiated +with a similar essay by Comte de Mellet (Decker,1993). Promptly, a +Parisian fortune teller named Jean-Baptiste Alliette, professionally +known as Etteilla, having found these theories, adapted the esoteric +view of the cards to his own uses. He switched his own practice from +traditional French piquet cartomancy to the use of a self-made Tarot +card deck. This deck was based on the previously shared Hermetic +ideologies and was named “The Book of Toth”(Decker,1993)

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The next fundamental spin that was applied to the cards’ background +was done by Éliphas Levi, another French esoterist. Levi, repudiated +Etteilla’s theory and integrated a version of the cards that were closer +to the original than his own Cabalistic magical system. However +historically mistaken was Levi’s understanding of the cards’ travel from +Egypt to Judea into Jewish tradition, it nonetheless revolutionized the +cards in ways that survived till today. His Cabalistic theory about +signs being letters, letters being absolute ideas and absolute ideas +being numbers can be seen in even modern iterations of tarot.

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From here on over, Tarot’s journey speeds up as the cards leave +France and become absorbed into new esoteric movements like +Swedenborgianism, Mesmerism and Spiritualism (Decker, Depaulis & +Dummet, 1996).

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Before we make a jump through time to the next biggest relevant +development of Tarot, I will share the last of the three false +widespread theories about the origin of Tarot, the first two being Egypt +and Judaism (despite its influence on modern tarot).

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This last theory is harder to trace back to one esoteric influence, +but nonetheless claims a Chinese origin to the cards. Most likely, this +is due to the similarity with the I Ching, a divination manual from +around 1000 BC. The manual was grounded in cleromancy; the production of +random numbers to predict divine intention. However, there is no +traceable connection between Chinese cleromancy and Tarot divination. +Modern analyses of Chinese Tarot divination draw direct correlation +between Western occultism and Tarot divination, leaving little room to +imagine any direct causation starting from China (Fu, Li, Lee, +2002).

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For the purpose of this recalling but unsurprisingly for those +familiar, the next big step will bring us to the late19th century in +Britain, in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn was a +secret society devoted to occult Hermetic Kabbalah and one of the +largest single influences on Western occultism as a whole (Jenkins, +2000). While the society itself had a wide curriculum including +astrology, alchemy and geomancy (soil divination); our only concern at +the moment is with their links to Tarot cards. In 1909, two mystics and +members of the Golden Dawn, A.E. Waite and Pamela Colman Smith published +with the Rider Company a deck of re-made Tarot cards based on the +society’s magic system. These cards, later known as the Ride-Waite Tarot +(Dean, 2015). This deck was based on the Sola Busca deck, with symbolism +being taken from Levi’s descriptions and Egyptian and Christian +symbolism. This deck has become the paradigm and touchstone through +which modern occultists think of Tarot. Between the distribution of this +deck and the use of the cards in the Golden Dawn, it became axiomatic +among followers many traditions of mysticism that the Tarot is an +essential component of any occult science.

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Today, Tarot is emblematic and incredibly wide spread as the most +common future-telling method and device. Tens and thousands of different +formats exist, often falling under the category of Oracle cards and as +such not having the clear formatting rules of Tarot but still +implicating divination and self-reflection through the interpretation of +allegorical illustration.

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Tetris Fantasies

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Death, -Geometry and the Structure of the Individual

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Tetris is a game where a single player is encouraged to organise the -chaos given to them from above, a limited space for play of ten by -twenty units leads to a limited ability to approach the perfection -implied by the simple shapes that are encountered in the world (always a -collection of four squares, in their seven permutations). The harnesses -of time and gravity make perfection impossible in this world; instead -the player can only attempt, approach, increase their efficiency. A -life’s function approaching the limit, there is no way to win, only to -get higher and higher scores, to live as long as possible through -increased throughput. Death is inevitable in Tetris, and each passing -block seems to come faster than the last. Why does it feel like -everything just keeps getting harder?

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There are many squares to be organised in tetris, an infinite number -apparently, but there is only one player organising them. Other people -can only be seen by this individual in faint ghosts; their high scores -that are there only to be beaten. And the current player can only hope -to reach those people through leaving their own mark on the high score -table. Employee-of-the-month, world’s-best-mom. But maybe there is an -alternative, a world where there is more to each falling tetromino than -simply an obstacle to be overcome, a problem to be solved. Maybe there -is a story behind the fatal pixels, a bigger space than the 10 x 20 grid -on the screen. Maybe there are humans out there with more to them than -what they produce.

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This fanfic takes the form of a series of hand-drawn illustrations -depicting fantastical tetris pieces, each of which is accompanied by a -fragment of a story. The cards can be read and arranged in any order, -intentionally removing the linear and framed limits of the original -tetris, although the illustration and text on any one card have a -relationship to eachother of some sort.

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Fruitual

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text adventre game

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Creating a text adventure game is no easy feat, I would say. It takes -a lot of time, creativity, and trial and error. But the key to a great -game is putting yourself in the player’s shoes and making sure there are -plenty of fun twists and turns along the way.

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For my game, I decided to keep it simple and tell a linear story. I -used a web engine called Twine (twinery.org, an open-source tool for -telling interactive, nonlinear stories) to help generate the game’s -storyline and adapted the script from a Bulgarian fairytale (“The Most -Precious Fruit”). But things didn’t always go smoothly. When the python -script started generating the wrong messages for players who strayed -from the script, I tried to find solutions on StackOverflow, but it was -all too complicated for me.

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In the end, the game took me around 6-7 hours to make, including -writing, coding, mapping, editing, and lots of trial-and-error. It was a -great learning experience, but it also taught me that game development -can be tough if you don’t have much coding experience. I had to approach -it more from a writer’s perspective and figure out the coding later.

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I learned that game development is an iterative process, and -sometimes your initial ideas might be more complex than what you end up -with. It’s all part of the journey. Before starting this project, I had -no idea text adventure games even existed, but now I’m happy to say I’ve -made one in just a few weeks. Lastly, I would like to express my -appreciation for the guidance and support provided by our prototyping -tutors in the development of these projects.

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(“The Most Precious Fruit”, -https://fairytalez.com/the-most-precious-fruit/)

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Some +Gossip on gossip and what coffee has to do with it.

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Godsipp (God and sib (akin), godmother or godfather) was in the 12th +century a word used for both men and women in fables and amongst +society. The church recognized the word as well. It was used to name +companions present at childbirth, just like the midwife. Sometimes, it +was used to mention close friends. It represented the strong ties +between women, which surpassed their relationship with their husbands. +Was it witchery that strong and independent women preferred their gossip +over their husbands? Well, that is something that hasn’t changed since +the middle ages. 

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“Godsipp” began its journey with nothing but good and emotionally +strong connotations. Women bloomed and blossomed among each other and +were autonomous in their existence. Men were never a part of this party +women were throwing. By the 16th century, as things began to change, the +traditional meaning lingered on. In 1602, the word was still used to +signify female friendships. This can be seen in Samuel Rowlands’s +Tis Merrie When Gossips Meete, a satirical piece describing +three London women spending hours in a tavern talking about men and +marriages. It implied that ‘women could create their social networks and +their own social space’ and stand up to male authority(Federici, 2019). +Solidarity and friendship amongst women were demeaned and +female-exclusive parties were banned; women who met in public were +identified as “witches” and women’s first duty was now to be obedient +and quiet. The talk about husbands at taverns was too hurtful for the +sensitive male ego that public, church and the law, forbid women to +engage in “idle talk”. Centuries past, the sensitive male ego remains +but now is attacking to mutilate women from many resources including +cyberbullying, mobbing at the workspace and many more that tie to act +violently in any sort. 

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Wives who were seen as “scolds” and “witches” were forced under +sadistic torture with a “scold bridle”. Looking back from today, I can’t +help but see these sadistic, desperate acts as a meek scream of how men +couldn’t get even close to satisfying women physically or mentally. If +they spent some time working on female anatomy rather than these +horrifying torture methods, we would be living in a different world +today… 

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Here is an excerpt from a song which portrays women in a tavern. +These words on ale and wine are an ancient remedy for us to consider +today when we are out drinking with our “gossips”:

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“In a 1630s song, Fowre wittie gossips disposed to be merry, a group +of married women in a tavern debate the merits of ale and wine in +relation to cost and value. They conclude, ‘If our opinions do not +faile: / a quart twelve cups [of wine] containeth, / Its cheaper then a +dozen of ale, / where froth and snuffes remaineth’. (‘Snuffes’ was the +‘backwash’ left when, as was common, multiple people drank from a single +vessel.) The wives also point out that the after-effects of drinking +sack (a Spanish white wine) are much less injurious than those of +drinking too much ale. In consequence, they will not suffer hangovers +from drinking all night, as all their husbands are. (McShane, +2016)” 

+

It was in this context that ‘gossip’ turned from a word of friendship +and affection into a word of denigration and ridicule(Federici, +2019).

+

So what does coffee have to do with it?

+
+kahvegibikahve.com/blog + +
+

Fortune telling over coffee stretches back to the 16th century when +the beans made it to the Middle East and Ottoman Empire. The reality is +that in the Ottoman Empire, concubines in Harem were banned from talking +and “gossiping”. They had a great influence (although not officially +recognized by men themselves) on sultans and therefore affected the +political decisions and affairs of the Empire. Out of solidarity, women +began to perform fortune-telling over the remains of coffee inside and +outside coffee cups. This way they could talk about their fears and +inner worlds freely. I can’t help but see the similarity with the +oppression women went through of gossip. The striking difference is how +fortune telling over coffee didn’t change its connotation in time. +Today, it is also an act of solidarity or a chance to “gossip”, one +might say. 

+

“In this painting, an Ottoman woman drinking coffee and her maid +serving her is depicted. It is known that the painting is from the first +half of the 18th century. The work of Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, ‘Turkish +Girl Drinking Coffee on the Sedir’ was based on this Ottoman woman, who +is the main figure of the painting. The maid, who is positioned on the +right side of the painting and serves on her knees, is noticed as the +other interesting side of the painting. The large and ostentatious +headdress on the head of the Ottoman woman stands out as another element +that focuses attention on the work. It is also known that the headdress +in question was inspired by the picture of a serpentine woman in the +book of the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn, who visited Turkey in the +17th century.”

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+kahvegibikahve.com/blog + +
+

Whether with gossip or chatting over coffee, women have always found +a way to express themselves regardless of oppression. These rituals were +performed by women as an act of sisterhood and out of respect for both +their inner worlds and each other. It is undeniable that gossip still +brings people together and that centuries of oppression failed to change +that. Through the centuries, as the word began to be weaponized against +women and became a tool to turn against each other, I can’t help but +wonder how unfair pop culture was to women. In any magazine or TV +series, anyone can spot a gossip scene with negative consequences or +aim. A woman is sassy, “bitchy” or evil when she gossips, but why do we +still let our acts be defined by the misogynistic portrayal of men? +Today, the word gossip or fortune telling may be used as something you +wouldn’t want to be a part of because it could harm someone. Let’s +oppose the negative connotation assigned to this word by men and use it +as a joyful gathering. Reclaiming gossip and fortune telling as an +intimate support system, a strong web, is the least we can do to honour +the women who met at taverns and shared a part of their souls with each +other.

+

How to make the perfect Turkish coffee and some guides to +fortune-telling:

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  1. Put two teaspoons of coffee in “cezve” the traditional pot. 
    2. +
  2. Add one cup of cold water to the pot. Mix once with the spoon. The +ratio is one cup, and two teaspoons of coffee. 
    3. +
  3. Begin cooking at a low temperature until the top coat gets +darker. 
    4. +
  4. Cook at a high temperature until the point where the coffee begins +rising. 
    5. +
  5. Take the pot off the oven right before it overflows. 
    6. +
  6. Take the foamy part with a teaspoon and put it in the cup before +pouring the rest. This will protect the foam. The foam is important for +quality check 😊
    7. +
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click-click

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Holographic Oracle Deck

‘Crystals @@ -1450,9 +814,145 @@ alt="Earth" /> Jellyfish LNG and Aquamarine UFO

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+ + + +
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Fruitual (fruit + ritual)

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+
+
+

click-click, +the clicking game - a matter of accumulation

+

clicking game

+

A couple of months ago, I didn’t even know clicking games existed. +When I played for the first time, I couldn’t understand why people were +intrigued enough to devote themselves to clicking, and I still struggle +to understand it. I wanted to create a clicking game that would +highlight the act of clicking to the player through the interface of the +screen. People would see a hand clicking on their screen and then at the +next stage a person in front of a screen (with a hand clicking) clicking +etc. My poor java script skills didn’t allow me to realise my initial +idea, so eventually I came up with really simple version of the +click_click game. People click on the click button that makes a “click” +sound. Every time they click, a new button is generated. The aim is to +click and accumulate bricks. A repetitive performance. You click you +gain. The game ends when you fill your screen and build a wall out of +click buttons. Then the screen clears automatically and a small victory +message appears. What happens when the only function to be performed is +clicking? Nothing I guess.

+
+the click wall + +
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+ +
+ + + +
+

Long Time

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+
+

Fruitual

+

text adventre game

+

Creating a text adventure game is no easy feat. It takes a lot of +time, creativity, trial and error. The key to creating an interesting +game is putting yourself in the player’s shoes and making sure there are +plenty of fun twists and turns along the way.

+

I decided to keep my game simple and tell a linear story. I used a +web engine called Twine (twinery.org, an open-source tool for telling +interactive, nonlinear stories) to help generate the game’s storyline, +and I adapted the script from a Bulgarian fairytale (“The Most Precious +Fruit”). But things didn’t always go smoothly. When the python script +started generating the wrong messages for players who strayed from the +script, I tried to find solutions on StackOverflow, but it was all too +complicated for me.

+

In the end, the game took me around 6-7 hours to make, including +writing, coding, mapping, editing, and lots of trial-and-error. It was a +great learning experience, but it also taught me that game development +can be tough if you don’t have much coding experience. I had to approach +it more from a writer’s perspective and figure out the coding later.

+

I learned that game development is an iterative process, and +sometimes your initial ideas might be more complex than what you end up +with. It’s all part of the journey. Before starting this project, I had +no idea text adventure games even existed, but now I’m happy to say I’ve +made one in just a few weeks. Lastly, I would like to express my +appreciation for the guidance and support provided by our prototyping +tutors in the development of these projects.

+

(“The Most Precious Fruit”, +https://fairytalez.com/the-most-precious-fruit/)

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+Twine + +
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+ + + +
+

Papa Louie’s Ghosteria

+
+
+
+

Long Time

+

Six Sigma Fortune Telling

+

The future cannot be predicted with certainty, but our current +understanding in various scientific fields means we can predict some +far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include +astrophysics, particle physics, evolutionary biology, plate tectonics +and sociology. The far future begins after the end of the current +millennium, in 3001 CE, which is the start of the 4th millennium, and +continues until the furthest reaches of future time. This timeline +includes alternative future events that address unresolved scientific +questions, and is in fact not six sigma accurate at all.

+

This timeline (based on Wikipedia’s Timeline +of the Far Future) claims to make accurate predictions far into the +future at timescales that are difficult to comprehend; beyond our +lifetimes, beyond the death of the earth, beyond the death of atoms. The +scientific method claims to have an intense relationship to the material +world which is “orders of magnitude” more accurate than other ways of +interacting with and understanding where we are. The scientist often +pits themself as “against” the fortune-teller, the tarot reader, or the +mystic, and yet they make even bigger claims about our collective +future. Is there any way to disprove the scientist’s method in their own +mind?

+

This web-based game attempts to highlight the uselessness of this +approach. Sometimes a human can have no effect on the extreme truth that +science offers, or to put it more usefully, sometimes science has +nothing to offer humans. This timeline uses scientific and objective +distance to avoid the most inevitable and obvious event in the future: +your own death. Death is non-relational: no one can die in one’s place, +and we cannot understand our own death through the death of others +(Heidegger, Being and Time, 1962). Just like the scientist, the +philosopher doesn’t have much to offer solace here. So where do we go to +talk about death?

+
+The future + +
+
+ +
+ + + +
+

Sims Mod

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+
+
+

title: Fortnite author: Stephen

+
+

Sometimes the world as it is and the world as it could be are devastatingly close @@ -1494,52 +994,1442 @@ src="fortnite-2.jpg" alt="screenshot from Fortnite" /> screenshot from Fortnite screenshot from Fortnite

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Long Time

-

Six Sigma Fortune Telling

-

While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, present -understanding in various scientific fields allows for the prediction of -some far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields -include astrophysics, particle physics, evolutionary biology, plate -tectonics and sociology. The far future begins after the current -millennium comes to an end, starting with the 4th millennium in 3001 CE, -and continues until the furthest reaches of future time. This timeline -includes alternative future events that address unresolved scientific -questions, and is in fact not six sigma accurate at all.

-

This timeline (based on Wikipedia’s Timeline -of the Far Future) claims to make accurate predictions far into the -future at timescales that are difficult to comprehend; beyond our -lifetimes, beyond the death of the earth, beyond the death of atoms. The -scientific method claims to have an intense relationship to the material -world which is “orders of magnitude” more accurate than other ways of -interacting with and understanding where we are. The scientist often -pits themself as “against” the fortune-teller, the tarot reader, or the -mystic, and yet they make even bigger claims about our collective -future. Is there any way to disprove the scientist’s method in their own -mind?

-

This web-based game attempts to highlight the uselessness of this -approach. Sometimes a human can have no effect on the extreme truth that -science offers, or to put it more usefully, sometimes science has -nothing to offer humans. This timeline uses scientific and objective -distance to avoid the most inevitable and obvious event in the future: -your own death. Death is non-relational: no one can die in one’s place, -and we cannot understand our own death through the death of others -(Heidegger, Being and Time, 1962). Just like the scientist, the -philosopher doesn’t have much to offer solace here. So where do we go to -talk about death?

+
+ + + +
+

Youtube Tarot

+
+
+
+

Papa Louie’s Ghosteria

+

Papa +Louie’s Ghosteria is a comic-like fan fiction written by us.

+

Following a discussion about the texts ‘Notes on Deconstructing The +Popular’ by Stuart Hall and ‘Game Modding: Cross-Over Mutation and +Unwelcome Gifts’ from The Player’s Power to Change the Game by +Anne-Marie Schleiner, we started dissecting the ideology behind the +games we have played as children. To do that, we utilised several +prompts to help us examine the ideology that two popular video games +enforce through their narrative and gameplay. The list of questions we +needed to answer while playing the game includes:

+

What are the win conditions? If the game is quest based, what types +of quests are you asked to complete? What is the gameplay? What is the +narrative? How much space is there for alternative ways of playing this +game? What is missing? What type of relationships are you allowed to +form? What is the role of non-player characters? What are the +requirements for surviving the game? Which behaviours are rewarded? What +real-world values are reproduced in the game you are playing? How are +you situated in the hierarchy of the game? What change in status is +promised? What are you being trained for? What fantasies are lived out +or explored?

+

Our team, Irmak, Ada and Boyana, worked on the famous Papa Louie: +When Pizzas Attack. Soon after we started investigating the game, its +elements and modifications, we discovered that other players had already +written heaps of fan fiction about it. We were bewitched by the +multitude of stories fans have written and the really good memes they +have created about Papa and his businesses. Yes, plural. Papa’s +Freezeria. Sushiria. Donuteria. Burgeria. PanCakeria. CupCakeria. Taco +Mia. Taco Mia To Go. You name it.

+

After spending some time analysing the ideology behind the game, we +discovered a few elements that reinforce a capitalist narrative, such as +the need to fight to survive and collect coins to purchase weapons. In +response, we decided to create a new version of the game with a +storyline that focuses on healing and coping as a response to grief and +loss, rather than violence. To link the new storyline to SI20’s topic we +added ritualistic elements as actions during the gameplay.

+

What was changed was the topic, purpose and outcome of the game. Papa +no longer fought to save his customers, but he dealt with his own loss +and grief over what happened. Our version promoted rest and rituals for +healing instead of revenge-seeking, violence and toxic pizzeria +culture.

+

We started by putting some keywords and suggestions on a blackboard +about “How To Cope With Grief” and “How to Use Rituals and Ceremonies to +Overcome Grief” to define what Papa Louie lost and what rituals could +help him heal.

-The future - +The Storyboard + +
+

We then made a comic-like storyboard that visualised the new +narrative for Papa Louie’s Ghosteria. To create a few scenes depicting +some of the 5 levels we outlined, we used an app called Papa Louie Pals. +The images turned out pretty nice! Playing around with the app was fun +mainly because it allowed us to materialise our idea in just a couple of +hours.

+

The gameplay revolves around things Papa lost and the needs he needs +to fulfil. Different types of losses are organised into the five levels +of the game:

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  1. loss of safety (innocence, physical safety)
    2. +
  2. loss of community (clients, belonging)
    3. +
  3. loss of future (hope, dreams)
    4. +
  4. loss of identity (dignity, making things himself)
    5. +
  5. loss of labour (money, time, effort, pizza)
    6. +
+

To cope with grief Papa Louie performed various rituals, each +unlocking a new stage in his grieving process and healing from that +loss. Rituals thus are the actions players needed to execute at each +level.

+

And so our story went like this: The Onion ring mafia kidnapped Papa +Louie’s clients, and he lost his Pizzeria. However, along with this +external change, he lost his identity as a pizza owner/maker. He was +full of grief and seeked ways to cope with grief and ease himself. He +tried different rituals throughout this process, built his new identity +and overcame his troubles.

+
+The Comic +
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+

::::: ## Papa Louie’s Text-Adventure Healing

+

Following this comic production, a small text-adventure Pyhton game +was developed following the same storyline. The game was fundamentally +an explorative game, in which the player could follow four levels of +healing. Playing as Papa Louie and helping him heal his shattered soul, +the player would go in each room and type “take” or “carry” to pick up +possibilties for healing. The possbilities for each room were:

+
1. empty pizzeria: [closure,catharsis, anger]
+2. living room: [connection,understanding,support]
+3. study room: [expression,hope,new experiences]
+4. bedroom: [self-discovery,self-care]
+5. kitchen: [work,nourishment,purpose].
+

Once one had picked up enough healing chances, the game would end and +thank you for healing papa. The following picture shows the introductory +illustration.

+

The Game :::::

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+

Tetris Fantasies

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+
+

title: Peace, Monday Morning Ritual by Cara author: Cara

+
+
+

Peace

+

Peace is a mindfulness game Cara created as +an in-class exercise in creating text adventures in python. The game can +be broken at any time by saying “I am now at peace”, but will also break +if you simply type “peace.”

+
+ + +
+

Peace works less as a game per-se, and more +as an exercise in reconnecting to your senses (smell, temperature, +touch) by imagining oneself in imaginary landscapes. It takes on the +text-adventure format by asking its players to respond “yes” to continue +at each step.

+

Here is an excerpt:

+
You are wearing thin cotton. Can you feel the warm ground through the layer
+Can you feel the warmth of the sun on your face?
+

if yes, then…

+
The smell of lavender and warm soil is thick in the air. 
+The flowers are so full.
+When you just touch them, 
+it feels like they burst with beads of lavender oil.
+
+Their nectar is sweet. 
+
+The air is clear.
+The sky is blue.
+There are no clouds.
+There is only sun and peace and lavender.
 
-    

+
+Would you like to explore another daydream?
+

if yes, then… and so on

+

You can find the game on our website.

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+

Super(de)construction

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+
+
+

The Player is the Author

+

In The Sims™ 4 some values are certainly given by the game; make +money to buy nicer things, progress in your career by doing tasks that +improve your skills, charisma is a skill but not kindness. But also +ideology is put into the game by the player. The player chooses what to +reproduce and often share in the “gallery” or on social media. In +contrast with what has been said by game design theorists in the past +(Aarseth, 2004), the narrative power and “richness of character” of a +game like The Sims™ 4 lies precisely in the freedom left open to the +players. “The positive potential of authorship” come precisely from the +malleability and user control, once you see that the player is the +author. Community being so important in this game then means that the +crux of the social reproduction is happening when the choices you have +made in the game are broadcasted. Did you create a heteronormative white +thin nuclear family that made a lot of money? Or did you choose to play +differently?

+

The development of this community has also led to a strong culture of +modding or rewriting the game’s actual code to change appearance, +performance and behavoior.This brings the power of authorship even more +into the hands of the players and users.

+

In a spirit of respect and love for this community we have published +Console as downloadable content for The Sims™ 4, find out more on +issue.xpub.nl/20

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+Console in Sims + +
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+

The Wheel of Fortune

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+
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YouTube Tarot

+

YouTube comments as Tarot +readings

+

The question for me (Irmak) at the beginning was why people feel the +need to know the future or their oracles that they go on YouTube and +subscribe to a channel there. Knowing the future made me anxious when +for many people it is something to look forward to or head towards. For +Ada, the answer to that question was simple. Everyone needs some clarity +and a sense of belonging and safety and it’s better and easier to +believe when told by someone else. The problem we were facing was then +about, how can a performance so intimate and personal be transferred +online for thousands to see. Doesn’t that strip the whole act of the +tarot reading of its authenticity or specificity to you? Once you have +someone read your tarot online, you are exposed to advertisement and +capitalism in a very ironic sense. The sole reason you are there is to +have a peaceful and perhaps sentimental moment with yourself, however, +you are interrupted by unintended messages.

+

Moving from these discussions, we searched for the answers in the +comments below certain tarot videos. Many commenters mentioned how their +life changed after the reading, how their luck came back and their work +life improved, or how the reading helped them get their life straight. +This was a community that needed tarot and used it as a remedy. In the +end, we decided to use some of these comments as the interpretation of +some cards. The main themes in the comments were luck, love and work. We +picked three comments for each theme and made tarot cards for them with +a divination board. We modified the illustrations on existing tarot +cards and renamed them according to the commenters’ names.

+

The divination board: Cards on love +Cards on luck Cards on work Cards on work

+

Part of the dictionary of YouTube Tarot cards: The Bella Vita Vibing The Jessica +The dhananjai

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The Wheel of Fortune

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+

Tetris Fantasies

+

Death, +Geometry and the Structure of the Individual

+

Tetris is a game where a single player is encouraged to organise the +chaos given to them from above, a limited space for play of ten by +twenty units leads to a limited ability to approach the perfection +implied by the simple shapes that are encountered in the world (always a +collection of four squares, in their seven permutations). The harnesses +of time and gravity make perfection impossible in this world; instead +the player can only attempt, approach, increase their efficiency. A +life’s function approaching the limit, there is no way to win, only to +get higher and higher scores, to live as long as possible through +increased throughput. Death is inevitable in Tetris, and each passing +block seems to come faster than the last. Why does it feel like +everything just keeps getting harder?

+

There are many squares to be organised in tetris, an infinite number +apparently, but there is only one player organising them. Other people +can only be seen by this individual in faint ghosts; their high scores +that are there only to be beaten. And the current player can only hope +to reach those people through leaving their own mark on the high score +table. Employee-of-the-month, world’s-best-mom. But maybe there is an +alternative, a world where there is more to each falling tetromino than +simply an obstacle to be overcome, a problem to be solved. Maybe there +is a story behind the fatal pixels, a bigger space than the 10 x 20 grid +on the screen. Maybe there are humans out there with more to them than +what they produce.

+

This fanfic takes the form of a series of hand-drawn illustrations +depicting fantastical tetris pieces, each of which is accompanied by a +fragment of a story. The cards can be read and arranged in any order, +intentionally removing the linear and framed limits of the original +tetris, although the illustration and text on any one card have a +relationship to eachother of some sort.

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+hand drawn tetris fanfic + +
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Oracolotto

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:::::{#Super(de)construction .has-images} # Super(de)construction ## +text adventure game

+

My text-adventure game was (first and foremost a struggle and) an +attempt to dive a little bit into the world of python and deal +peacefully with the potential trauma of coding. The first unsuccessful +try started by making a map on paper with all the possible rooms, +corridors, spaces and the potential inputs of the player. It was proved +to be a too ambitious plan though. So this was the time when the +super(de)construction game was born! My intention was to make a fan +fiction text adventure game(!) of the marxist superstructure theory. +There are three basic rooms where the player can navigate : the +Base-ment, the Apparatus and the Megaroom. People can grab specific +"objects" from each room and check their inventory (for example you can +have unpaidlabour, church, mostlywhitemen from base-ment, apparatus and +megaroom respectively in the same bag!). The aim of the game is to +accumulate enough points in order to bring eventually the revolution and +win. The fermentation and the radicalization happen only in the +base-ment.

+

Will you be part of the revolutionary class?

+

Welcome message :::::

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Fiction Friction

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The Wheel of Fortune

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a tool for self-inquiry

+

The Wheel of Fortune (not to be mistaken with the tarot card) is a +tool for self-inquiry that you, dear reader, can engage in daily, weekly +or at any frequency that suits you best. Beware: the game can be played +individually or in small groups.

+

The main components of the game are a virtual spinning wheel, +accessible at issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel , a deck of 20 photo slides, a +notebook, and a pen(cil) to store the potential insights you might find +for yourself.

+

To start the exercise, you need to visit the website and spin the +virtual wheel. The Wheel of Fortune spins for quite some time, and then +it gives you a random question. Take these questions as an invitation to +have an explorative conversation with yourself. The list of 404 +questions is carefully collected, modified (where needed) and presented +to you through a random web generator. Psychotherapists, philosophers, +writers, and students from XPUB 2023 are among the authors of this long +list of sentences ending with “?”.

+

Another collection that can help you delve deeper into your inner +world is a deck of photo slides. Hopefully, these captured memories of +other people, paired with a random question on the screen, would evoke +new emotions or prompt you to imagine possible futures.

+

The use of collective resources in this piece highlights the power of +collaboration in creating works that encourage people to engage in +self-reflection and introspection. As such, it may contribute to any art +publication exploring the human experience.

+

Courtesy to: Casey Horner (https://unsplash.com/@mischievous_penguins)

+

Excerpt from the 404 Questionnaire: What do you want? Why do you do +what you do each day? What do you think you’re here for? What are you +doing with this day, today? What are you searching for? What are you +looking at? Have you learned something new today? This week? What +filters would you apply to your mood right now if it was an analogue +film frame? Is this what you really want to do or it is your way of +delaying your realisation? What would your day look like if you were a +pirate? If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you choose +and why? If you could be any animal for a day, how would you experience +the world differently? Do you speak horse language? (wild question) If +you were Kim, who would that person be? (wild question) What does your +body need today? What does your mind need today? What does your soul +need today? If your life was a treasure hunt, what would you be +searching for? What is your personality? What would a person that loves +you tell you if know you’re suffering? If you were in search of a new +identity, what clues would you need to find it? If you could see the +world through the eyes of any animal, which one would you choose and +why? If you were a pirate, what kind of treasure would you be searching +for? If you were a pirate, what obstacles would you face on your +journey? If you owned a boat, to which destination you would go first +and why? Think of your favourite food. How does it make you feel when +looking at it? And when eating it? What is one “yes” that you’ve been +ignoring lately? What advice would you give to someone else who is +experiencing loss? What emotions have you been experiencing lately? How +has my relationship with others changed in the last 5 years? How have my +thoughts and beliefs about life and death changed in the last 5 years? +What positive memories can you hold on to about a person you’ve lost? +What activities or hobbies bring me comfort in times of grief? How can +you take care of yourself during difficult times? What were the 6 things +you wanted to be when you were a kid? What is time? How can you describe +it? What is beauty? How can you describe it? What is happiness? How can +you describe it? What is love? How can you describe it? What is faith? +How can you describe it? What is hope? How can you describe it? What is +fear? How can you describe it? What is play? How can you describe it? +What is a ritual? How can you describe it? What is a game? How can you +describe it? How does your body feel when you are in pain? How does your +body feel when you are in love? How does your body feel when you are +anxious? Do you talk negatively to yourself? Are you mean to yourself? +If yes, why? If not, also why? Think of all your past partners. What are +some qualities and traits they had in common? Is sex usually the best +aspect of a relationship or the worst for you? What do your friends say +about your partners? Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a +friend, a partner or a family member? Did you ever have any kind of +unwanted touch from a stranger? What does sex mean for you? How does sex +make you feel? What words, metaphors or images do you associate with +sex? What is your attitude towards your body? Do you have any tendencies +for self-sabotage, procrastination or self-doubt? Have you tried to get +advice, help or guidance from professionals? Do you sometimes feel like +a victim? How much sex is normal for you? Were your first sexual +experiences positive or negative? How did you learn about sexuality? +What are your values around sexuality? What losses have you experienced +in your life, and how have you coped with them in the past? What +self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine to help +you cope with grief? What self-care practices can you incorporate into +your daily routine to help you cope with anxiety? What new perspectives +have you gained about life as a result of loss in the past? What +triggers your feelings of grief, and how can you manage them when they +arise? How has your sense of identity been affected by a loss? How can +you stay connected to someone you lost even though they are no longer +physically present? What role does forgiveness play in your healing +process after experiencing loss? What can you do to take care of your +physical health during times of grieving? How can you create a support +network that will help you through difficult times? What have your +friends taught you about friendship? What have your friends taught you +about life? What have your friends taught you about love? What have your +parents taught you about friendship? What ideas have changed your life? +What subconscious behaviours are keeping you from the life you want? In +which direction has your life expanded in the last five years? Are you +afraid of being who you truly are? Have you adapted to a certain way of +thinking? Do you suppress your feelings? Have your thoughts been chosen +for you? Who do you trust? Why? Have you forced yourself to forget +something painful? What is art for?

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The Wheel of Fortune — Manual

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“Welcome, my dear! This exercise is all about healing, about +reconnecting with what is essential and authentic within yourself. By +understanding the true nature of our suffering, we can evoke compassion +for ourselves as we move through uncomfortable feelings on the path to +healing and peace.

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Prerequisites: Before you begin, there are a few things you will +need. Firstly, you must have a strong intention to commit to this +exercise for some time. Secondly, find a quiet room free of +distractions, and finally, get a notebook and pen. Handwriting will +engage your mind more actively and profoundly, help you connect with +yourself, and enable the tracing of your progress over time.

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I will be guiding you through a series of carefully selected +questions written by different authors, some are well-known, and others +will remain unknown. To begin the exercise, spin the Wheel of Fortune +located at issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel After a few seconds, a question will +appear on the screen. Then, take a photo slide from the deck and hold it +to the screen. Think about that question by looking at it and the tiny +film together like friends. If you feel like writing your thoughts, you +can use the tiny notepad made just for you.

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These photo slides are there to help you dive deeper into your inner +world. Use them to explore moments in your life that you may not have +fully processed or understood. As you reflect on these images and answer +the questions, you may gain new insights and perspectives about yourself +and your life.

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Enjoy the journey! Console”

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Those who dream of drinking wine may weep when morning comes; +those who dream of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While they +are dreaming they do not know it is a dream, and in their dream they may +even try to interpret a dream. Only after they wake do they know it was +a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know that +this is all a great dream.

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And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming, too.

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Zhuàngzi

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莊子

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✧ Preface

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Have you ever woken up feeling like there is a word on the tip of +your tongue, in a language you don’t quite understand?

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It’s the feeling you feel when a dream leaves too quickly after you +wake up, like a regretful lover. You grasp and reach out, but it’s gone +and you forget something so fundamentally important that your stomach +caves into itself.

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This deck of oracle cards invites you to go back into that cave, that +pit. Back to the start of that word. Tarot and oracle cards are always +tools for self-exploration, but the Oracolotto invites you to travel +deep into the subconscious realm of your dreams.

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Oracolotto includes twenty-one cards and one guidebook. The cards +follow the paved journey of Tarot’s major arcana, but do not be fooled +by the numbers – they will not give you insight into the path. You do +not need prior knowledge to use these cards, only the ability to dream +and a soul – your own or the soul of another.

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The Oracolotto cards present illustrations of collective dream +archetypes, as delineated by Neapolitan tradition. While the cards +symbolically follow the traditional Tarot journey from the fool to the +world (minus the Emperor), they are based on the Neapolitan art form of +the Smorfia, intended not as the grimace but as a method for +interpreting dreams.[steve notes: I don’t understand ‘grimace’]

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The Smorfia is an ancient art form in which symbols and archetypes +from a person’s dreams are analysed and converted into numbers. To use +the Smorfia, you would recall every event, person and object that +appeared in your dream, and then use the extensive list of dream +archetypes to find the associated numbers. This may be used to find the +meaning of your dreams or, most commonly, to find numbers to play the +lottery (Ricciardone, 1987; Zezza, 1835).

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In Oracolotto, the archetypes are used as a storytelling device, an +exploration tool for imagination and self-discovery. You may choose to +use these cards in the two ways I have imagined or create your own.

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  1. The first method, and the one I recommend, asks your soul to sit +with the cards, ask them a question, read the answer in the following +pages and find a language for new or old feelings.
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  2. The second method requires you to keep the deck next to your bed. +Once you wake up, while the dream is still supple and alive, reach for +the Oracolotto and try and find the cards that most closely resemble the +dream. This allows you to give language to the unformed and reveal the +apparent truths the cards hold.
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If you have read this far, you may want to remember your dreams and +connect to your subconscious, but feel unable to do so. You may never +remember your dreams and think that they are random. If this is the +case, I recommend you use the Oracolotto with the method I first +describe. As the subconscious seeps into our daily thoughts and +feelings, the deck will reveal hidden patterns.

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You may also choose your path, disregard what I said and make your +own game, read old or future dreams or even play the lottery. The tools +are in your hands.

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✧ How to care for the +Oracolotto

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You may have grown up believing that objects do not have spirit. If +so, I suggest you tuck the inner sceptic into bed and let the curious +child out to play. The Oracolotto, like any Tarot or Oracle, does not +believe itself to be an object. It thinks that no object is simply a +thing, but also exists in a spiritual plane. All objects have a soul, a +spirit that connects to yours.

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The Oracolotto has a playful and deep soul. It asks to be cared for +as a living thing (more like a plant than a pet). It asks to be touched, +used, cried on, and laughed with. Most importantly, it asks for a place +to rest every night. I would recommend, at your discretion, to free all +negative intentions from the cards. This may happen if you do a reading +for someone with bad intentions, or a heavy, painful load to carry. Or +it may happen if you use them alone in a moment of intense sadness or +anger. In such cases, find a way to release these feelings from the +cards, leave them out to breathe, or hold them in your hands and think +positive thoughts.

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✧ How to Do a Reading

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Set an intention at the start. You or the person you are reading for +will ask a question, out loud or in your mind, as you shuffle the cards. +You then have two options: either spread them out or fan them, and +choose one card at a time with your dominant hand, or place the whole +deck on a surface and run your fingers alongside it until you feel like +splitting the deck and picking a card. Do it as you wish, it is +important to let your intuition guide you to a card.

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Lay the card in front of you (the “How to Lay Out the Cards” section +follows). Turn the card over and feel, hear, see, and intuit its meaning +concerning your question. Refer to this guidebook for interpretations. +If you give readings to others, always keep a record of your readings, +because messages for others often weave into your own. Sometimes cards +will “jump” out of the deck while you are shuffling. These cards are +trying to get your attention. They are part of your reading, or perhaps +the entire reading. They are important messages, take heed.

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Alternatively and if applicable, you may choose one card and place it +on your altar or under your pillow at night to usher in a deeper +understanding.

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✧ How to Lay Out the Cards

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.One Card Spread

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A single card can be used for several purposes:

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  • Draw a card in the morning for guidance about what you need to know +that day.
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  • Draw a card after you ask a question. The one you pick is your +answer.
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  • Draw a card to help further explain your dream.
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.Three-Card Spread

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A three-card spread can also be used in several different ways:

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  • Draw three cards representing what you need to know in general +terms.
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  • The three cards may represent the past, present or future.
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  • The three cards answer questions about three issues, such as career, +love and friendship.
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If you want to arrive at a more fleshed-out narrative, you may choose +to do a bigger spread. Information about those can be found in any book +about tarot or online.

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✧ Dream well!

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✳ 42. the coffee or ’o +ccafè

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.keywords: beginnings, unformed potential, taking a risk, answering a +‘call’, trusting in the universe, overcoming self-doubt, embracing +uncertainty.

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Coffee is brewing, waiting to be poured into the empty cup on the +counter. A spiritual guide sits patiently, urging you to begin, while +the sun shines outside a closed window. On the side, enormous snowdrops +have blossomed, indicating the first tentative steps of spring.

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While the Coffee is number 42, this card comes before the others. +Like an unhatched egg, it contains all the potential for the journey. +The cup is empty, but you are urged to pour it, to drink it and to be on +the journey. A spiritual guide urges you forward. Like the prophet +Muhammad who was given coffee(قهوة) by the Archangel Jibreel, you are +urged to begin.

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The Coffee upright in a reading tells you it is now the time to be +naive and courageous. Set on a new adventure and do not worry about the +consequences. It is time, the coffee is ready.

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Reversed

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If the Coffee appears reversed, it is a warning. The coffee will +spill and it may burn you or others. Be careful not to disregard the +consequences of your actions. Your eagerness for freedom and new +beginnings may harm others or yourself. Now, you are being asked for +consistency and patience. There is a time to be brave and to set off on +new paths, a time to be reliable and patient. Wisdom lies in knowing the +difference.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 0. the fool.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: all signs, the +universe.

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✳ 66. the two +spinsters or e ddoie zetelle

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.keywords: magic, manifestation, setting intentions, directing energy +consciously, willpower, concentration, having all the resources you +need.

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Two old women stand before a table, one pointing above, the other +below. Their eyes glow with mystic power. If they appear in your dreams +you will feel their power radiating. This is a particularly powerful +card. While looking at it, reject what you have been told about the +emotional loneliness of spinsters and focus on their ability to spin a +magical web. These women appear to you at an important time, at the +moment when you may choose your path. You are now fully able to manifest +your desires. The Spinsters show you the power you hold and ask you for +intense concentration. There is power in your focus and dedication, now +is the time to channel all your resources to achieve what you wish.

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Reversed

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If the Spinsters have appeared reversed, it is a sign that you are +ignoring your powers. You no longer see two crone magicians who have +chosen the path of spiritual power, but two unmarried older women. Do +not be fooled. The power is in your hands, your potential lays dormant +beneath your doubts and lack of self-esteem. Trust in your ability, and +trust the Spinsters to weave you back to an active role within your own +life.
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✳ tarot correspondence: 1. the magician.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: gemini & virgo.

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✳ 63. the bride or ’a +sposa

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. keywords: intuition, subconscious, higher wisdom, knowing something +you can’t explain, stillness, meditation, spell-work and ritual.

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The Bride sits in silence in an underground cistern, two eyes closed +and a third eye open. Upon her head, two crescent moons hold the globe. +She is alone but does not appear to be waiting. The Bride is a figure of +divine wisdom, feminine mystery and intuitive knowledge. She is the +guardian of the unconscious and she is meeting you. By receiving this +card you are being gently invited to go deeper. To artists, she is the +representation of creative potential. The bride has little care for the +material because her powers lay in the true nature of emotion. Let your +intuition lead the way, quieten the chatter of the rational and +logical.

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Reversed

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If you are facing a reversed Bride, it is an invitation to examine +when you ignore your gut. Perhaps you have allowed your thinking mind to +run loose, you have not been listening to your gut. You overvalue the +opinions of others or act too hastily. Whichever it is, it is time to be +still, reflect and meditate on your intuition.
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✳ tarot correspondence: 2. the high priestess.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: cancer & pisces.

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✳ 52. the mother or ’a +mamma

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.keywords: maternal figure, familiar love, abundance, life force, +strong protection, dignity.

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The Mother sits on a throne in the middle of the river of life force. +A crown on her head, a sword in her hand. In this iconography, she is +Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage and family. As such, she sits near a +pregnant cow and a peacock eating a pomegranate. Nature thrives around +her. She is the embodiment of femininity and the bringer of life and +growth. Her energy is both nurturing and fiercely protective. She +appears to indicate that she is looking after you and your growth. She +is abundant and as such so will your expression be, both creative and +sensual. Deep fulfilment awaits.

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Reversed

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The Mother has appeared reversed. Juno’s warlike nature is more +active than her nurturing side. Your search for protection is keeping +you from true love and joy. You were guarding yourself, and while you +were right to do so, it is now time to let your shield down. Your +emotional crops are thriving, you have put in the work. Let go of your +war, lean into joy and love.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 3. the empress. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: libra.

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✳ 84. the church or ’a +chiesa

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.keywords: belief systems, ancestry, study, tradition, conformity, +learning about the past.

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A priest stands in front of you, one hand hidden and the other +towards the divine. On his shoulders sits a church, with a black door +highlighting a shining key. The Church card beckons you inside a +mysterious, sacred place. In the Christian belief, a church is not only +where the religious community meets, it is the seat of Divinity itself. +I invite you to disconnect the Church card from its Christian +associations. It stands in place of any established social structure, +spiritual tradition or source of ancestral knowledge. It is a teacher, a +leader, a guru of memory. If the Church has come up in your reading, it +indicates a need for deeper meaning or knowledge. Will you use your key +to follow the paved road and find out who paved it and who walked it +before you?

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Reversed

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The Church is upside down. Its integrity is questioned the status quo +stumbles. The pressure of conformity weighs heavy, the belief systems of +others hang above your head. This card is now urging you to move. +Tradition can be a teacher or a jailer and in this case, it is trapping +you. It may be time to shake your ancestors’ wishes away and start anew, +upon a path you paved yourself.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 4. the hierophant.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: taurus, libra & +capricorn.

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✳ 69. the upside down +or sott’e ncoppa

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  • .keywords: love (of all kinds), making heart-centred choices, +compassion, partnerships and relationships, equilibrium, harmony.
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Two hands reach for each other, the space between them filled with +light and eyes. Roses grow around their wrists. There is an obvious +story being told, of two souls meeting in companionship. But this is +also a card about balance and choices. The Upside Down is a reference to +love and the two sides of a coin. When this card appears it speaks of +love and strong bonds. It asks you to choose love, to make heartfelt, +loving, compassionate choices. The Upside Down is a simple card, that +asks you to choose. Listen to your heart and follow it.

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Reversed

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Due to the nature of this card, up is down and down is up. However +you pull this card, it shows you both the Yin and the Yang. In this +case, sourness is prevalent. The eyes look away, giving you space to +identify within yourself why a commitment has turned sour. Your inner +voice is unbalanced. Use your heart for your choices and seek out +harmony.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 5. the lovers.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: gemini.

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✳ 35. the bird or +l’aucelluzz

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.keywords: focused action, self-belief and confidence, +commitment, drive and determination, hard, passionate work, +assertion.

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A chariot flies across a starry sky with two half moons. Inside it, a +man dressed in Roman armour with the head of a turtledove looks straight +at you. The dove drives through the sky, led by stars. This is the card +of control and victory. The Bird has control of his fate but it will +also help you with yours. It directs you to assert your will with +mastery, careful practice and self-discipline. It reminds you of your +courage and strength. It encourages you to direct your energies towards +the stars.

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When reversed, the Bird is spinning further and further out of +control. It may be due to an attempt to control too much, or an +underdeveloped assertiveness. Loosen the reins. Redirect your chariot. +Some things are beyond your power to change and others wait for your +confidence and hard work. Assess which is which and begin riding.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 6. the chariot.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: cancer.

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✳ 28. the breasts or ’e +zzizze

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.keywords: inner strength and courage, dignified resistance, +emotional labour, heart.

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A naked woman covered in flowers looks to the side, she casually +tames the lion in front of her. A natural landscape opens up behind her. +Do not be fooled by her gentle appearance, she is not effortless. Her +strength lies in her heart as this is the card for Breasts. Emotional +weakness is discarded as a patriarchal concept, as the Breasts show you +a dignified taming of the wild through your heart. Emotion can steady +your demeanour and your powers of inner strength. This indicates +positive emotional labour of your ferocity and expression of pure +emotional strength. Go towards your chest, to the place of pain, anger, +greed, and fear in your life. Acknowledge where these things live within +you and own them, pour love over them.

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Reversed

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The lion is now overpowering as the Breasts appear upside down. This +is an indication of weakness, your strength becomes feeble as your +self-confidence lessens. Your emotions are no longer a power but an +overwhelming force that you cannot control. Do not let anger or pain +dictate your choice, find your strength once again.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 7. strength.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: leo.

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✳ 65. the crying or ’o +chianto

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.keywords: introspection, solitude, retreat, working things through +on your own, claiming space and time for you, self-guided or guided +study.

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A figure cries in an underwater cocoon, wrapped in a cape of hair and +seaweed. They are holding themselves, as their bright tears float +upwards. This figure is in deep introspection. The Crying card is not +negative, regardless of your view of tears. It indicates a need for +comfort and solitude. It asks for a moment of introspection, the only +thing that may lead you to true self-discovery. Once you have expressed +your pain and truly felt it, you will gain a better understanding.

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The tears fall upon you as the Crying card is reversed. You have +relied on yourself too much and become over-isolated. The cocoon has +served its purpose. The time for solitude is over. You may let others in +or leave your safe space altogether. The time for crying is over.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 8. the hermit.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: virgo.

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✳ 82. the set table +or ’a tavula mbandita

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.keywords: positive luck, change, predictions and prophesies, feeling +like something is ‘destined’ to happen, an interconnected bigger +picture.

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A table is set with plates spelling out the ancient names for tarot +and wheel. In the centre of the table, you can see water, soil, air and +fire. Around the table sit the four fixed signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio +and Aquarius. Three eyes, symbolising the three Fates oversee the table. +This is an incredibly auspicious card to pick. Like the table, your +destiny has been set, the tempo will crank up as your vision develops +into reality. This card asks you to accept your fate, but also take +responsibility for it. The table is set but it is up to you to +serve.

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Reversed

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The Set Table has been turned the wrong way. This indicated elements +outside your control, spinning your fate. Luck has not been on your side +and you may have been unhappy with your circumstances. Take a moment to +analyse what could have happened. Are the elements toying with your luck +internal or external? Is there someone to blame, if so, who? Whatever +you find, trust that the Table will be set again, and out of darkness, a +new light will be born, informed by your discoveries.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 9. the wheel of fortune.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: aquarius, leo, taurus & +scorpio

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✳ 60. the lament or se +lamenta

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.keywords: truth, logical thought, objectivity, binary thinking, +justice, fairness, balance, accountability, social justice principles, +intersectionality.

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A woman, Justice, walks the steps out of darkness, and a lament +distorts her face. In the Lament, you see justice wearing white, +carrying a sword on her waist and holding scales, with a heart on one +side and a brain on the other. Her eyes are closed but the piercing +light around her penetrates the truth. It is her cry for truth, her +lament, that propels her forward. This card calls out to you. Every +action has an equal reaction but it is often an expression of injustice +that brings justice forward. It is the Lament that leads to balance. +Believe that your expression of injustice is worth sharing.

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Reversed

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When the Lament appears reversed it indicates a flawed system, a +hidden truth or a bias. This injustice may have been committed against +you or by you. However it happened, the scales are not balanced, but +soon they will be as someone faces consequences. It also begs for you to +re-balance your perspective. Look at the issue from both sides and hear +the Lament.

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✳ tarot correspondence: 11. justice.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: libra.

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✳ 85. +purgatory’s souls or ll’aneme o priatorio

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.keywords: passivity, cost, holding back, patience, allowing events +to unfold, meditation and mindful practice, inner peace, +self-acceptance, overcoming ego

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A man dangles, his foot loosely tied with rope, his wings closed by +his sides, his braids falling beyond sight. Next to him, others hang, in +the same situation. We see Purgatory’s Souls, the souls of people in a +state of temporary punishment and purification, in a state of grace but +not yet ready to enter heaven. Let the souls be an inspiration to you, +in their state of acceptance, as it is not their work that will send +them to heaven. They are, just like you, ready for peace and joy. What +you must do now is fully succumb to your situation, and release. If the +soul trusts the flow of events and let’s go, he realises he has had +wings all along. A brazen metaphor, a simple reminder that it is not +time to struggle for control. Trust the universe, trust yourself and let +go.

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Reversed

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As Purgatory’s Souls appear reversed, they tell a different story. +They are not hanging but anchored to the soil. You are pulling yourself +further down, digging your heels in on a decision that has to be made. +Your inaction now is pointless, it will just delay the inevitable. The +souls can already can, the punishment has been lifted and yet here you +still are. You must face your inner turmoil to move on.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 11. the hanged man. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: pisces.

+

✳ 48. the +talking dead or ’o muorto che pparla

+

.keywords: the ending of a cycle, letting go and saying goodbye, a +ritual to honour change, not resisting, honouring the seasons of +life.

+

A deer’s skeleton lays on a blooming prairie. Close by, another deer +looks into the sun rising above the hills. The Talking Dead card is +deeply sensitive and invites a gentle approach. It does not necessarily +symbolise literal death but is a positive harbinger of change. Death has +already happened, and the deer’s spirit is ready to move into the coming +day. The Talking Dead tells you it is time to let go of old habits, ways +of thinking and of the buried. This is the only way to allow for more +rewarding patterns. Resisting change will not bring you joy, you must +embrace transformation. There is no other way, a profound experience +awaits you. Let the resting lead you.

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Reversed

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If the card is reversed it appears that the Talking Dead is being +forced to be still. Changes frighten you and you may resist them. Your +life is now stagnant, the sunrise is eternal as the sun never reaches +the sky. Trust that change will lead you wherever you need to be. It is +not a matter of avoiding what has happened, but rather of learning to +live with what it brought in the hope that better things lay ahead.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 12. death. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: scorpio.

+

✳ 68. warm soup or ’a zuppa +cotta

+

.keywords: balance, harmony, blending of dualities, seeking the +middle path, not making extreme decisions, taking a non-binary attitude, +testing the waters, self-care, grace, gentleness.

+

A large, genderless, dark figure stands in the sea. On their forehead +shines a triangle enclosed in a square, representing how humans are +bound by the Earth and natural law. The figure takes water from the sea +but as they pour it into the bowl, it transforms into a bowl of steaming +soup. This card gives insight into the nuances of balance. Wherever +something is taken, something else must be given. The figure is taking +from the sea to deliver you the Warm Soup. See the figure as if it was +keeping a close eye on how well you handle dualities. Keep to the middle +path, do not make extreme decisions. You may be someone who tends to +have a peaceful nature or someone who swings between extremes. Either +way, now is the time to test the waters of gentleness, give back what +you have been given and ask for what was taken.

+

Reversed

+

The Warm Soup now pours upwards from the ladle. Something has been +thrown off balance in your life. The coming times require meticulous +care of the balance. Equilibrium must be restored. The costs may be too +high for what you receive from the universe. You must reconsider your +choices, find the weak point that has thrown you off the balance and +adjust it.

+

A ✳ tarot correspondence: 13. temperance.

+

✳ zodiac correspondence: sagittarius.

+

✳ 77. the devils or ’e +riavule

+

.keywords: bondage, addiction, materialism, destructive behaviours, +harmful cycles, choosing to get free, or choosing not to get free, +confronting fear, committing to your freedom.

+

Five little devils dance naked above a reversed pentacle. They hold a +chain that leads to a circle of light containing a key. The Devils +symbolise that which keeps us bound and trapped. It is a small circle +containing you, a metaphorical jail to which you do not yet have a key. +This card cautions you against finding blame and refers instead to that +which is constrained by ourselves, our subconscious and direct choices. +Do not let ideas, people or situations absorb you so intensely that it +causes you to ignore other relationships.

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Reversed

+

The Devil being upside down immediately reveals the bondage, you are +aware of your chains. The unhealthy dynamics in your life that keep you +trapped are finally emerging into the light. Caution, this does not +imply freedom but may entail further temptation which leads you to crawl +back into your trap. This is a time that needs your complete attention, +use your newfound awareness to break the chains and escape your +jail. 

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 14. the devil.

+

✳ zodiac correspondence: capricorn.

+

✳ 83. the storm or ’o +maletiempo

+

.keywords: revolution, disaster, shock, mourning, blowing apart old +structures, demolition of the status quo, toppling systems of power, +potential, rebuilding after disaster, a blessing in disguise as a +disaster, rehabilitation, regeneration.

+

An ancient maritime pine tree towers in the night. Above, the +all-seeing Storm is unleashing lightning, cutting the tree down as birds +escape. The Storm, as the name suggests, is a complicated card to +receive. It indicates a profound disruption, a complete reset of the +known. The situation may seem grim at times, but you must understand +that the change being brought is ultimately positive. You may find this +hard to believe, but the event that this card indicates is the +demolition and toppling of a structure that can feel quite devastating. +However, new growth will come from this and the old cannot last forever +lest it becomes decrepit. Remember well that when the Storm appears in +front of you, you are not the tree but the doves escaping.

+

Reversed

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In this situation, the Storm that topples the pine tree is coming +from within. The issue is within your response to the situation and your +worries within your head. Your perception is bringing you great pain. +Take care not to become a vortex of negativity, be mindful of your +feelings and take responsibility for how your responses affect you and +those around you.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 15. the tower. 

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✳ zodiac correspondence: scorpio & aries.

+

✳ 25. christmas or +natale

+

.keywords: hope, love and support, coming home to yourself, +self-care, healing, being true to yourself, being guided by your +intuition, integrity, honesty, a positive new start or new vision.

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In a warm room, a candle-lit Christmas appears next to a window. On +the windowsill sits a still, warm cup of tea. The comforting view of the +room is contrasted by the magical view through the window, where an +enormous star pours light on a snowy landscape. Christmas is a card of +hope. A time of renewal, comfort and homeliness lie ahead. It is time to +leave the hard times behind. The star shines alone through the window, +filling the landscape with positivity and opportunity. Like this card, +we all contain infinite possibilities, infinite capacity for beauty, and +infinite wonder. When times are hard, Christmas reminds you of your +ability for healing and magic. Know that you are a creature of this +earth and of this universe, that you belong here, and that you are +loved.

+

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+

When Christmas appears reversed, you may have lost your hope. Life’s +challenges are overwhelming and leave you questioning everything and +everybody. When this card appears reversed in a reader it is a beacon +over your disconnection. Your faith in the possibility of a comforting +and fullfilling life is weaning as daily routines become dreary. It is +an important alarm, a light shining on the parts of your life that do +not align with your joyful purpose. Now is not the time to push harder +or you may deplete your energies even further. It’s time to nourish +yourself and your life at a deeper level, and rest.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 16. the star.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: aquarius.

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✳ 18. blood or ’o +sangue

+

.keywords: shadow work, getting in touch with your wild nature, +listening deeply to your intuition, secrets, signs and symbols, +non-rational, witchcraft, magic and spell-work, lies and deception, +deceiving yourself, wearing a mask.

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A wolf drinks from a pond filled with blood. Close by, a wild dog +turns away from the pond to face the moon that illuminates everything +around them. Away from them, a crab floats on a leaf in the pond, rising +from the subconscious. The Blood tells you that all is not what it +seems. Unsettling as a nightmare can be, this card allows your inner +wildness to be seen. The Blood represents witchcraft, spell-work and +occult arts of any kind. Do not be fooled by the blood, nobody in this +figure will come to harm. The moon shines its silvery light on the +elements within a reality that are dishonest and manipulative. +Uncomfortable questions must be asked and someone may be just mad enough +to think of them. Things are strange, it is usual to feel disorientated. +Now is not the time for answers, but for wild magical practice.

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When reversed, the Blood shows a moon shining in the front. The inner +confusion is clearing. However, you may find yourself deprived of a mask +you are not ready to let go of. Manipulation has been exposed, whether +you were the victim or perpetrator. Things will soon be lighter, but +first, they will be heavy. Mental health struggles as the truth emerges +and you initiate a process of complete honesty with yourself.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 17. the moon.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: pisces.

+

✳ 19. laughter or ’a +resata

+

.keywords: positivity, saying yes, joy, practising gratitude, +success, things coming together, life’s simple pleasures, allowing +yourself to simply be, connecting to a dynamic life force.

+

Two children on a horse laugh in harmony. They hold each other’s +hands and wave a flag. The sun shines on them and sunflowers grow around +them. Laughter is undoubtedly a positive card. It represents enthusiasm, +growth and victory. Your good choices will pay off, you will soon laugh +again, victory is so close you may already taste it. Joy will fill your +heart and life will once again seem light-hearted and effortless.

+

Reversed

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Laughter is reversed, but do not panic. Victory is just not as close +as you thought it would be. A setback has brought you back into a +quieter place. There is a key element missing before you may achieve +that state of perfect joy. The effort will now need to be given to +finding once again things that make your heart swell up with joy, the +things that make you walk so light you feel you may just fly away. +Follow them and soon Laughter will come back.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 18. the sun.

+

✳ zodiac correspondence: leo.

+

keywords: hope, love and support, coming home to yourself, self-care, +healing, being true to yourself, being guided by your intuition, +integrity, honesty, a positive new start or new vision.

+

A Christmas tree sits lit by candles, next to a window. On the +windowsill sits a still warm cup of cocoa, framed by the view of an +enormous star that illuminates the snowy field. Christmas is a card of +hope. A time of renewal, comfort and homeliness lie ahead. It is now +time to leave the hard times behind. The star shines alone through the +window, filling the landscape with positivity and opportunity.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 16. the star.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: aquarius.

+

✳ 43. the +gossiping woman or ‘a donna o’ barcone

+

.keywords: liberation, freedom, casting off shackles, laying down of +old baggage, total accountability for self, integrity, honesty, +forgiveness, allowing yourself to move forwards.

+

A woman with rollers in her hair stands on a balcony, looking down, +where a flock of ravens emerge from the darkness. This is a lofty card, +as, like Lament and the Set Table, it carries the theme of +accountability. In this particular case, it talks about being honest and +thorough about yourself. The Gossiping Woman sees all of you and calls +you to do the same. It is holding a mirror to your entire life, +successes and failure. You must face the Gossiping Woman to liberate +yourself and fly towards freedom. Moving forward unencumbered requires +acknowledgement of the present moment and everything that it +carries.

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Reversed

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Now the Gossiping Woman can not see you. This is an indication that +you refuse to acknowledge the hurt or pain that was caused to you and +the pain that you have caused yourself. However, you must own your +mistakes and let them be. When the Gossiping Woman is reversed, it asks +you to find forgiveness, for yourself and others. It will be hard work +and may take a great amount of time, but the Gossiping Woman watches and +is rooting for you to be able to free yourself of this burden.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 19. judgement.

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✳ zodiac correspondence: scorpio.

+

✳ 45. the good wine ’o vino +

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.keywords: completion, a sense of wholeness, knowing who you are in +the world, having a sense of place, feeling deeply connected to all +things, reaching your goal, celebration, jubilation.

+

Three friends are celebrating, drinking Good Wine and dancing on the +world, surrounded by a crown of vines, representing victory. One holds a +flag and another a wand, bringing your journey to a close. This is the +end of the road, the last card in this deck. The spiritual guide that +brought you Coffee now brings you here. The completion of the cycle and +the celebration that comes thereafter. You have changed and grown and +now the energy of wholeness shines. Soon it will dissipate as life +shifts into a new beginning, but for now, the Good Wine urges you to +relish in your successes. One day you will surrender again to the flow +and remember that you are the same person that started this journey, +filled with infinite possibilities.

+

Reversed

+

The Good Wine may not be drunk yet, completion is not yet within +reach. The end seemed in sight but you tried cutting corners and there +is still work to be done. The result will only bring fulfilment if the +effort has been thorough and earnest. Keep dreaming, keep working and +soon the Good Wine will be yours.

+

✳ tarot correspondence: 20. the world.

+

✳ zodiac correspondence: all signs.

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The Fiction Friction cards are made by two wanderers who spent a fair +amount of time thinking about healing, witchcraft and (contemporary) +witch-hunting, rituals, and Tarot culture. This approach can be seen as +a way to create a ritual or a (personal) journey into a collective +representation. The cards are carriers of our identities, individual +past, memory, momentary frictions and fictions. We intended to reclaim +the tarot reading ritual and reconsider the relation between the given +card interpretation and the figure of the fortuneteller by reversing it. +A group of players is invited to explore each card and reimagine its +meaning as a collective. We are keen to see how similar or completely +different experiences can be shared and new insights learned through +each round of exercise. This game serves as a tool that gives to the +group the possibility to write together, meet, connect, talk about +unspeakable things, share, interpret or even get into conflict. Each +card is a starting point, an interface for an opening, a promising +healing, a collective moment.

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Fiction Friction is a tool for (hyper)textual conversations on (via) +abstract/symbolic/surrealistic collage cards. We based our collaging on +political events that we have experienced or have been part of our +memories, mythological figures from our cultures, collective memory +moments, literature that has inspired us, musical references, +individuals etc. The main components of the game are a deck of +illustrated cards, dice with different methods of interpretation, an +empty deck to host the new potential stories along with a a deck of +questions created by the players.

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-One player picks a card from the illustrated card deck along with a +question card and places them in the middle. The card is the starting +point of a collective story.

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-In turns, players write their own interpretation of the collage card +having in mind the revealed question card that works as a navigator for +the story. (There is the possibility to use the dice in the process so +as to specify the method that a player should use to “write”)

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Console is an oracle; an emotional first aid kit that helps you help +yourself. Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of +healing; Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries. +Face the past and encounter your fortune. Console gives you a new +vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and +care; Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. Are you +ready to play?

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Lídia Pereira (ed.) Artemis Gryllaki (ed.) Manetta Berends Joseph +Knierzinger Steve Rushton Leslie Robbins Michael Murtaugh Sébastien Tien +and the Page Not Found team Anna M. Szaflarski Paul DD Smith Shana +Moulton Bérénice Serra The Sun is its father The Moon its mother The +Wind hath carried it in its belly The Earth is its nurse

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+{% endif %} {% endfor %} diff --git a/web/00-booklet/print_style.css b/web/00-booklet/print_style.css index 618588d..acb9921 100644 --- a/web/00-booklet/print_style.css +++ b/web/00-booklet/print_style.css @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{ h1{ font-size: 1.8rem; break-before: left; - break-after: right; + /* break-after: right; */ background-color: var(--spot-color-1); color: #fff; height: 186mm; @@ -116,4 +116,13 @@ section{ ::selection{ background-color: var(--spot-color-1); color: #ccc; +} + +.toc-title{ + break-before: none; + break-after: none; +} +.toc-title a::after{ + content: target-counter(attr(href url), page); + float: right; } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/web/generate-booklet.py b/web/generate-booklet.py index 3afa006..68af21c 100644 --- a/web/generate-booklet.py +++ b/web/generate-booklet.py @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from glob import glob import os import subprocess import jinja2 +import json # https://devdocs.io/python~3.9/library/glob#glob.glob # files = glob("content/**", recursive=True) @@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ all_html = [] folders = open('./00-booklet/section-order.txt').read().splitlines() stoplist = ["00-booklet", "spin-wheel"] # print(folders) +titles = [] for folder in folders: if folder in stoplist: @@ -32,8 +34,17 @@ for folder in folders: print("===========") file = file.replace(" ", "\ ") print(file) - md_data = open(file).read() - #all_md += "\n"+md_data + md_data = open(file, encoding='utf-8').read() + + #grab metadatas + metapandoc = f"pandoc {file} --template=./00-booklet/pandoc-metadata.template" + file_metadata = subprocess.check_output(metapandoc, shell=True, text=True,encoding="utf-8") + print("You did it! You fount the metadata, good job. Its:", file_metadata) + try: + file_dictionary = json.loads(file_metadata) + titles.append(file_dictionary["title"]) + except KeyError as err: + print(err) # use pandoc to turn file into html pandoc_command = "pandoc -f markdown -t html " + file @@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ for folder in folders: print("html has been generated!") all_html.append(html_data) - elif file.endswith((".jpg",".png")): + elif file.endswith((".jpg",".png",".jpeg",".jfif",".bmp")): print("image found yay",file) output_file=file.replace(folder,"./00-booklet") copy_command=f"cp {file} {output_file}" @@ -50,12 +61,12 @@ for folder in folders: #html to template environment - +print("Los titlos: ", titles) env = jinja2.Environment(loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader("00-booklet")) template = env.get_template("booklet.template.html") -booklet_html = template.render(content=all_html) +booklet_html = template.render(content=all_html,titles=titles) #print("this is the html: ", booklet_html) -output = open("00-booklet/booklet.html", "w") +output = open("00-booklet/booklet.html", "w",encoding="utf-8") output.write(booklet_html) output.close() print("booklet html files saved!")