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<h6 id="console">CONSOLE</h6>
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<p><br class="page-break"></p>
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<h3 id="xpub-special-issue-xx">xpub special issue xx</h3>
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<p>Console is an oracle; an emotional First Aid Kit that helps you help
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yourself. Console invites you to open the box and discover ways of
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healing. Console provides shelter for your dreams, memories and worries.
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Face the past and encounter your fortune. Console gives you a new
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vantage point; a set of rituals and practices that help you cope and
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care. Console asks everyday questions that give magical answers. Are you
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ready to play?</p>
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<p>Ada, Aglaia, Boyana, Cara, Stephen, Suzan.</p>
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<h3 id="section">❤️</h3>
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<h3 id="this-publication-was-made-possible-thanks-to">this publication
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was made possible thanks to:</h3>
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<p>Lídia Pereira (ed.)<br />
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Artemis Gryllaki (ed.)<br />
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Manetta Berends<br />
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Joseph Knierzinger<br />
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Steve Rushton<br />
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Leslie Robbins<br />
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Michael Murtaugh<br />
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Sébastien Tien and the Page Not Found team<br />
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Anna M. Szaflarski<br />
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Paul DD Smith<br />
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Shana Moulton<br />
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Bérénice Serra<br />
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The Sun is its father<br />
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The Moon its mother<br />
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The Wind hath carried it in its belly<br />
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The Earth is its nurse</p>
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<section class="toc">
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<h3>Contents</h3>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-3">Introduction</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-4">Games and Rituals, Kick off sessions</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-5">Monday Morning Rituals</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-6">Click-Click</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-7">Fruitual (fruit + ritual)</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-8">Some Gossip on Gossip</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-9">History of Tarot</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-10">Holographic Oracle Deck</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-11">Long Time</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-12">Pacifist Fortnite</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-13">Papa Louie’s Ghosteria</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-14">Peace</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-15">Sims Mod</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-16">Super(de)construction</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-17">Tetris Fantasies</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-18">The Wheel of Fortune</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-19">Youtube Tarot</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-20">Fiction Friction</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-21">Oracolotto</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-22">The Wheel of Fortune</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-23">The Legend of the Worry</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-24">Bibliography</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-25">SIXX license</a></li>
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<li class="toc-title"><a href="#section-26">Colophon</a></li>
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<h1 id="introduction">Introduction</h1>
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<p>This Special Issue has been an attempt to understand games and
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rituals. Instead of an introduction, we will try to unravel this
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mysterious journey as well as keep questioning and collaging.</p>
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<p>We mapped the common characteristics and the differences between
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games and rituals in relation to ideology and counter-hegemony. We
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practiced, performed and annotated rituals, connected (or not) with our
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cultural backgrounds while we questioned the magic circle. We dived into
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the worlds of text adventure games and clicking games while drinking
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coffee. We talked about class, base, superstructure, (counter)hegemony,
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ideology and materialism. We discussed how games and rituals can
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function as reproductive technologies of the culture industries. We
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annotated games, focusing on the role of ideology and social
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reproduction. We reinterpreted bits of the world and created stories
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from it (modding, fiction, narrative) focusing on community,
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interaction, relationships, grief and healing.</p>
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<p>The eventual outcome of this process is a console, a magical object,
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a wooden container, a promise of healing. How can the unpacking of
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games, rituals, ideology and superstructure in relation to witch hunting
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become the midwife of a healing box? How can practices of healing and
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care work as counter-hegemonic acts which cure and liberate our souls
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and bodies from patriarchal and capitalistic fetters?</p>
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<p>We didn’t manage to provide you with comprehensive answers or
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conclusive statements. The truth is that this wasn’t our plan. Our
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intention was to create openings for debate or even conflict, to map a
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territory, to invite those who would like to join us.</p>
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<p><em>“What if you are playing tetris and the tetris gods give you
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something apart from the usual seven tetrominoes, like an unexpected
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pregnancy or the end of capitalism?” (Stephen)</em></p>
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<p>Starting with rituals, we claim that they can be understood as
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instruments in the struggle for the exercise of power. Organized by
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<em>repetition</em>, they (re)connect the individual to the collective,
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creating a vision towards a given perception of society. Participation
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in this creative act is determined by several factors: a ritual’s
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function, its relationship to hegemonic power, a collective’s politics
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and objectives, etc.</p>
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<p><em>“Ritual is a means of performing the way things ought to be in
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conscious tension to the way things are in such a way that this
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ritualized perfection is recollected in the ordinary, uncontrolled,
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course of things. Ritual relies for its power on the fact that it is
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concerned with quite ordinary activities, that what it describes and
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displays is, in principle, possible for every occurrence of these acts.
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But it relies, as well, for its power on the fact that, in actuality,
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such possibilities cannot be realized.” (Smith, 1980)</em></p>
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<p><em>“Ideology talks of actions: I shall talk of actions inserted into
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practices. And I shall point out that these practices are governed by
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rituals in which these practices are inscribed, within the material
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existence of an ideological apparatus(…)Ideas have disappeared as such
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to the precise extend that it has emerged that their existence is
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inscribed in the actions of practices governed by rituals defined in the
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last instance by an ideological apparatus.” (Althusser, 1970)</em></p>
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<p>Similarly, videogames create worlds. Often, those worlds mirror our
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own, reproducing certain ideals and values as norms through their
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narrative, game play, design. This trimester we explored world-building
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characteristics found both in rituals and videogames. We critically
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considered those worlds, identifying the key points and elements through
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which specific videogames and rituals circulate political, cultural and
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social values. While this world-building might be interpreted from an
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angle of implicit and explicit bias rooted in hegemonic values, we
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investigated the generative, creative possibilities of such
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characteristics.</p>
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<p><em>“The main task of mass culture is to create, reproduce, and
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manage particular kinds of subjects — workers, consumers, individuals,
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citizens — required for current conditions. To perpetuate their own
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existence, mass media must succeed at representing the violent coercion
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of capitalist systems as natural laws: Of course you have to pay rent to
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live inside; of course you have to buy food to eat; of course you have
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to work if you want to survive. The production of a fungible, disposable
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and migratory working class requires the alienation and atomization of
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communities into individuals, which involves destroying the village,
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kinship structures, indigeneity, and many other previous forms of
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meaning-producing structures, leaving a gap which ideology must fill.
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While the fundamental structures of domination — racism, patriarchy,
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heterosexuality, etc. — form the bedrock of this ideological apparatus,
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the complexity of the always expanding and changing capitalist system
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requires an equally flexible set of subsidiary tools capable of rapidly
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adjusting ideology en masse. In general, media emerge not to meet the
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demands or desires of individual users but to accommodate what the
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predominant mode of production requires.” (Osterweil, 2018)</em></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Our intention was to look into rituals and their overlap with video
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games as a way to explore “forbidden” or otherwise lost knowledge erased
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by oppressive systems (e.g. witch hunts). Understanding games and
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rituals as gateways to alternative ways of relating to Nature, each
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other and (re)production of life, labour, etc, we played together by
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writing fan fiction and spells, developing rituals, analysing and
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creating games together.</p>
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<p>“<em>Sims as social reproduction: some values are certainly given by
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the game (make money to buy nicer things, progress in your career by
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doing tasks that improve your skill, charisma is a skill but not
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kindness) , but also ideology is put into the game by the player. The
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player chooses what to reproduce and often share in the “gallery” or on
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social media. Community being so important in this game then means that
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the crux of the social reproduction is happening when the choices you
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have made in the game are broadcasted. Did you create a heteronormative
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white thin nuclear family that made a lot of money? Or did you choose to
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play differently?” (Ada)</em></p>
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<p><em>“The Communist Party of Second Life (CPSL) aims to be a Marxist,
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internationalist and revolutionary organization for all communists in
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Second Life. The CPSL aims to spread understanding of Marxism among SL
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citizens, to organise support in SL for the class struggle in RL,
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including all struggles of the working class against imperialism and the
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bourgeoisie, its state and wars.” (keksakallu.klata)</em></p>
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<p><em>“The act of the modder’s appropriation of the pre-existing game
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is also similar to Michel de Certeau’s cultural ‘poaching’. De Certeau’s
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everyday bricolors make do with remixing the privatized spaces and
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products of consumer society that they find themselves inhabiting and
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using. Rather than being passive consumers, ordinary people invent
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varied subversive tactics for stealing back the given of everyday life.
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De Certeau writes, ‘Everyday life invents itself by poaching in
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countless ways on the property of others.’” (Schleiner, 2017)</em></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Meanwhile, we explored the figure of the witch as a magical
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practitioner, as a resisting body, a border figure. <em>“Federici
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presents the witch”as the embodiment of a world of female subjects that
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capitalism had to destroy: the heretic, the healer, the disobedient
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wife, the woman who dared to live alone, the obeha woman who poisoned
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the master’s food and inspired the slaves to revolt.” Behind the witch
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hunt, she uncovers a joint effort by the Church and the state to
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establish mechanisms of gendered control of bodies that immanently
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resisted newly instituted regimes of productive and reproductive work.”
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(Timofeeva, 2019)</em></p>
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<p><em>“Sorcerers have always held the anomalous position, at the edge
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of the fields or woods. They haunt the fringes. They are at the
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borderline of the village, or between villages. But sorcerers not only
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exist at the border: as anomalous beings, they are the border itself. In
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other words, the borderline passes through their bodies.” (Deleuze,
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Guattari, 1980)</em></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>How does the understanding of the hunting of the witches that
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happened a few centuries ago in relation to the figure of the witch as a
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marginal, rebellious entity shed light on contemporary witch-hunting?
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How does this knowledge provide us with tools of empowerment,
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emancipation and resistance, and make us reimagine counter-hegemonic
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practices of collective care and healing?</p>
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<img src="wall.jpg" alt="Never stop questioning, never stop mapping." />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Never stop questioning, never stop
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mapping.</figcaption>
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<h6 id="documentation">DOCUMENTATION</h6>
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<h1 id="games-and-rituals-kick-off-sessions">Games and Rituals, Kick off
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sessions</h1>
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id="we-are-looking-at-rituals-and-their-overlap-with-video-games-as-a-way-to-explore-forbidden-or-otherwise-lost-knowledge-erased-by-oppressive-systems.">We
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are looking at rituals and their overlap with video games as a way to
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explore “forbidden” or otherwise lost knowledge erased by oppressive
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<h3 id="on-rituals-and-traditions">On Rituals and Traditions</h3>
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<p>What is a ritual? And tradition? What makes a ritual “ritual”, and
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how does it differ from the traditions? Or are the two the same thing?
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What do rituals and traditions mean through the lens of culture,
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location and time? These and other questions we asked ourselves and one
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another during the first few collaborative sessions of this Special
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Issue. We kept talking and reading for hours about the commonalities and
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differences between the two. There is a lot to explore! We went down
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memory lane and shared memories, childhood recollections, and personal
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stories. Perhaps, dear reader, you have your thoughts on this too?</p>
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<p>But let’s enter a parallel universe!</p>
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<h3 id="on-game-and-play">On Game and Play</h3>
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<p>What is a game? And play? What makes a game “game”, and how does it
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differ from play? Or are the two the same thing? What makes a game? It
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is the rules, the limitations, or perhaps the wins and the losses. Do
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you really need to win in order to play? Or were you being played? To
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try to answer some of these questions, we read and collectively
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annotated the chapter “Defining Games” from the book “Rules of Play -
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Game Design Fundamentals” by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. We
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discovered that games and rituals alike are the gateways to alternative
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ways of relating to Nature, each other and (re)production of life.</p>
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<p>We played together by writing fanfiction and spells, developing
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rituals, and analysing and creating games. What emerged as a tangible
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result from all these discussions is this experimental publication you
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are holding in your hands right now. We named it Console.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Candlestarotjoysticks.png" alt="Candles Tarot Joysticks" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Candles Tarot Joysticks</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="Game-ritual-graph-2.jpeg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Graphing the game-ritual field" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Graphing the game-ritual
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field</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<p>Another thing that came out of our first two sessions was the <em>One
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Sentence Ritual</em>. Each week for six weeks in a row, we wrote down a
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ritual of our own and took turns performing the ritual from the list.
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Coffee fortune-telling, hard drive purifications, collective eating,
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sound meditations, and talking to worry dolls made us reflect on the
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content of the week and our lives.</p>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="map.jpeg" class="white-caption" alt="Mapping somewhere new" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Mapping somewhere new</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</section>
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<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Click-Click">
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<h1>Monday Morning Rituals</h1>
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<section id="section-5" class="section">
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<h1 id="monday-morning-rituals">Monday Morning Rituals</h1>
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<p>For eight weeks, students from XPUB prepared a ritual to perform at
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the top of Monday morning class. We explored cultural rituals such as
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the birthday cake and coffee-ground reading, but also more personal
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rituals such as ‘going to sleep’ rituals, a personal hard-drive
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purification, and the creation of worry-dolls.</p>
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<h4 id="week-1-january-9th-2023-tea-and-cookies">Week 1, January 9th
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2023: Tea and Cookies</h4>
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<p><em>Performed by Artemis and Lídia</em></p>
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<p>Artemis and Lídia introduced us to Monday Morning Rituals on the
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first cold, dark, wintery Monday morning. We shared cookies with tea as
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a way to open up the semester and get to know each other. The ritual of
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a hot drink and cookies is well-known around the world as a moment of
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gathering, peace, gossip, and self-care.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Lidia_Ritual.jpeg" alt="Artemis and Lídia’s Preparations" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Artemis and Lídia’s
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Preparations</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h3 id="week-2-january-16th-2023-coffee-fortune-telling">Week 2, January
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16th 2023: Coffee Fortune-Telling</h3>
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<p><em>Performed by Aglaia</em></p>
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<p>For Aglaia’s ritual, we sat in a circle while the coffee was being
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prepared by the ancient Stove priestess placed in the middle. When done,
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it was served to the participants in special coffee cups. We drank our
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coffee while gossiping and eating cookies. When everybody finished, we
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swirled the cup counter-clockwise three times and turned the coffee cup
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upside down over the cup’s saucer. We waited patiently for five minutes
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for the Fortune to be prepared. Everybody had to tell the Fortune of the
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person sitting on their left side by reading the coffee grounds until we
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completed the circle.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Aglaia_Ritual.jpeg" alt="Aglaia’s Ritual" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Aglaia’s Ritual</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="Aglaia_ritual_2.jpeg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Overturned Coffee Grounds" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Overturned Coffee Grounds</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<h3 id="week-3-january-23rd-2023-hard-drive-purification">Week 3,
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January 23rd 2023 Hard Drive Purification</h3>
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<p><em>Performed by Stephen</em></p>
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<p>Stephen prepared a few zines with instructions to conduct a
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ceremonial cleansing of not only our browser history and cookies but
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also our trash cans/recycle bins. All operating systems were welcome.
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The zine was a reminder to ‘clean’ messy space up (for yourself),
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written in such a way that instructed us to recite sentences at the same
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time, with one person leading the group – a play on the magic
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circle.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Stephen_Ritual.jpeg" alt="Stephen’s Ritual" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Stephen’s Ritual</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h3 id="week-4-january-30th-2023-birthday-cake">Week 4, January 30th
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2023: Birthday Cake</h3>
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<p><em>Performed by Boyana</em></p>
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<p>To celebrate Aglaia’s birthday, Boyana baked a cake, and Ada made
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jellies. We sat in a circle around the cake. The person who had their
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birthday most recently sliced the cake, and we took turns to wish them
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our blessings. After going through a round, we ate together.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Boyana_Ritual_Cake-jelly.jpeg"
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alt="Boyana’s Birthday Cake and Ada’s Jellies" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Boyana’s Birthday Cake and Ada’s
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Jellies</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h3
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id="week-5-february-6th-2023-special-issue-prediction-ritual-sipr">Week
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5, February 6th 2023: Special Issue Prediction Ritual (SIPR)</h3>
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<p><em>Performed by Ada</em></p>
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<p>For Ada’s ritual, Ada brought in a deck of tarot cards to read the
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fortune of the Special Issue you are holding in your hands right
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now.</p>
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<p>Her text made us laugh, and we have chosen to include it in full:</p>
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<p>“The priestess Ada will start the ritual by playing the ceremonial
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music on the sacred Spotify. Candles shall be turned on. Then three
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human sacrifices will be selected amongst the group through a collective
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decision. The three sacrificial people will then select three cards from
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either of the two decks given by the priestess. While they do so, they
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must think of the special issue. The priestess will then interpret the
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cards and together we shall rejoice in having found out our Special
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Issue’s future.”</p>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="ada_ritual.jpeg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Unfortunately, we were too distracted by our fortune to take a picture. Here is a stock image instead." />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Unfortunately, we were too distracted by
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|
our fortune to take a picture. Here is a stock image
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instead.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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|
<h3
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|
|
id="week-6-february-13th-2023-guided-meditation-a-nighttime-ritual">Week
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6, February 13th 2023: Guided Meditation (A Nighttime Ritual)</h3>
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<p><em>Performed by Cara</em></p>
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<p>Cara’s ritual relates to her history of having a hard time falling
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asleep at night. Over the years, she has found that music - especially
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|
quiet music with the sound of nature (field recordings) – really helps
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her fall asleep. She DJs outside of class and plays a lot of ambient,
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|
narrative DJ sets. For her ritual, she played a sound piece made of
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field recordings around Rotterdam (the sound of water lapping against a
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|
water taxi, the sound of wind, the sound of rain) and read a poem about
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|
sleeplessness from a collection of literature about the Night. The
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ritual meant to lull everyone to a moment of peace.</p>
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|
<figure>
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|
<img src="Cara_Ritual.jpeg" alt="Cara’s Ritual" />
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|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Cara’s Ritual</figcaption>
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|
|
</figure>
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|
<h3 id="week-7-february-20th-2023-worry-dolls">Week 7, February 20th
|
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|
2023: Worry Dolls</h3>
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<p><em>Performed by Irmak</em></p>
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<p>Irmak’s ritual was about how to ease our worries. We wrote down our
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worries on a pink piece of paper and shared them with a handmade doll
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|
that Irmak brought. These dolls are called Worry dolls (also called
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|
trouble dolls; in Spanish, Muñeca quitapena) and originate from
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Guatemala. There is one in each box of our special issue.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Irmak_Ritual.jpeg" alt="Irmak’s Ritual – A Worry Doll" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Irmak’s Ritual – A Worry
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|
Doll</figcaption>
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|
</figure>
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|
<h3
|
|
|
id="week-10-march-13th-2023-that-distant-future-when-we-share-a-tea">Week
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|
|
10, March 13th 2023: That Distant Future When We Share a Tea</h3>
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|
<p><em>Performed by Chae</em></p>
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|
<p>Special Guest Chaeyoung Kim joined us in a ritual involving drinking
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|
tea, steaming glasses and collective healing through care and
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|
|
conversation. Over bubbling background sounds, we talked about our
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|
|
experiences of a recent global pandemic that had an effect on us all,
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|
|
and we recreated the isolating experience of wearing glasses with a
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|
mask. Finally, we wiped each others glasses back to clarity, from a
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|
distance but somehow at the same time closer.</p>
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|
<div class="full-image">
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|
<figure>
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|
<img src="chae3.jpg" class="white-caption"
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|
|
alt="Collective clearing of the fog." />
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|
|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Collective clearing of the
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|
|
fog.</figcaption>
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|
|
</figure>
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|
|
</div>
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|
</section>
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|
<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Fruitual (fruit + ritual)">
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|
<h1>Click-Click</h1>
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|
|
</section> -->
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|
|
<section id="section-6" class="section">
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|
<h1
|
|
|
id="click-click-the-clicking-game-a-matter-of-accumulation">click-click,
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|
|
the clicking game — a matter of accumulation</h1>
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|
|
<p>A couple of months ago, I didn’t even know clicking games existed.
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|
When I played for the first time, I couldn’t understand why people were
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|
|
intrigued enough to devote themselves to clicking, and I still struggle
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|
|
to understand it. I wanted to create a clicking game that would
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|
highlight the act of clicking to the player through the interface of the
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|
|
screen. People would see a hand clicking on their screen, and then at
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|
the next stage, a person in front of a screen (with a hand clicking)
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|
clicking etc. My poor java script skills didn’t allow me to realise my
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|
|
initial idea, so eventually, I came up with a really simple version of
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|
|
the click_click game. People click on the click button that makes a
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|
|
“click” sound. Every time they click, a new button is generated. The aim
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|
is to click and accumulate bricks. A repetitive performance. You click,
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|
you gain. The game ends when you fill your screen and build a wall of
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|
|
click buttons. Then the screen clears automatically, and a small victory
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|
|
message appears. What happens when the only function performed is
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|
clicking? Nothing, I guess.</p>
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|
<figure>
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|
<img src="click.png" alt="the click wall" />
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|
|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">the click wall</figcaption>
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|
|
</figure>
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|
</section>
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|
<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Some Gossip on Gossip">
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|
|
<h1>Fruitual (fruit + ritual)</h1>
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|
|
</section> -->
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|
|
<section id="section-7" class="section">
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|
<h1 id="fruitual">Fruitual</h1>
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|
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<h2 id="text-adventure-game-about-fruits-and-rituals">text adventure
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|
game about fruits and rituals</h2>
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|
|
<p>Creating a text adventure game is no easy feat. It takes a lot of
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|
time, creativity, trial and error. The key to creating an interesting
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game is putting yourself in the player’s shoes and making sure there are
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|
plenty of fun twists and turns along the way.</p>
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|
|
<p>I decided to keep my game simple and tell a linear story. I used a
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web engine called Twine (twinery.org, an open-source tool for telling
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|
interactive, nonlinear stories) to help generate the game’s storyline,
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|
and I adapted the script from a Bulgarian fairytale (“The Most Precious
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|
|
Fruit”). But things didn’t always go smoothly. When the python script
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|
started generating the wrong messages for players who strayed from the
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|
script, I tried to find solutions on StackOverflow, but it was all too
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|
complicated for me.</p>
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|
<p>In the end, the game took me around 6-7 hours to make, including
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|
writing, coding, mapping, editing, and lots of trial-and-error. It was a
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|
|
great learning experience, but it also taught me that game development
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can be tough if you don’t have much coding experience. I had to approach
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|
it more from a writer’s perspective and figure out the coding later.</p>
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|
<p>I learned that game development is an iterative process, and
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|
sometimes your initial ideas might be more complex than what you end up
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with. It’s all part of the journey. Before starting this project, I had
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|
no idea text adventure games existed, but now I’m happy to say I’ve made
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one in just a few weeks. Lastly, I would like to express my appreciation
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for the guidance and support provided by our prototyping tutors in
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developing these projects.</p>
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<p>(Full story “The Most Precious Fruit” available at:
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|
https://fairytalez.com/the-most-precious-fruit/)</p>
|
|
|
<figure>
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|
<img src="twine-map.png" alt="Twine" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Twine</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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|
<img src="twine-map.png" class="white-caption" alt="" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true"></figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</section>
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|
<!-- <section class="header-page" id="History of Tarot">
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<h1>Some Gossip on Gossip</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-8" class="section">
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<h1 id="some-gossip-on-gossip-and-what-coffee-has-to-do-with-it.">Some
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Gossip on gossip and what coffee has to do with it.</h1>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="image1.jpg"
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alt="Tittle Tattle; or The Feveral Branches of Gofsipping, British Museum Collection" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Tittle Tattle; or The Feveral Branches of
|
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|
Gofsipping, British Museum Collection</figcaption>
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|
</figure>
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|
|
</div>
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|
<p>In the 12th century, “Godsipp” (God and sib (akin), godmother or
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godfather) was a word used for both men and women in fables and society.
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|
The church also recognized this word. It was used to name companions
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present at childbirth, e.g. the midwife. Sometimes, it was used to
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mention close friends. It represented the strong ties between women,
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|
which surpassed their relationship with their husbands. Was it witchery
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that strong and independent women preferred their gossip over their
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husbands? Well, that is something that hasn’t changed since the middle
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ages. </p>
|
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<figure>
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|
<img src="image2.jpg"
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alt="Tittle Tattle; or The Feveral Branches of Gofsipping, British Museum Collection" />
|
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|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Tittle Tattle; or The Feveral Branches of
|
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Gofsipping, British Museum Collection</figcaption>
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|
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</figure>
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<p>“Godsipp” began its journey with nothing but good and emotionally
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strong connotations. Women bloomed and blossomed among each other and
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were autonomous in their existence. Men were never a part of this party
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women were throwing. By the 16th century, as things began to change, the
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traditional meaning lingered on. In 1602, the word was still used to
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signify female friendships. This can be seen in Samuel Rowlands’s
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<em>Tis Merrie When Gossips Meete</em>, a satirical piece describing
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three London women spending hours in a tavern talking about men and
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marriages. It implied that ‘women could create their social networks and
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|
their own social space’ and stand up to male authority (Federici,
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|
|
2019).</p>
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|
<p>Solidarity and friendship amongst women were demeaned and
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female-exclusive parties were banned; women who met in public were
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identified as “witches” and women’s first duty was now to be obedient
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and quiet. The talk about husbands at taverns was too hurtful for the
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sensitive male ego. The public, the church and the law punished women
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who engaged in “idle talk”. Centuries past, the sensitive male ego
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remains and continues to attack women from many angles which now include
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cyberbullying, mobbing at the workspace and other violent
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|
iterations. </p>
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|
<p>Wives who were seen as “scolds” and “witches” were forced under
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sadistic torture with a “scold bridle”. Looking back, I can’t help but
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|
see these sadistic, desperate acts as a meek scream of how men couldn’t
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get even close to satisfying women physically or mentally. If they spent
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|
some time working on female anatomy rather than these horrifying torture
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|
methods, we would be living in a different world today… </p>
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|
<p>Here is an excerpt from a song which portrays women in a tavern.
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These words on ale and wine are an ancient remedy for us to consider
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today when we are out drinking with our “gossips”:</p>
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<p>“In a 1630s song, Fowre wittie gossips disposed to be merry, a group
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of married women in a tavern debate the merits of ale and wine in
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relation to cost and value. They conclude, ‘If our opinions do not
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faile: / a quart twelve cups [of wine] containeth, / Its cheaper then a
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dozen of ale, / where froth and snuffes remaineth’. (‘Snuffes’ was the
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‘backwash’ left when, as was common, multiple people drank from a single
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vessel.) The wives also point out that the after-effects of drinking
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sack (a Spanish white wine) are much less injurious than those of
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drinking too much ale. In consequence, they will not suffer hangovers
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from drinking all night, as all their husbands are. (McShane,
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|
2016)” </p>
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<p>It was in this context that “gossip” turned from a word of friendship
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and affection into a word of denigration and ridicule (Federici,
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|
2019).</p>
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<p><strong>So what does coffee have to do with it?</strong></p>
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<p>Fortune telling over coffee stretches back to the 16th century, when
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the beans made it to the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. In the
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Ottoman Empire, concubines in the Harem were banned from talking and
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“gossiping”. They had a great influence on sultans (although not
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officially recognized by men themselves), and therefore affected the
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political decisions and affairs of the Empire. Out of solidarity, women
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began to perform fortune-telling over the remains of coffee inside and
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outside coffee cups. This way, they could talk about their fears and
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inner</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="image3.jpg" alt="kahvegibikahve.com/blog" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">kahvegibikahve.com/blog</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>worlds freely. I can’t help but see the similarity with the
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oppression women went through in relation to “gossip”. The striking
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difference is that fortune telling over coffee didn’t change its
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connotation with time. Today, it is also an act of solidarity or a
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chance to “gossip”, one might say. </p>
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<p>“In this painting, an Ottoman woman drinking coffee and her maid
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serving her is depicted. It is known that the painting is from the first
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half of the 18th century. The work of Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, ‘Turkish
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Girl Drinking Coffee on the Sedir’ was based on this Ottoman woman, who
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is the main figure of the painting. The maid, who is positioned on the
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right side of the painting and serves on her knees, is noticed as the
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other interesting side of the painting. The large and ostentatious
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headdress on the head of the Ottoman woman stands out as another element
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that focuses attention on the work. It is also known that the headdress
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in question was inspired by the picture of a serpentine woman in the
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book of the Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruyn, who visited Turkey in the
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17th century.”</p>
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<p>Whether with gossip or chatting over coffee, women have always found
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a way to express themselves regardless of oppression. These rituals were
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performed by women as an act of sisterhood and out of respect for both
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their inner worlds and each other. It is undeniable that gossip still
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brings people together and that centuries of oppression failed to change
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that. Through the centuries, as the word began to be weaponized against
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women and became a tool to turn against each other, I can’t help but
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wonder how unfair pop culture has been to women. In any magazine or TV
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series, anyone can spot a gossip scene</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="image4.jpg" class="white-caption"
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alt="kahvegibikahve.com/blog" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">kahvegibikahve.com/blog</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<p>with negative consequences or aim. A woman is sassy, “bitchy” or evil
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when she gossips, but why do we still let our acts be defined by the
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misogynistic portrayal of men?</p>
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<p>Nowadays, the notions of gossip or fortune telling may be used as
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something you wouldn’t want to be a part of because it could harm
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someone. Let’s oppose the negative connotation assigned by men to these
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words and use them as a joyful gathering. Reclaiming gossip and fortune
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telling as an intimate support system, a strong web, is the least we can
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do to honour the women who met at taverns and shared a part of their
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souls with each other.</p>
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<p><br class="page-break"></p>
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<h3
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id="how-to-make-the-perfect-turkish-coffee-and-some-guides-for-fortune-telling">How
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to make the perfect Turkish coffee and some guides for
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fortune-telling:</h3>
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<ol type="1">
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<li>Put two teaspoons of coffee in “cezve”, the traditional pot. </li>
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<li>Add one cup of cold water to the pot. Mix once with the spoon. The
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ratio is one cup, and two teaspoons of coffee. </li>
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<li>Begin cooking at a low temperature until the top coat gets
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darker. </li>
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<li>Cook at a high temperature until the point where the coffee begins
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rising. </li>
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<li>Take the pot off the oven right before it overflows. </li>
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<li>Take the foamy part with a teaspoon and put it in the cup before
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pouring the rest. This will protect the foam. The foam is important for
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quality check.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>😊</p>
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</section>
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<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Holographic Oracle Deck">
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<h1>History of Tarot</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-9" class="section">
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<h1 id="an-hypothesised-and-randomly-factual-history-of-tarot-cards">An
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hypothesised and randomly factual History of Tarot Cards</h1>
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<p>What follows is the story of a deck of cards and all the more-or-less
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believable claims made about its origin. This brief history was compiled
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following sources that attempted accurate historic recalling instead
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of the most commonly shared semiotic, occultist story. However, despite
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all efforts, the found sources told a convoluted tale due to the
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misinterpretation of age, sources and authorship common to any ancient
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texts on magic and mysticism (Dummett, 1993). As such, the following
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text will recall the disproven stories that were told about the origin
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of Tarot, some factual sourced material and a modern description of its
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usage.</p>
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<p>When we talk about Tarot cards, we are talking about a deck of
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playing cards composed of ten numeral cards and four court cards (Jack,
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Knight, Queen and King) for each of the four suits (Swords, Batons, Cups
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and Coins). Alongside these more common cards, Tarot includes 22 ‘trump’
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cards with allegorical illustrations. The trumps form a sequence,
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usually numbered from 1 to 21, with the single card of The Fool being
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separated (Decker, Depaulis & Dummett, 1996). </p>
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<p>This specific deck of cards’ history begins at the bottom of a well
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in 1440’s Northern Italy, where we place its first appearance in
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history. From there on we can easily find links to the common usage of
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these cards in Northern Italy; from Milano to Bologna and Ferrara
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(Steele, 1900). These cards, initially called <em>Trionfi</em> and then
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<em>Tarocchi</em>, are thought to have been intended for card games,
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regardless of their occasional usage in future-telling (Dummet,
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1993). This finding helps us trace a factual beginning of Tarot but
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leaves an open question as to how these cards gained their place as the
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primary tool used in modern occultism and mysticism for cartomancy. </p>
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<figure>
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<img src="Visconti-Sforza-Tarot.jpg"
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alt="Image of the First Tarot Deck" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Image of the First Tarot
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Deck</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>While this is where the story begins to get intricate, it is clear
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that the first wide spread future-telling performance appeared in France
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in the 18th century. At this point, the history of tarot was to be
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influenced by what each fortune teller imagined the history of the cards
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to be. To fully reveal this, I will first attempt to map the most
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notable occultists that used the cards and wrote historical notations
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about their deviance, and the stories they told about them.</p>
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<p>The first encounter we have between Tarot, magical theory and
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practice happens in the <em>Monde primitif,</em> an incredibly long
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essay about Tarot cards written in 1781 by Antoine Court de Gébelin.
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With this text, the pastor began what would be the endless repository of
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arcane esoteric wisdom within Tarot that would follow the cards for
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generations (Chisholm, 1911). In this text, Gébelin attributed the
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cards’ origin to ancient Egypt, a theory that is to this day accepted as
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truthful. This belief was based on an erroneous link to “The Book of
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Thoth”, an ancient Egyptian text about magic that is believed to have
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been spread through Europe by Romans. This belief was then substantiated
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with a similar essay by Comte de Mellet (Decker,1993). Promptly, a
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Parisian fortune teller named Jean-Baptiste Alliette, professionally
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known as Etteilla, having found these theories, adapted the esoteric
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view of the cards to his own uses. He switched his own practice from
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traditional French piquet cartomancy to the use of a self-made Tarot
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card deck. This deck was based on the previously shared Hermetic
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ideologies and was named “The Book of Toth” (Decker, 1993).</p>
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<p>The next fundamental spin that was applied to the cards’ background
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was done by Éliphas Levi, another French esoterist. Levi repudiated
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Etteilla’s theory and integrated a version of the cards that were closer
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to the original than his own Cabalistic magical system. While Levi’s
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understanding of the cards’ travel from Egypt to Judea and into Jewish
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tradition was historically mistaken, it nonetheless revolutionized Tarot
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in ways that survive to this day. His Cabalistic theory about signs
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being letters, letters being absolute ideas and absolute ideas being
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numbers can still be seen in modern iterations of Tarot.</p>
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<p>At this point, Tarot’s journey speeds up as the cards leave France
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and become absorbed into new esoteric movements like Swedenborgianism,
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Mesmerism and Spiritualism (Decker, Depaulis & Dummet, 1996).</p>
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<p>Before we make another jump through time towards the next relevant
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development of Tarot, I will share the last of the three false
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widespread theories about the origin of Tarot (the first two being
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ancient Egypt and Judaism, despite the latter’s influence on modern
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Tarot).</p>
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<p>This last theory is harder to trace back to one esoteric influence,
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and it claims a Chinese origin to the cards. This is most likely due to
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the similarity between Tarot and the I Ching, a divination manual from
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around 1000 BC. This manual was grounded in cleromancy, i.e. the
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production of random numbers with the purpose of predicting divine
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intention. However, there is no traceable connection between Chinese
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cleromancy and Tarot divination. Modern analyses of Chinese Tarot
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divination draw a direct correlation between Western occultism and Tarot
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divination, leaving little room to imagine any direct causation starting
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from China (Fu, Li, Lee, 2002).</p>
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<p>The next big step will bring us to Britain in the late 19th century,
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to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn was a secret
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|
society devoted to occult Hermetic Kabbalah and one of the largest
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|
single influences on Western occultism as a whole (Jenkins, 2000). While
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the society itself had a wide curriculum including astrology, alchemy
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and geomancy (soil divination), our concern at this moment are their
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links to Tarot cards.</p>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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|
<img src="etteilla.jpg" alt="Image from Etteilla’s Deck" />
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|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Image from Etteilla’s Deck</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<p>In 1909, two mystics and members of the Golden Dawn, A.E. Waite and
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|
Pamela Colman Smith, published a deck of re-made Tarot cards through the
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|
Rider Company which reflected Golden Dawn’s magic system. Later, these
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cards became known as the Rider-Waite Tarot (Dean, 2015). This deck was
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|
based on the Sola Busca tarot, with symbolism derived from Egyptian and
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|
Christian traditions and Levi’s descriptions. This deck has since become
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|
the paradigm and touchstone through which modern occultists think of
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|
Tarot. Between the distribution of this deck and the use of the cards in
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|
the Golden Dawn, it became axiomatic among followers of various
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traditions of mysticism that Tarot is an essential component of any
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occult science.</p>
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|
<p>Today, Tarot is emblematic and incredibly wide spread as the most
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common future-telling method and device. Tens and thousands of different
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formats exist, often falling under the category of Oracle cards. While
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these do not share the clear formatting rules of Tarot, they are still
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used for divination and self-reflection purposes through the
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interpretation of allegorical illustrations.</p>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="Rider-Waite_Pents.jpg"
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alt="Image from the Raider-Waite deck" />
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|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Image from the Raider-Waite
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|
deck</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</section>
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|
<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Long Time">
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<h1>Holographic Oracle Deck</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-10" class="section">
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|
<h1 id="holographic-oracle-deck">Holographic Oracle Deck</h1>
|
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|
<h2
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|
id="crystals-energy-is-a-holographic-oracle-deck-exploring-a-range-of-energy-sources-through-the-nature-of-crystals-and-minerals-as-energy-storing-matter.">‘Crystals
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& Energy’ is a holographic oracle deck exploring a range of energy
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sources through the nature of crystals and minerals as energy-storing
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matter.</h2>
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|
<p>Lídia and Artemis, Special Issue 20 guest editors, asked us to modify
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an oracle deck of our choice. We, Cara and Boyana, prototyped a
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holographic oracle deck where a type of crystal is coupled with a type
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|
of energy resource in a single card in an attempt to talk about the
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|
|
global energy crisis we are facing today. It was important to us to
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provide multiple perspectives not only on how energy is used but where
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and under what conditions it is sourced. We attempted this by using
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crystals sourced in particular areas to provide a specific insight and
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|
perspective onto a facet of the global energy ecosystem. In practice,
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our deck provides an educational experience through the use of a DIY
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prism and complimentary audiovisual materials, which serve to create an
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immersive learning environment.</p>
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|
<p>After a quick research, we decided to couple Aquamarine and Liquified
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Natural Gas (LNG) which we thought would fit nicely as a first example
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of such a card.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Why Aquamarine?</em></strong> It looks like water that
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has been crystallised; stored energy; compression; solidified; put under
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pressure, or exposed to a specific temperature so that it changes its
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state (from liquid to solid).</p>
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<p><strong><em>Why LNG?</em></strong> It is natural gas that has been
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liquified; compressed; liquified; put under pressure, or exposed to a
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specific temperature so it changes its state (from gas to liquid);
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stores energy that can be channelled later.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="LNG-and-Aquamarine.jpg" alt="LNG and Aquamarine" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">LNG and Aquamarine</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>Next, we wrote a short poem weaving these two elements into an
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everyday narrative. Later, this poem served as a script to create a
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voice narration (a one-minute-long audio piece) that went into the video
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creation process. Although the final text deviates slightly from our
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initial idea, we felt the change was appropriate, as it was inspired by
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a conversation we had with our tutor, Steve, earlier that day. He talked
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about his childhood memories of collecting rocks in notebooks, perhaps
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|
similar to what geologists do when documenting their discoveries. He
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also mentioned a few things about caverns and a mine (which later turned
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into a museum) located near the city in which he used to live.</p>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="Aquamarine-Poem.jpg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Aquamarine Poem" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Aquamarine Poem</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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|
<p>To visualise the card, we used a hologram video-maker app. The
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process was fun and easy. All we had to do was simply find a
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high-resolution image of the Aquamarine crystal on a black surface and
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upload it into the app. Lastly, we made a model of a pyramid prism so
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that we could demonstrate the prototype fully. To get the full
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|
holographic effect, we had to put it on top of a phone screen and play
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the video, which we uploaded on YouTube and embedded as a link onto our
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Special Issue’s website.</p>
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|
<p>We saw in this prototype a potential to provide new knowledge, to
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create an engaging learning experience around energy sources, and also
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to provide a bit of wonder and immersion into a discourse that can often
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feel dense. By combining these different elements, we were hoping to
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create an unusual experience that can help people better understand and
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appreciate the importance of energy sources and sustainability. It will
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be interesting to see how our prototype evolves and impacts people’s
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perceptions of these topics.</p>
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<p><img src="Diamond-holo.jpg" alt="Diamond" /> <img
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src="Earth-holo.jpg" alt="Earth" /> <img src="Jellyfish-holo.jpg"
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alt="Jellyfish" /> <img src="UFO-holo.jpg" alt="UFO" /></p>
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</section>
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<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Pacifist Fortnite">
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<h1>Long Time</h1>
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</section> -->
|
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<section id="section-11" class="section">
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<h1 id="long-time">Long Time</h1>
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<h2 id="six-sigma-fortune-telling">Six Sigma Fortune Telling</h2>
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<p>The future cannot be predicted with certainty, but our current
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understanding in various scientific fields means we can predict some
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far-future events, if only in the broadest outline. These fields include
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astrophysics, particle physics, evolutionary biology, plate tectonics
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and sociology. The far future begins after the end of the current
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millennium, in 3001 CE, the start of the 4th millennium, and continues
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until the furthest reaches of future time. This timeline includes
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alternative future events that address unresolved scientific questions,
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and is, in fact, not six sigma accurate at all.</p>
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<p>This timeline (based on Wikipedia’s <a
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future">Timeline
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of the Far Future</a>) claims to make accurate predictions far into the
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future at timescales that are difficult to comprehend; beyond our
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lifetimes, beyond the death of the earth, beyond the death of atoms. The
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scientific method claims to have an intense relationship to the material
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world which is “orders of magnitude” more accurate than other ways of
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interacting with and understanding where we are. Scientist often pits
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themself “against” the fortune-teller, the tarot reader, or the mystic,
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and yet they make even bigger claims about our collective future. Is
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there any way to disprove the scientist’s method in their own mind?</p>
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<p>This web-based game attempts to highlight the uselessness of this
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approach. Sometimes a human can have no effect on the extreme truth that
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science offers, or to put it more usefully, sometimes, science has
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nothing to offer humans. This timeline uses scientific and objective
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distance to avoid the most inevitable and obvious event in the future:
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your own death. Death is non-relational: no one can die in one’s place,
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and we cannot understand our own death through the death of others
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(Heidegger, Being and Time, 1962). Just like the scientist, the
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philosopher doesn’t have much to offer solace here. So where do we go to
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talk about death?</p>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="long-time-2.png" alt="The future" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The future</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<h1
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id="sometimes-the-world-as-it-is-and-the-world-as-it-could-be-are-devastatingly-close-to-each-other.">Sometimes
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the world as it is and the world as it could be are devastatingly close
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to each other.</h1>
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<div class="full-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="fortnite-full1.jpg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Screenshot of Fortnite gameplay" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Screenshot of Fortnite
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gameplay</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<p>Is there any point in imagining something that is so similar to the
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nightmare we already live in? The future is a dream but it’s just that
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dream where you remember putting your keys somewhere, but where? You’re
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wandering around looking for them for what feels like hours. Whether it
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was real or not isn’t important, you were still there. Why do we stay
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here? What’s even here for us? If you don’t get them first, they’ll get
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you. Then you wake up and you still can’t find the fucking keys. But
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sometimes it’s sunny and you’re standing there and there’s something
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cinematic about the whole thing, is it worth it just to be there for
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that maybe. There’s really no difference between a dream about falling
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and a dream about flying.</p>
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<p>You search the entire planet, all seven planets, drinking every last
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drop, and still no fucking keys. You’re just watching the whole thing
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anyway so enjoy it, I guess. If you get the rifle you can use the scope
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on it to see things in the distance, but then again, maybe you don’t
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need to see that far. The start is always the best part. Maybe I left
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them in the bathroom? Can I help them, even one of them? They are all so
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busy killing each other I don’t think they can hear. The forests are
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beautiful here. One time I sat down with some of the bots and really got
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to know them. Until the players arrive they just sit there together,
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chatting. They’re really nice actually. And then a player ran up beside
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us, saw that we weren’t trying to hurt them, and left. Maybe they were
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helped, or changed somehow.</p>
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<p>The only reason I’m still here is because you’re still here.</p>
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<p>🚶</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="fortnite-full3.jpg" class="white-caption"
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alt="Screenshot of Fortnite gameplay" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Screenshot of Fortnite
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gameplay</figcaption>
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<h1>Papa Louie’s Ghosteria</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-13" class="section">
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<h1 id="papa-louies-ghosteria">Papa Louie’s Ghosteria</h1>
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<h2
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id="papa-louies-ghosteria-is-a-comic-like-fan-fiction-written-by-us.">Papa
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Louie’s Ghosteria is a comic-like fan fiction written by us.</h2>
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<p>Following a discussion about the texts ‘Notes on Deconstructing The
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Popular’ by Stuart Hall and ‘Game Modding: Cross-Over Mutation and
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Unwelcome Gifts’ from The Player’s Power to Change the Game by
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Anne-Marie Schleiner, we started dissecting the ideology behind the
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games we have played as children. To do that, we utilised several
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prompts to help us examine the ideology that two popular video games
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enforce through their narrative and gameplay.</p>
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<p>The list of questions we needed to answer while playing the game
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includes:</p>
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<p>What are the win conditions?</p>
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<p>If the game is quest based, what types of quests are you asked to
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complete?</p>
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<p>What is the gameplay?</p>
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<p>What is the narrative?</p>
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<p>How much space is there for alternative ways of playing this
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game?</p>
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<p>What is missing?</p>
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<p>What type of relationships are you allowed to form?</p>
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<p>What is the role of non-player characters?</p>
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<p>What are the requirements for surviving the game?</p>
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<p>Which behaviours are rewarded?</p>
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<p>What real-world values are reproduced in the game you are
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playing?</p>
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<p>How are you situated in the hierarchy of the game?</p>
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<p>What change in status is promised?</p>
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<p>What are you being trained for?</p>
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<p>What fantasies are lived out or explored?</p>
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<p>Our team, Irmak, Ada and Boyana, worked on the famous Papa Louie:
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When Pizzas Attack. Soon after we started investigating the game, its
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elements and modifications, we discovered that other players had already
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written heaps of fan fiction about it. We were bewitched by the
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multitude of stories fans have written and the really good memes they
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have created about Papa and his businesses. Yes, plural. Papa’s
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Freezeria. Sushiria. Donuteria. Burgeria. PanCakeria. CupCakeria. Taco
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Mia. Taco Mia To Go. You name it.</p>
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<p>After spending some time analysing the ideology behind the game, we
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discovered a few elements that reinforce a capitalist narrative, such as
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the need to fight to survive and collect coins to purchase weapons. In
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response, we decided to create a new version of the game with a
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storyline that focuses on healing and coping as a response to grief and
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loss, rather than violence. To link the new storyline to SI20’s topic we
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added ritualistic elements as actions during the gameplay.</p>
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<p>What was changed was the topic, purpose and outcome of the game. Papa
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no longer fought to save his customers, but he dealt with his loss and
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grief over what happened. Our version promoted rest and rituals for
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healing instead of revenge-seeking, violence and toxic pizzeria
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culture.</p>
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<p>We started by putting some keywords and suggestions on a blackboard
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about “How To Cope With Grief” and “How to Use Rituals and Ceremonies to
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Overcome Grief” to define what Papa Louie lost and what rituals could
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help him heal.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="papa-louie-story.jpg" alt="The Storyboard" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Storyboard</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>We then made a comic-like storyboard that visualised the new
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narrative for Papa Louie’s Ghosteria. To create a few scenes depicting
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some of the 5 levels we outlined, we used an app called Papa Louie Pals.
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The images turned out pretty nice! Playing around with the app was fun
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mainly because it allowed us to materialise our idea in just a couple of
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hours.</p>
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<p>The gameplay revolves around things Papa lost and the needs he needs
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to fulfil. Different types of losses are organised into the five levels
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of the game:</p>
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<ol type="1">
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<li>loss of safety (innocence, physical safety)</li>
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<li>loss of community (clients, belonging)</li>
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<li>loss of future (hope, dreams)</li>
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<li>loss of identity (dignity, making things himself)</li>
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<li>loss of labour (money, time, effort, pizza)</li>
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</ol>
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<p>To cope with grief Papa Louie performed various rituals, each
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unlocking a new stage in his grieving process and healing from that
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loss. Rituals thus are the actions players needed to execute at each
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level.</p>
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<p>And so our story went like this: <em>The Onion ring mafia kidnapped
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Papa Louie’s clients, and he lost his Pizzeria. However, along with this
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external change, he lost his identity as a pizza owner/maker. He was
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full of grief and sought ways to cope with grief and ease himself. He
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tried different rituals throughout this process, built his new identity
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and overcame his troubles.</em></p>
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<div class="comic-image-main">
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<figure>
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<img src="papa-louie-final.jpg" alt="The Comic" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Comic</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<div class="comic-images">
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<figure>
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<img src="Papa-new-identity.jpg" alt="Papa’s new identity" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Papa’s new identity</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="Papa-on-therapy.jpg" alt="Papa in therapy" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Papa in therapy</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="Papa-tomato-pet.jpg" alt="Papa’s tomato pet" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Papa’s tomato pet</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="New-Papa-friends.jpg" alt="Papa’s new friends" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Papa’s new friends</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<h2 id="papa-louies-text-adventure-healing">Papa Louie’s Text-Adventure
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Healing</h2>
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<p>Following this comic production, a small text-adventure Pyhton game
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was developed following the same storyline. The game was fundamentally
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an explorative game in which the player could follow four levels of
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healing. Playing as Papa Louie and helping him heal his shattered soul,
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the player would go into each room and type “take” or “carry” to pick up
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possibilities for healing. The possibilities for each room were:</p>
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<pre><code>1. empty pizzeria: [closure, catharsis, anger]
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2. living room: [connection, understanding, support]
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3. study room: [expression, hope, new experiences]
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4. bedroom: [self-discovery, self-care]
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5. kitchen: [work, nourishment, purpose].</code></pre>
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<p>Once one had picked up enough healing chances, the game would end and
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thank you for healing Papa. The following picture shows the introductory
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illustration.</p>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="healinggame.png" class="white-caption" alt="The Game" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Game</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</section>
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<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Sims Mod">
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<h1>Peace</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-14" class="section">
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<h1 id="peace">Peace</h1>
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<p><em>Peace</em> is a mindfulness game Cara created as an in-class
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exercise in creating text adventures in python. The game will break at
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any time by saying: “I am now at peace”, but will also break if you
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simply type “peace.”</p>
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<p><em>Peace</em> works less as a game per se, and more as an exercise
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in reconnecting to your senses (smell, temperature, touch) by imagining
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oneself in imaginary landscapes. It takes on the text-adventure format
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by asking its players to respond “yes” to continue at each step.</p>
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<p><br class="page-break"></p>
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<p>Here is an excerpt:</p>
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<pre><code>You are wearing thin cotton. Can you feel
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the warm ground through the layer?
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Can you feel the warmth of the sun on your face?</code></pre>
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<p><em>if yes, then…</em></p>
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<pre><code>The smell of lavender and warm soil is thick in the air.
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The flowers are so full.
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When you just touch them,
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it feels like they burst with beads of lavender oil.
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Their nectar is sweet.
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The air is clear.
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The sky is blue.
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There are no clouds.
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There is only sun and peace and lavender.
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Would you like to explore another daydream?</code></pre>
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<p><em>if yes, then… and so on</em></p>
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<p>You can find the game on our website.</p>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="dovecara.jpg"
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alt="Duif met kroon by Claude Mellan 1608 - 1688, courtesy of the Rijksmuseum’s Free Archive." />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Duif met kroon by Claude Mellan 1608 -
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1688, courtesy of the Rijksmuseum’s Free Archive.</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</section>
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<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Super(de)construction">
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<h1>Sims Mod</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-15" class="section">
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<h1 id="the-player-is-the-author">The Player is the Author</h1>
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<p>In The Sims™ 4, some values are certainly given by the game; make
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money to buy nicer things, progress in your career by doing tasks that
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improve your skills, and charisma is a skill but not kindness. But also
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ideology is put into the game by the player. The player chooses what to
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reproduce and often shares in the “gallery” or on social media. In
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contrast with what has been said by game design theorists in the past
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(Aarseth, 2004), the narrative power and “richness of character” of a
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game like The Sims™ 4 lies precisely in the freedom left open to the
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players. “The positive potential of authorship” comes precisely from the
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malleability and user control once you see that the player is the
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author. Community being so important in this game then means that the
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crux of social reproduction is happening when the choices you have made
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in the game are broadcasted. Did you create a heteronormative white thin
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nuclear family that made a lot of money? Or did you choose to play
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differently?</p>
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<p>The development of this community has also led to a strong culture of
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modding or rewriting the game’s actual code to change appearance,
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performance and behaviour. This brings the power of authorship even more
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into the hands of the players and users.</p>
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<p>In a spirit of respect and love for this community, we have published
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Console as downloadable content for The Sims™ 4. Find out more on
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issue.xpub.nl/20</p>
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<div class="simlish">
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<p><br class="page-break"></p>
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<p>The player es the author</p>
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<p>so the sims™ 4, some values woka certainly given by the game; make
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money to buy nicer things, progress so depper career by doing tasks
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wibbs improve depper skills, aey charisma es a skill but not kindness.
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But also ideology es put into the game by the player. The player chooses
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hooba to reproduce aey often shares so the “gallery” or on social media.
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So contrast with hooba has been said by game design theorists so the
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past (aarseth, 2004), the narrative power aey “richness of character” of
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a game like the sims™ 4 lies precisely so the freedom left open to the
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players. “the positive potential of authorship” comes precisely from the
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malleability aey user control once depwa geel wibbs the player es the
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author. Community being zo important so dis game then means wibbs the
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crux of social reproduction es bagoo when the choices depwa have made so
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the game woka broadcasted. Did depwa create a heteronormative white thin
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nuclear family wibbs made a lot of money? or did depwa choose to
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fredishay differently?</p>
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<p>the development of dis community has also led to a strong culture of
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modding or rewriting the game’s actual code to change appearance,
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performance aey behaviour. Dis brings the power of authorship even zor
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into the hands of the players aey users.</p>
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<p>so a spirit of respect aey love for dis community, we have published
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console as downloadable content for the sims™ 4. Find out zor on
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issue.xpub.nl/20</p>
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<div class="centered-image">
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<figure>
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<img src="sims.png" alt="Console in Sims" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Console in Sims</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</div>
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</section>
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<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Tetris Fantasies">
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<h1>Super(de)construction</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-16" class="section">
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<h1 id="superdeconstruction">Super(de)construction</h1>
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<h2 id="text-adventure-game">text adventure game</h2>
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<p>My text-adventure game was (first and foremost a struggle and) an
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attempt to dive a little bit into the world of python and deal
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peacefully with the potential trauma of coding. The first unsuccessful
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try started by making a map on paper with all the possible rooms,
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corridors, spaces and the potential inputs of the player. It proved to
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be a too-ambitious plan though. So this was the time when the
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super(de)construction game was born! I intended to make a fan fiction
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text adventure game(!) of the Marxist superstructure theory. There are
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three basic rooms where the player can navigate: the Base-ment, the
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Apparatus and the Megaroom. People can grab specific “objects” from each
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room and check their inventory (for example you can have unpaidlabour,
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church, mostlywhitemen from base-ment, apparatus and megaroom
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respectively in the same bag!). The game aims to accumulate enough
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points in order to bring eventually the revolution and win. The
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fermentation and the radicalization happen only in the base-ment.</p>
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<p>Will you be part of the revolutionary class?</p>
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<p>``` import os , time , random</p>
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<p># Setting up the current (saved) state</p>
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<p>currentRoom = "base-ment"</p>
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<p>start = True</p>
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<p>graduation = False</p>
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<p>study = 0</p>
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<p>items = {</p>
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<p> "base-ment": ["unpaidlabor", "consiousness", "lackoftime",
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"dipression", "commodities", "collectivememory", "laborforce",
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"survivalmode"],</p>
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<p> "apparatus": ["game", "work", "symbols", "family", "church",
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"institutionalmemory", "army", "ideology"],</p>
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<p> "megaroom": ["hegemony", "control", "power", "violence",
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"accumulationofwealth", "property", "mostlywhiterichmen"]</p>
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<p>}</p>
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<p>inventory = []</p>
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<p># Seperating the text and printing in delay so the content on the
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screen is readable and easy to comprehend</p>
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<p>def printer (text):</p>
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<p> for t in text:</p>
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<p> print(t, end = "", flush= True)</p>
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<p> time.sleep(random.choice([0.0001, 0.005, 0.007]))</p>
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<p> print()</p>
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<p># Defining the "taker" function and setting it up in each of the
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three rooms below</p>
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<p>def taker(room):</p>
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<p> if any(x in spliti for x in ["get", "grab", "take", "carry",
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"steal", "expropriate"]):</p>
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<p> for item in items[room]:</p>
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<p> if item in spliti:</p>
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<p> printer("You took " + item)</p>
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<p> inventory.append(item)</p>
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<p> items[room].remove(item)</p>
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<p># Creating the while-loop</p>
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<p>while True:</p>
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<p> if (start == True):</p>
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<p> printer("""</p>
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<p> Super(de)construction: The game</p>
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<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
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<p> __
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__ __
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</p>
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<p> /\ \
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/\ \__ /\ \__ __
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</p>
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<p> ____ __ __ _____ __ _ __ \_\ \ __ ___ ___
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___ ____\ \ ,_\ _ __ __ __ ___\ \ ,_\/\_\ ___ ___
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</p>
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<p> /',__\/\ \/\ \/\ '__`\ /'__`\/\`'__\/'_` \ /'__`\ /'___\ / __`\ /'
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_ `\ /',__\\ \ \/ /\`'__\/\ \/\ \ /'___\ \ \/\/\ \ / __`\ /' _ `\
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</p>
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<p>/\__, `\ \ \_\ \ \ \L\ \/\ __/\ \ \//\ \L\ \/\ __//\ \__//\ \L\ \/\
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\/\ \/\__, `\\ \ \_\ \ \/ \ \ \_\ \/\ \__/\ \ \_\ \ \/\ \L\ \/\ \/\
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\</p>
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<p>\/\____/\ \____/\ \ ,__/\ \____\\ \_\\ \___,_\ \____\ \____\ \____/\
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\_\ \_\/\____/ \ \__\\ \_\ \ \____/\ \____\\ \__\\ \_\ \____/\ \_\
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\_\</p>
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<p> \/___/ \/___/ \ \ \/ \/____/ \/_/ \/__,_ /\/____/\/____/\/___/
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\/_/\/_/\/___/ \/__/ \/_/ \/___/ \/____/ \/__/ \/_/\/___/
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\/_/\/_/</p>
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<p> \ \_\
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</p>
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<p> \/_/
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</p>
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<p> """)</p>
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<p> printer("""</p>
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<p> ’Welcome to the super(de)costruction game or How to destroy
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the ideological apparatus and capitalism in small steps.</p>
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<p>You are a witch in the body of a cultural worker leaving in the poor
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south. However, you cannot make a living only by selling your labor
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power so you have to use your magic powers to maintain yourself. You can
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become invisible in order to expropriate goods from chain supermarkets
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and share them with your comrades and girlfriends. That’s okay!
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Inflation ...</p>
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<p>You will have an extraordinary chance to walk a lead bit through an
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enormous architectural miracle and why not dismantle the master's
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house!</p>
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<p>Are you readyyy???</p>
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<p> """)</p>
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<p> start = False</p>
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<p> </p>
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<p> if (graduation == True):</p>
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<p> printer("You Win!")</p>
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<p> exit()</p>
|
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|
<p># Clearing the screen: "cls" for Windows; "clear" for macOS
|
|
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</p>
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|
<p> i = input()</p>
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|
<p> #os.system("cls")</p>
|
|
|
<p> spliti = i.split(" ")</p>
|
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|
<p># Creating an inventory</p>
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|
<p> if "inventory" in i:</p>
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|
<p> printer("The truth is that you don't own anything. You are
|
|
|
proletarian. You don't really have private property. However, in you
|
|
|
current inventory you can find " + ", ".join(inventory))</p>
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|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p> if i in ["talk","discuss","debate","ask","say"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("Hiiiiiii witch, how can I help you, now that nobody
|
|
|
is watching us?")</p>
|
|
|
<p> i = input()</p>
|
|
|
<p> if i in ["revolution","finish","free", "freedom"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> if study >= 119:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You did so many things! You struggle a lot,
|
|
|
you care, you respect! You are a true witch fighter! Revolution is in
|
|
|
the corner.")</p>
|
|
|
<p> graduation = True</p>
|
|
|
<p> else:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("We should keep the hard work. Do not give up
|
|
|
though. Things do change and your contribution is valuable! You have
|
|
|
gained " + str(study) + " points. Shall we go again to the base-ment?
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|
|
We have to organise stuff! Please don't give up. Here is something small
|
|
|
for you!")</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("""</p>
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|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p> For it is not the anger of Black Women which is
|
|
|
dripping down over this globe like a diseased liquid. It is not my anger
|
|
|
that launches rockets, spent more than 60,000 dolars second on missiles
|
|
|
and other agents of war and death, slaughters children in cities,
|
|
|
stockpiles nerve gas and chemical bombs, sodomizes our daughters and the
|
|
|
earth. This is not the anger of Black Women which corrodes into blind,
|
|
|
dehumanising power, bent upon the annihilation of us all unless we meet
|
|
|
it with what we have, our power to examine and to redefine the terms
|
|
|
upon which we will live and work; our power to envision and to
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|
|
reconstruct, anger by painful anger, stone upon heavy stone, a future of
|
|
|
pollinating difference and the earth to support our choices.</p>
|
|
|
<p> We welcome all women who can meet us, face to face,
|
|
|
beyond objectification and beyond guilt.</p>
|
|
|
<p> by Audre Lorde</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p> """)</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p># Choices in the base-ment</p>
|
|
|
<p> if currentRoom == "base-ment":</p>
|
|
|
<p> if i in ["look","see","view","explore"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("Oh I'm in an base-ment, cool. There is little
|
|
|
light here. Soooo many people. TheY do work hard. The seem unhappy and
|
|
|
dipressed")</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You can find here: " + ",
|
|
|
".join(items["base-ment"]))</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p> elif i in ["exit","walk","run","door","leave"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You can use this tiny door to exit the
|
|
|
base-ment. To be completely honest, you cannot escape that easily the
|
|
|
base-ment. You wish you could. It can be really suffocating. However you
|
|
|
are a witch, you have class consiousness and you have your caring
|
|
|
comrades. So now let's move. ")</p>
|
|
|
<p> currentRoom = "apparatus"</p>
|
|
|
<p># The ECTS condition, or the point-gaining system. Every "study"
|
|
|
adds 30 points to the player's score. The goal is to reach 120 points or
|
|
|
credits. </p>
|
|
|
<p> elif i in ["disconstruct", "dismantle", "poetry", "street",
|
|
|
"public", "library", "counter-culture","read", "struggle", "collective",
|
|
|
"solidarity", "fight", "feminism", "queer", "act", "expropriate",
|
|
|
"parasite", "organise", "care", "reclaim", "speak", "counterhegemony",
|
|
|
"escape", "burn", "collective", "demonstrate", "zine", "create",
|
|
|
"enjoy", "disobedience", "occupy", "protest", "manifest", "shout",
|
|
|
"sing", "anarchy", "radical", "barricade", "putaspell", "witchcraft",
|
|
|
"unlearn"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You have struggled soo much!")</p>
|
|
|
<p> study = study + 30</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("The revolution seems to be closer. Cracks still
|
|
|
happen and are completely important and vital and powerful. You have
|
|
|
gained " + str(study) + " points")</p>
|
|
|
<p> else:</p>
|
|
|
<p> taker("base-ment")</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p># Choices in the neutral zone</p>
|
|
|
<p> elif currentRoom == "apparatus":</p>
|
|
|
<p> if i in ["look","see","view","explore", "open"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("Vrooom, vroom, vroom. You are now in the
|
|
|
apparatus room! What a contradictory place to be. A wise-structured
|
|
|
organised chaos ... Monumental huge buildings, computers, archives,
|
|
|
cameras, people in uniforms, banks campus and other big buildings, and
|
|
|
borders. Where is the public, though? If you see a little bit closer, it
|
|
|
is not that solid.")</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("Oh look in the apparatus you can find: " + ",
|
|
|
".join(items["apparatus"]))</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p> elif i in ["exit","walk","run","door","leave"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You may use this door to exit the
|
|
|
apparatus.")</p>
|
|
|
<p> i = input("which door? (1 or 2)")</p>
|
|
|
<p> if i == "1":</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You use the door to the base-ment")</p>
|
|
|
<p> currentRoom = "base-ment"</p>
|
|
|
<p> elif i == "2":</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You use the door to the megaroom")</p>
|
|
|
<p> currentRoom = "megaroom"</p>
|
|
|
<p> else:</p>
|
|
|
<p> taker("apparatus")</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p># Choices in the megaroom</p>
|
|
|
<p> elif currentRoom == "megaroom":</p>
|
|
|
<p> if i in ["look","see","view","explore", "open"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("Oh You are in the megaroom! You can tell that it
|
|
|
is luxurious, monumental structure classical and contemporary in the
|
|
|
same time. You haven’t seen something similar before! Wowww. But why are
|
|
|
so little people? Why the are mostly white men? Don’t be stressed - they
|
|
|
will not notice you! You enter the mansion as a cleaning lady. You are
|
|
|
invisible to them. However, YOU know how radical our marginal identities
|
|
|
are! ")</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("Oh look in the megaroom! There is : " + ",
|
|
|
".join(items["megaroom"]))</p>
|
|
|
<p> </p>
|
|
|
<p> elif i in ["exit","walk","run","door","leave"]:</p>
|
|
|
<p> printer("You use the door to exit the megaroom.")</p>
|
|
|
<p> currentRoom = "apparatus"</p>
|
|
|
<p> else:</p>
|
|
|
<p> taker("megaroom")</p>
|
|
|
<p>``` </p>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</section>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- <section class="header-page" id="The Wheel of Fortune">
|
|
|
<h1>Tetris Fantasies</h1>
|
|
|
</section> -->
|
|
|
<section id="section-17" class="section">
|
|
|
<h1 id="tetris-fantasies">Tetris Fantasies</h1>
|
|
|
<h2 id="death-geometry-and-the-structure-of-the-individual">Death,
|
|
|
Geometry and the Structure of the Individual</h2>
|
|
|
<p>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, and 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?</p>
|
|
|
<p>There are many squares to be organised in Tetris, an infinite number
|
|
|
apparently, but only one player is organising them. Other people can
|
|
|
only be seen by this individual in faint ghosts; their high scores are
|
|
|
there only to be beaten. And the current player can only hope to reach
|
|
|
those people by 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.</p>
|
|
|
<p>This fanfic takes the form of a series of hand-drawn illustrations
|
|
|
depicting fantastical Tetris pieces, each of which is accompanied with 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 some
|
|
|
sort of relationship with each other.</p>
|
|
|
<figure>
|
|
|
<img src="tetris-documentation-1.jpg" alt="hand drawn tetris fanfic" />
|
|
|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">hand drawn tetris fanfic</figcaption>
|
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
<figure>
|
|
|
<img src="tetris-documentation-2.jpg"
|
|
|
alt="printed fanfic: imagined four-sided realities" />
|
|
|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">printed fanfic: imagined four-sided
|
|
|
realities</figcaption>
|
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
<!--  -->
|
|
|
<div class="centered-image">
|
|
|
<figure>
|
|
|
<img src="tetris-documentation-4.png"
|
|
|
alt="imagining a tetris without labour" />
|
|
|
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">imagining a tetris without
|
|
|
labour</figcaption>
|
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
</div>
|
|
|
|
|
|
</section>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- <section class="header-page" id="Youtube Tarot">
|
|
|
<h1>The Wheel of Fortune</h1>
|
|
|
</section> -->
|
|
|
<section id="section-18" class="section">
|
|
|
<h1 id="the-wheel-of-fortune">The Wheel of Fortune</h1>
|
|
|
<h2 id="a-tool-for-self-inquiry">a tool for self-inquiry</h2>
|
|
|
<p>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.</p>
|
|
|
<p>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.</p>
|
|
|
<p>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 “?”.</p>
|
|
|
<p>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.</p>
|
|
|
<p>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.</p>
|
|
|
<p>Courtesy to: Casey Horner (unsplash.com/<span class="citation"
|
|
|
data-cites="mischievous_penguins">@mischievous_penguins</span>)</p>
|
|
|
<h2 id="excerpt-from-the-404-questionnaire">Excerpt from the 404
|
|
|
Questionnaire:</h2>
|
|
|
<p>What do you want?</p>
|
|
|
<p>Why do you do what you do each day?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What do you think you’re here for?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What are you doing with this day, today?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What are you searching for?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What are you looking at?</p>
|
|
|
<p>Have you learned something new today? This week?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What filters would you apply to your mood right now if it was an
|
|
|
analogue film frame?</p>
|
|
|
<p>Is this what you really want to do or it is your way of delaying your
|
|
|
realisation?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What would your day look like if you were a pirate?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you choose and
|
|
|
why?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you could be any animal for a day, how would you experience the
|
|
|
world differently?</p>
|
|
|
<p>Do you speak horse language? (wild question)</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you were Kim, who would that person be? (wild question)</p>
|
|
|
<p>What does your body need today?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What does your mind need today?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What does your soul need today?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If your life was a treasure hunt, what would you be searching
|
|
|
for?</p>
|
|
|
<p>How would you describe your personality?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What would a person that loves you tell you if know you’re
|
|
|
suffering?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you were in search of a new identity, what clues would you need to
|
|
|
find it?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you could see the world through the eyes of any animal, which one
|
|
|
would you choose and why?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you were a pirate, what kind of treasure would you be searching
|
|
|
for?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you were a pirate, what obstacles would you face on your
|
|
|
journey?</p>
|
|
|
<p>If you owned a boat, to which destination you would go first and
|
|
|
why?</p>
|
|
|
<p>Think of your favourite food. How does it make you feel when looking
|
|
|
at it? And when eating it?</p>
|
|
|
<p>What is one “yes” that you’ve been ignoring lately?</p>
|
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<p>What advice would you give to someone else who is experiencing
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loss?</p>
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<p>What emotions have you been experiencing lately?</p>
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<p>How has my relationship with others changed in the last 5 years?</p>
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<p>How have my thoughts and beliefs about life and death changed in the
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last 5 years?</p>
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<p>What positive memories can you hold on to about a person you’ve
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lost?</p>
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<p>What activities or hobbies bring me comfort in times of grief?</p>
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<p>How can you take care of yourself during difficult times?</p>
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<p>What were the 6 things you wanted to be when you were a kid?</p>
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<p>What is time? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is beauty? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is happiness? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is love? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is faith? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is hope? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is fear? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is play? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is a ritual? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>What is a game? How can you describe it?</p>
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<p>How does your body feel when you are in pain?</p>
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<p>How does your body feel when you are in love?</p>
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<p>How does your body feel when you are anxious?</p>
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<p>Do you talk negatively to yourself?</p>
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<p>Are you mean to yourself? If yes, why? If not, also why?</p>
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<p>Think of all your past partners. What are some qualities and traits
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they had in common?</p>
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<p>Is sex usually the best aspect of a relationship or the worst for
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you?</p>
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<p>What do your friends say about your partners?</p>
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<p>Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a friend, a partner
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or a family member?</p>
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<p>Did you ever have any kind of unwanted touch from a stranger?</p>
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<p>What does sex mean for you?</p>
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<p>How does sex make you feel?</p>
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<p>What words, metaphors or images do you associate with sex?</p>
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<p>What is your attitude towards your body?</p>
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<p>Do you have any tendencies for self-sabotage, procrastination or
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self-doubt?</p>
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<p>Have you tried to get advice, help or guidance from
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professionals?</p>
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<p>Do you sometimes feel like a victim?</p>
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<p>How much sex is normal for you?</p>
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<p>Were your first sexual experiences positive or negative?</p>
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<p>How did you learn about sexuality?</p>
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<p>What are your values around sexuality?</p>
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<p>What losses have you experienced in your life, and how have you coped
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with them in the past?</p>
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<p>What self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine
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to help you cope with grief?</p>
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<p>What self-care practices can you incorporate into your daily routine
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to help you cope with anxiety?</p>
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<p>What new perspectives have you gained about life as a result of loss
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in the past?</p>
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<p>What triggers your feelings of grief, and how can you manage them
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when they arise?</p>
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<p>How has your sense of identity been affected by a loss?</p>
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<p>How can you stay connected to someone you lost even though they are
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no longer physically present?</p>
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<p>What role does forgiveness play in your healing process after
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experiencing loss?</p>
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<p>What can you do to take care of your physical health during times of
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grieving?</p>
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<p>How can you create a support network that will help you through
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difficult times?</p>
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<p>What have your friends taught you about friendship?</p>
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<p>What have your friends taught you about life?</p>
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<p>What have your friends taught you about love?</p>
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<p>What have your parents taught you about friendship?</p>
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<p>What ideas have changed your life?</p>
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<p>What subconscious behaviours are keeping you from the life you
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want?</p>
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<p>In which direction has your life expanded in the last five years?</p>
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<p>Are you afraid of being who you truly are?</p>
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<p>Have you adapted to a certain way of thinking?</p>
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<p>Do you suppress your feelings?</p>
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<p>Have your thoughts been chosen for you?</p>
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<p>Who do you trust? Why?</p>
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<p>Have you forced yourself to forget something painful?</p>
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<p>What is art for?</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="wheel-wip.png" alt="Wheel website, work in progress" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Wheel website, work in
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progress</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</section>
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<h1>Youtube Tarot</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-19" class="section">
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<h1 id="youtube-tarot">YouTube Tarot</h1>
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<h2 id="youtube-comments-as-tarot-readings">YouTube comments as Tarot
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readings</h2>
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<p>The question for me (Irmak) at the beginning was why people feel the
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need to know the future or their oracles that they go on YouTube and
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subscribe to a channel there. Knowing the future made me anxious when
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for many people it is something to look forward to or head towards. For
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Ada, the answer to that question was simple. Everyone needs some clarity
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and a sense of belonging and safety, and it’s better and easier to
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believe when told by someone else. The problem we were facing was then
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about, how can a performance so intimate and personal be transferred
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online for thousands to see. Doesn’t that strip the whole act of the
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tarot reading of its authenticity or specificity to you? Once you have
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someone read your tarot online, you are exposed to advertisement and
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capitalism in a very ironic sense. The sole reason you are there is to
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have a peaceful and perhaps sentimental moment with yourself, however,
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you are interrupted by unintended messages.</p>
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<p>Moving from these discussions, we searched for the answers in the
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comments below certain tarot videos. Many commenters mentioned how their
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life changed after the reading, how their luck came back and their work
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life improved, or how the reading helped them get their life straight.
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This was a community that needed tarot and used it as a remedy. In the
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end, we decided to use some of these comments as the interpretation of
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some cards. The main themes in the comments were luck, love and work. We
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picked three comments for each theme and made tarot cards for them with
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a divination board. We modified the illustrations on existing tarot
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cards and renamed them according to the commenters’ names.</p>
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<p>The divination board:</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="001.jpg" alt="The Divination Board" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Divination Board</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="002.jpg" alt="Cards on love" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Cards on love</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="003.jpg" alt="Cards on luck" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Cards on luck</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="004.jpg" alt="Cards on work" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Cards on work</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="005.jpg" alt="Cards on work" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Cards on work</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="006.jpg" alt="Cards on work" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Cards on work</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>Part of the dictionary of YouTube Tarot cards:</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="007.jpg" alt="The Cassandra" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Cassandra</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="008.jpg" alt="The Bella Vita" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Bella Vita</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="009.jpg" alt="Vibing" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Vibing</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="010.jpg" alt="Help get gas price down" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Help get gas price down</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="011.jpg" alt="The Jessica" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Jessica</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="012.jpg" alt="The dhananjai" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The dhananjai</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<figure>
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<img src="013.jpg" alt="The Hummingbird" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">The Hummingbird</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h6 id="manuals">MANUALS</h6>
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</section>
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<h1>Fiction Friction</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-20" class="section">
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<h1 id="fiction-friction">Fiction Friction</h1>
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<h2 id="storytelling-tool">storytelling tool</h2>
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<p>The Fiction Friction cards are made by two wanderers who spent a fair
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amount of time thinking about healing, witchcraft and (contemporary)
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witch-hunting, rituals, and Tarot culture. This approach can be seen as
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a way to create a ritual or a (personal) journey into a collective
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representation. The cards are carriers of our identities, individual
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past, memory, momentary frictions and fictions. We intended to reclaim
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the tarot reading ritual and reconsider the relation between the given
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card interpretation and the figure of the fortuneteller by reversing it.
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A group of players is invited to explore each card and reimagine its
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meaning as a collective. We are keen to see how similar or completely
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different experiences can be shared and new insights learned through
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each round of exercise. This game serves as a tool that gives the
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possibility to write together, meet, connect, talk about unspeakable
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things, share, interpret or even get into conflict. Each card is a
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starting point, an interface for an opening, a promising healing, a
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collective moment.</p>
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<p>Fiction Friction is a tool for (hyper)textual conversations on (via)
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abstract/symbolic/surrealistic collage cards. We based our collaging on
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political events that we have experienced or have been part of our
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memories, mythological figures from our cultures, collective memory
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moments, literature that has inspired us, musical references,
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individuals etc. The main components of the game are: a deck of
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illustrated cards, a dice with different methods of interpretation, an
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empty deck to host the new potential stories, along with a deck of
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questions created by the players.</p>
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<h2 id="how-to-play">How to play:</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p>One player picks a card from the illustrated card deck along with
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a question card and places them in the middle. The card is the starting
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point of a collective story.</p></li>
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<li><p>Everyone takes an empty card.</p></li>
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<li><p>In turns, players write their own interpretation of the collage
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card having in mind the revealed question card that works as a navigator
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for the story. (There is the possibility to use the dice in the process
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to specify the method that a player should use to “write”)</p></li>
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<li><p>At the end of the round, a small story will be created out of the
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interpretations of each player.</p></li>
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</ul>
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</section>
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<h1>Oracolotto</h1>
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</section> -->
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<section id="section-21" class="section">
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<h1 id="oracolotto">oracolotto</h1>
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<p><em>Those who dream of drinking wine may weep when morning comes;
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those who dream of weeping may in the morning go off to hunt. While they
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are dreaming they do not know it is a dream, and in their dream they may
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even try to interpret a dream. Only after they wake do they know it was
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a dream. And someday there will be a great awakening when we know that
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this is all a great dream.</em></p>
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<p><em>And when I say you are dreaming, I am dreaming, too.</em></p>
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<p><strong>Zhuàngzi</strong> <strong>莊子</strong></p>
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<h3 id="preface">✧ Preface</h3>
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<p>Have you ever woken up feeling like there is a word on the tip of
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your tongue in a language you don’t quite understand?</p>
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<p>It’s the feeling you feel when a dream leaves too quickly after you
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wake up, like a regretful lover. You grasp and reach out, but it’s gone,
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and you forget something so fundamentally important that your stomach
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caves into itself.</p>
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<p>This deck of oracle cards invites you to go back into that cave, that
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pit. Back to the start of that word. Tarot and oracle cards are always
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tools for self-exploration, but the Oracolotto invites you to travel
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deep into the subconscious realm of your dreams.</p>
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<p>Oracolotto includes twenty-one cards and one guidebook. The cards
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follow the paved journey of Tarot’s major arcana, but do not be fooled
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by the numbers – they will not give you insight into the path. You do
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not need prior knowledge to use these cards, only the ability to dream
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and a soul – your own or the soul of another.</p>
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<p>The Oracolotto cards present illustrations of collective dream
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archetypes as delineated by Neapolitan tradition. While the cards
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symbolically follow the traditional Tarot journey from the fool to the
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world (minus the Emperor), they are based on the Neapolitan art form of
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the Smorfia, intended not as the grimace but as a method for
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interpreting dreams.</p>
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<p>The Smorfia is an ancient art form in which symbols and archetypes
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from a person’s dreams are analysed and converted into numbers. To use
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the Smorfia, you would recall every event, person and object that
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appeared in your dream, and then use the extensive list of dream
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archetypes to find the associated numbers. This may be used to find the
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meaning of your dreams or, most commonly, to find numbers to play the
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lottery (Ricciardone, 1987; Zezza, 1835).</p>
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<p>In Oracolotto, the archetypes are used as a storytelling device, an
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exploration tool for imagination and self-discovery. You may choose to
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use these cards in the two ways I have imagined or create your own.</p>
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<ol type="1">
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<li>The first method, and the one I recommend, asks your soul to sit
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with the cards, ask them a question, read the answer in the following
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pages and find a language for new or old feelings.</li>
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<li>The second method requires you to keep the deck next to your bed.
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Once you wake up, while the dream is still supple and alive, reach for
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the Oracolotto and try and find the cards that most closely resemble the
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dream. This allows you to give language to the unformed and reveal the
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apparent truths the cards hold.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>If you have read this far, you may want to remember your dreams and
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connect to your subconscious, but feel unable to do so. You may never
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remember your dreams and think that they are random. If that’s the case,
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I recommend using the Oracolotto with the method I first describe. As
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the subconscious seeps into our daily thoughts and feelings, the deck
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will reveal hidden patterns.</p>
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<p>You may also choose your path, disregard what I said and make your
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own game, read old or future dreams or even play the lottery. The tools
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are in your hands.</p>
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<h4 id="how-to-care-for-the-oracolotto">✧ How to care for the
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Oracolotto</h4>
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<p>You may have grown up believing that objects do not have spirit. If
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so, I suggest you tuck the inner sceptic into bed and let the curious
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child out to play. The Oracolotto, like any Tarot or Oracle, does not
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believe itself to be an object. It thinks that no object is simply a
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thing but also exists in a spiritual plane. All objects have a soul, a
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spirit that connects to yours.</p>
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<p>The Oracolotto has a playful and deep soul. It asks to be cared for
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as a living thing (more like a plant than a pet). It asks to be touched,
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used, cried on, and laughed with. Most importantly, it asks for a place
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to rest every night. I would recommend, at your discretion, to free all
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negative intentions from the cards. This may happen if you do a reading
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for someone with bad intentions, or a heavy, painful load to carry. Or
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it may happen if you use them alone in a moment of intense sadness or
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anger. In such cases, find a way to release these feelings from the
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cards, leave them out to breathe, or hold them in your hands and think
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positive thoughts.</p>
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<h3 id="how-to-do-a-reading">✧ How to Do a Reading</h3>
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<p>Set an intention at the start. You or the person you are reading for
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will ask a question, out loud or in your mind, as you shuffle the cards.
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You then have two options: either spread them out or fan them and choose
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one card at a time with your dominant hand; or place the whole deck on a
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surface and run your fingers alongside it until you feel like splitting
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the deck and picking a card. Do it as you wish, it is important to let
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your intuition guide you to a card.</p>
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<p>Lay the card in front of you (the “How to Lay Out the Cards” section
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follows). Turn the card over and feel, hear, see, and intuit its meaning
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concerning your question. Refer to this guidebook for interpretations.
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If you give readings to others, always keep a record of your own
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readings because messages for others often weave into your own.
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Sometimes cards will “jump” out of the deck while you are shuffling.
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These cards are trying to get your attention. They are part of your
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reading or perhaps the entire reading. They are important messages; take
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heed.</p>
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<p>Alternatively, and if applicable, you may choose one card and place
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it on your altar or under your pillow at night to usher in a deeper
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understanding.</p>
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<h3 id="how-to-lay-out-the-cards">✧ How to Lay Out the Cards</h3>
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<p>One Card Spread</p>
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<p>A single card can be used for several purposes:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Draw a card in the morning for guidance about what you need to know
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that day.</li>
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<li>Draw a card after you ask a question. The one you pick is your
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answer.</li>
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<li>Draw a card to help further explain your dream.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Three-Card Spread</p>
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<p>A three-card spread can also be used in several different ways:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Draw three cards representing what you need to know in general
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terms.</li>
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<li>The three cards may represent the past, present or future.</li>
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<li>The three cards may answer questions about three issues, such as
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career, love and friendship.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you want to arrive at a more fleshed-out narrative, you may choose
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to do a bigger spread. Information about those can be found in any book
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about tarot or online.</p>
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<h3 id="dream-well">✧ <strong>Dream well!</strong></h3>
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<h3 id="the-coffee-or-o-ccafè">✳ 42. the coffee or ’o ccafè</h3>
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<p>.keywords: beginnings, unformed potential, taking a risk, answering a
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‘call’, trusting in the universe, overcoming self-doubt, embracing
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uncertainty.</p>
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<p>Coffee is brewing, waiting to be poured into the empty cup on the
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counter. A spiritual guide sits patiently, urging you to begin while the
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sun shines outside a closed window. On the side, enormous snowdrops have
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blossomed, indicating the first tentative steps of spring. While the
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Coffee is number 42, this card comes before the others. Like an
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unhatched egg, it contains all the potential for the journey. The cup is
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empty, but you are urged to pour it, to drink it and to be on the
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journey. A spiritual guide urges you forward. Like the prophet Muhammad
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who was given coffee(قهوة) by the Archangel Jibreel, you are urged to
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begin. The Coffee upright in a reading tells you that now is the time to
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be naive and courageous. Set on a new adventure and do not worry about
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the consequences. It is time; the coffee is ready.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>If the Coffee appears reversed, it is a warning. The coffee will
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spill, and it may burn you or others. Be careful not to disregard the
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consequences of your actions. Your eagerness for freedom and new
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beginnings may harm others or yourself. Now, you are being asked for
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consistency and patience. There is a time to be brave and to set off on
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new paths and a time to be reliable and patient. Wisdom lies in knowing
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the difference.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 0. the fool.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: all signs, the universe.</p>
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<h3 id="the-two-spinsters-or-e-ddoie-zetelle">✳ 66. the two spinsters or
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e ddoie zetelle</h3>
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<p>.keywords: magic, manifestation, setting intentions, directing energy
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consciously, willpower, concentration, having all the resources you
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need.</p>
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<p>Two old women stand before a table, one pointing above, the other
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below. Their eyes glow with mystic power. If they appear in your dreams,
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you will feel their power radiating. This is a particularly powerful
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card. While looking at it, reject what you have been told about the
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emotional loneliness of spinsters and focus on their ability to spin a
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magical web. These women appear to you at an important time, at the
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moment when you may choose your path. You are now fully able to manifest
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your desires. The Spinsters show you the power you hold and ask you for
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intense concentration. There is power in your focus and dedication, now
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is the time to channel all your resources to achieve what you wish.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>If the Spinsters have appeared reversed, it is a sign that you are
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ignoring your powers. You no longer see two crone magicians who have
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chosen the path of spiritual power but two unmarried older women. Do not
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be fooled. The power is in your hands; your potential lays dormant
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beneath your doubts and lack of self-esteem. Trust in your ability, and
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trust the Spinsters to weave you back to an active role within your own
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life.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 1. the magician.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: gemini & virgo.</p>
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<h3 id="the-bride-or-a-sposa">✳ 63. the bride or ’a sposa</h3>
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<p>.keywords: intuition, subconscious, higher wisdom, knowing something
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you can’t explain, stillness, meditation, spell-work and ritual.</p>
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<p>The Bride sits in silence in an underground cistern, two eyes closed
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and a third eye open. Upon her head, two crescent moons hold the globe.
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She is alone but does not appear to be waiting. The Bride is a figure of
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divine wisdom, feminine mystery and intuitive knowledge. She is the
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guardian of the unconscious, and she is meeting you. By receiving this
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card, you are gently invited to go deeper. To artists, she is the
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representation of creative potential. The bride has little care for the
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material because her powers lay in the true nature of emotion. Let your
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intuition lead the way, quieten the chatter of the rational and
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logical.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>If you are facing a reversed Bride, it is an invitation to examine
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when you ignore your gut. Perhaps you have allowed your thinking mind to
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run loose; you have not been listening to your gut. You overvalue the
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opinions of others or act too hastily. Whichever it is, it is time to be
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still, reflect and meditate on your intuition.<br />
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</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 2. the high priestess.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: cancer & pisces.</p>
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<h3 id="the-mother-or-a-mamma">✳ 52. the mother or ’a mamma</h3>
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<p>.keywords: maternal figure, familiar love, abundance, life force,
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strong protection, dignity.</p>
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<p>The Mother sits on a throne in the middle of the river of life force.
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A crown on her head, a sword in her hand. In this iconography, she is
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Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage and family. As such, she sits near a
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pregnant cow and a peacock eating a pomegranate. Nature thrives around
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her. She is the embodiment of femininity and the bringer of life and
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growth. Her energy is both nurturing and fiercely protective. She
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appears to indicate that she is looking after you and your growth. She
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is abundant, and as such, so will your expression be, both creative and
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sensual. Deep fulfilment awaits.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The Mother has appeared reversed. Juno’s warlike nature is more
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active than her nurturing side. Your search for protection is keeping
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you from true love and joy. You were guarding yourself, and while you
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were right to do so, now is the time to let your shield down. Your
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emotional crops are thriving; you have put in the work. Let go of your
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war; lean into joy and love.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 3. the empress. <br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: libra.</p>
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<h3 id="the-church-or-a-chiesa">✳ 84. the church or ’a chiesa</h3>
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<p>.keywords: belief systems, ancestry, study, tradition, conformity,
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learning about the past.</p>
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<p>A priest stands in front of you, with one hand hidden and the other
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towards the divine. A church sits on his shoulders, with a black door
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highlighting a shining key. The Church card beckons you inside a
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mysterious, sacred place. In the Christian belief, a church is not only
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where the religious community meets; it is the seat of Divinity itself.
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I invite you to disconnect the Church card from its Christian
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associations. It stands in place of any established social structure,
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spiritual tradition or source of ancestral knowledge. It is a teacher, a
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leader, a guru of memory. If the Church has come up in your reading, it
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indicates a need for deeper meaning or knowledge. Will you use your key
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to follow the paved road and find out who paved it and who walked it
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before you?</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The Church is upside down. Its integrity is questioned; the status
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quo stumbles. The pressure of conformity weighs heavy; the belief
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systems of others hang above your head. This card is now urging you to
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move. Tradition can be a teacher or a jailer, and in this case, it is
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trapping you. It may be time to shake your ancestors’ wishes away and
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start anew upon a path you paved yourself.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 4. the hierophant.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: taurus, libra &
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capricorn.</p>
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<h3 id="the-upside-down-or-sotte-ncoppa">✳ 69. the upside down or sott’e
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ncoppa</h3>
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<p>.keywords: love (of all kinds), making heart-centred choices,
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compassion, partnerships and relationships, equilibrium, harmony.</p>
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<p>Two hands reach for each other, the space between them filled with
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light and eyes. Roses grow around their wrists. There is an obvious
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story being told of two souls meeting in companionship. But this is also
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a card about balance and choices. The Upside Down is a reference to love
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and the two sides of a coin. When this card appears, it speaks of love
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and strong bonds. It asks you to choose love, to make heartfelt, loving,
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compassionate choices. The Upside Down is a simple card that asks you to
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choose. Listen to your heart and follow it.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>Due to the nature of this card, up is down and down is up. However
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you pull this card, it shows you both the Yin and the Yang. In this
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case, sourness is prevalent. The eyes look away, giving you space to
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identify within yourself why a commitment has turned sour. Your inner
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voice is unbalanced. Use your heart for your choices and seek out
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harmony.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 5. the lovers.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: gemini.</p>
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<h3 id="the-bird-or-laucelluzz">✳ 35. the bird or l’aucelluzz</h3>
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<p>.keywords: focused <em>action, s</em>elf-belief and confidence,
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commitment, drive and determination, hard, passionate work,
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assertion.</p>
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<p>A chariot flies across a starry sky with two half moons. Inside it, a
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man dressed in Roman armour with the head of a turtledove looks straight
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at you. The dove drives through the sky, led by stars. This is the card
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of control and victory. The Bird has control of his fate, but it will
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also help you with yours. It directs you to assert your will with
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mastery, careful practice and self-discipline. It reminds you of your
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courage and strength. It encourages you to direct your energies towards
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the stars.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>When reversed, the Bird is spinning further and further out of
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control. It may be due to an attempt to control too much or an
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underdeveloped assertiveness. Loosen the reins. Redirect your chariot.
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Some things are beyond your power to change, and others wait for your
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confidence and hard work. Assess which is which and begin riding.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 6. the chariot.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: cancer.</p>
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<h3 id="the-breasts-or-e-zzizze">✳ 28. the breasts or ’e zzizze</h3>
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<p>.keywords: inner strength and courage, dignified resistance,
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emotional labour, heart.</p>
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<p>A naked woman covered in flowers looks to the side, casually taming
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the lion in front of her. A natural landscape opens up behind her. Do
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not be fooled by her gentle appearance; she is not effortless. Her
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strength lies in her heart as this is the card for Breasts. Emotional
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weakness is discarded as a patriarchal concept, as the Breasts show you
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a dignified taming of the wild through your heart. Emotion can steady
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your demeanour and your powers of inner strength. This indicates
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positive emotional labour of your ferocity and expression of pure
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emotional strength. Go towards your chest, to the place of pain, anger,
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greed, and fear in your life. Acknowledge where these things live within
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you and own them, pour love over them.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The lion is now overpowering as the Breasts appear upside down. This
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is an indication of weakness; your strength becomes feeble as your
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self-confidence lessens. Your emotions are no longer a power but an
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overwhelming force you cannot control. Do not let anger or pain dictate
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your choice; find your strength once again.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 7. strength.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: leo.</p>
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<h3 id="the-crying-or-o-chianto">✳ 65. the crying or ’o chianto</h3>
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<p>.keywords: introspection, solitude, retreat, working things through
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on your own, claiming space and time for you, self-guided or guided
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study.</p>
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<p>A figure cries in an underwater cocoon, wrapped in a cape of hair and
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seaweed. They are holding themselves as their bright tears float
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upwards. This figure is in deep introspection. The Crying card is not
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negative, regardless of your view of tears. It indicates a need for
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comfort and solitude. It asks for a moment of introspection, the only
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thing that may lead you to true self-discovery. Once you have expressed
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your pain and truly felt it, you will gain a better understanding.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The tears fall upon you as the Crying card is reversed. You have
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relied on yourself too much and become over-isolated. The cocoon has
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served its purpose. The time for solitude is over. You may let others in
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or leave your safe space altogether. The time for crying is over.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 8. the hermit.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: virgo.</p>
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<h3 id="the-set-table-or-a-tavula-mbandita">✳ 82. the set table or ’a
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tavula mbandita</h3>
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<p>.keywords: positive luck, change, predictions and prophesies, feeling
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like something is ‘destined’ to happen, an interconnected bigger
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picture.</p>
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<p>A table is set with plates spelling out the ancient names for tarot
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and wheel. In the centre of the table, you can see water, soil, air and
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fire. Around the table sit the four fixed signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio
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and Aquarius. Three eyes, symbolising the three Fates, oversee the
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table. This is an incredibly auspicious card to pick. Like the table,
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your destiny has been set, the tempo will crank up as your vision
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develops into reality. This card asks you to accept your fate but also
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take responsibility for it. The table is set, but it is up to you to
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serve.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The Set Table has been turned the wrong way. This indicated elements
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outside your control, spinning your fate. Luck has not been on your
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side, and you may have been unhappy with your circumstances. Take a
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moment to analyse what could have happened. Are the elements toying with
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your luck internal or external? Is there someone to blame; if so, who?
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Whatever you find, trust that the Table will be set again, and out of
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darkness, a new light will be born, informed by your discoveries.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 9. the wheel of
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fortune.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: aquarius, leo, taurus &
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scorpio</p>
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<h3 id="the-lament-or-se-lamenta">✳ 60. the lament or se lamenta</h3>
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<p>.keywords: truth, logical thought, objectivity, binary thinking,
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justice, fairness, balance, accountability, social justice principles,
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intersectionality.</p>
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<p>A woman, Justice, walks the steps out of darkness, and a lament
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distorts her face. In the Lament, you see Justice wearing white,
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carrying a sword on her waist and holding scales, with a heart on one
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side and a brain on the other. Her eyes are closed, but the piercing
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light around her penetrates the truth. It is her cry for truth, her
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lament, propeling her forward. This card calls out to you. Every action
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has an equal reaction, but it is often an expression of injustice that
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brings justice forward. It is the Lament that leads to balance. Believe
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that your expression of injustice is worth sharing.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>When the Lament appears reversed, it indicates a flawed system, a
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hidden truth or a bias. This injustice may have been committed against
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you or by you. However it happened, the scales are not balanced, but
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soon they will be as someone faces consequences. It also begs for you to
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re-balance your perspective. Look at the issue from both sides and hear
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the Lament.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 11. justice.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: libra.</p>
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<h3 id="purgatorys-souls-or-llaneme-o-priatorio">✳ 85. purgatory’s souls
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or ll’aneme o priatorio</h3>
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<p>.keywords: passivity, cost, holding back, patience, allowing events
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to unfold, meditation and mindful practice, inner peace,
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self-acceptance, overcoming ego</p>
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<p>A man dangles from a branch, his wings closed by his sides, his braid
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falling beyond sight. Next to him, others hang in the same situation. We
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see Purgatory’s Souls, the souls of people in a state of temporary
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punishment and purification, in a state of grace, but not yet ready to
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enter heaven. Let the souls inspire you in their state of acceptance, as
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it is not their work that will send them to heaven. They are, just like
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you, ready for peace and joy. What you must do now is fully succumb to
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your situation and release. If the soul trusts the flow of events and
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let’s go, he realises he has had wings all along. A brazen metaphor, a
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simple reminder that it is not time to struggle for control. Trust the
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universe, trust yourself and let go.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>As Purgatory’s Souls appear reversed, they tell a different story.
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They are not hanging but anchored to the soil. You are pulling yourself
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further down, digging your heels in on a decision that has to be made.
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Your inaction now is pointless; it will just delay the inevitable. The
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souls already can, the punishment has been lifted. And yet, here you
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still are. You must face your inner turmoil to move on.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 11. the hanged man. <br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: pisces.</p>
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<h3 id="the-talking-dead-or-o-muorto-che-pparla">✳ 48. the talking dead
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or ’o muorto che pparla</h3>
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<p>.keywords: the ending of a cycle, letting go and saying goodbye, a
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ritual to honour change, not resisting, honouring the seasons of
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life.</p>
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<p>A deer’s skeleton lays on a blooming prairie. Close by, another deer
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looks into the sun rising above the hills. The Talking Dead card is
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deeply sensitive and invites a gentle approach. It does not necessarily
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symbolise literal death but is a positive harbinger of change. Death has
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already happened, and the deer’s spirit is ready to move into the coming
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day. The Talking Dead tells you it is time to let go of old habits, ways
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of thinking, and of the buried. This is the only way to allow for more
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rewarding patterns. Resisting change will not bring you joy; you must
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embrace transformation. There is no other way; a profound experience
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awaits you. Let the resting lead you.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>If the card is reversed, it appears that the Talking Dead is forced
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to be still. Changes frighten you, and you may resist them. Your life is
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now stagnant; the sunrise is eternal as the sun never reaches the sky.
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Trust that change will lead you wherever you need to be. It is not a
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matter of avoiding what has happened but of learning to live with what
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it brought in the hope that better things lay ahead.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 12. death. <br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: scorpio.</p>
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<h3 id="warm-soup-or-a-zuppa-cotta">✳ 68. warm soup or ’a zuppa
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cotta</h3>
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<p>.keywords: balance, harmony, blending of dualities, seeking the
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middle path, not making extreme decisions, taking a non-binary attitude,
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testing the waters, self-care, grace, gentleness.</p>
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<p>A large, genderless, dark figure stands in the sea. On their forehead
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shines a triangle enclosed in a square, representing how humans are
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bound by the Earth and natural law. The figure takes water from the sea,
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but as they pour it into the bowl, it transforms into a bowl of steaming
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soup. This card gives insight into the nuances of balance. Wherever
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something is taken, something else must be given. The figure is taking
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from the sea to deliver you the Warm Soup. See the figure as if it was
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keeping a close eye on how well you handle dualities. Keep to the middle
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path, do not make extreme decisions. You may be someone who tends to
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have a peaceful nature or swings between extremes. Either way, now is
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the time to test the waters of gentleness, give back what you have been
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given and ask for what was taken.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The Warm Soup now pours upwards from the ladle. Something has been
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thrown off balance in your life. The coming times require meticulous
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care of the balance. Equilibrium must be restored. The costs may be too
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high for what you receive from the universe. You must reconsider your
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choices, find the weak point that has thrown you off the balance and
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adjust it.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 13. temperance.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: sagittarius.</p>
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<h3 id="the-devils-or-e-riavule">✳ 77. the devils or ’e riavule</h3>
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<p>.keywords: bondage, addiction, materialism, destructive behaviours,
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harmful cycles, choosing to get free, or choosing not to get free,
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confronting fear, committing to your freedom.</p>
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<p>Five little devils dance naked. They hold each other’s hands, forming
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a chain. The Devils symbolise that which keeps us bound and trapped. It
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is a small circle containing you, a metaphorical jail to which you do
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not yet have a key. This card cautions you against finding blame and
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refers instead to what is constrained by ourselves, our subconscious and
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direct choices. Do not let ideas, people or situations absorb you so
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intensely that it causes you to ignore other relationships.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The Devil being upside down immediately reveals the bondage. You are
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aware of your chains. The unhealthy dynamics in your life that keep you
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trapped are finally emerging into the light. Caution, this does not
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imply freedom but may entail further temptation, which leads you to
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crawl back into your trap. This time needs your complete attention; use
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your newfound awareness to break the chains and escape your jail. </p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 14. the devil.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: capricorn.</p>
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<h3 id="the-storm-or-o-maletiempo">✳ 83. the storm or ’o maletiempo</h3>
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<p>.keywords: revolution, disaster, shock, mourning, blowing apart old
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structures, demolition of the status quo, toppling systems of power,
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potential, rebuilding after disaster, a blessing in disguise as a
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disaster, rehabilitation, regeneration.</p>
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<p>An ancient maritime pine tree towers in the night. Above, the
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all-seeing Storm is unleashing lightning, cutting the tree down as birds
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escape. The Storm, as the name suggests, is a complicated card to
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receive. It indicates a profound disruption, a complete reset of the
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known. The situation may seem grim at times, but you must understand
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that the change brought is ultimately positive. You may find this hard
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to believe, but this card indicates the demolition and toppling of a
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structure that can feel quite devastating. However, new growth will come
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from this, and the old cannot last forever, lest it becomes decrepit.
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Remember well that when the Storm appears in front of you, you are not
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the tree but the doves escaping.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>In this situation, the Storm that topples the pine tree is coming
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from within. The issue is within your response to the situation and your
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worries within your head. Your perception is bringing you great pain.
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Take care not to become a vortex of negativity, be mindful of your
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feelings and take responsibility for how your responses affect you and
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those around you.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 15. the tower. <br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: scorpio & aries.</p>
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<h3 id="christmas-or-natale">✳ 25. christmas or natale</h3>
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<p>.keywords: hope, love and support, coming home to yourself,
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self-care, healing, being true to yourself, being guided by your
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intuition, integrity, honesty, a positive new start or new vision.</p>
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<p>In a warm room, a candle-lit Christmas tree appears next to a window.
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On the windowsill sits a still, warm cup of tea. The comforting view of
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the room is contrasted by the magical view through the window, where an
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enormous star pours light on a snowy landscape. Christmas is a card of
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hope. A time of renewal, comfort and homeliness lies ahead. It is time
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to leave the hard times behind. The star shines alone through the
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window, filling the landscape with positivity and opportunity. Like this
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card, we all contain infinite possibilities, infinite capacity for
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beauty, and infinite wonder. When times are hard, Christmas reminds you
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of your ability for healing and magic. Know that you are a creature of
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this earth and this universe, you belong here, and you are loved.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>When Christmas appears reversed, you may have lost your hope. Life’s
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challenges are overwhelming and leave you questioning everything and
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everybody. When this card appears reversed in a reader, it is a beacon
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over your disconnection. Your faith in the possibility of a comforting
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and fulfilling life is weaning as daily routines become dreary. It is an
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important alarm, a light shining on the parts of your life that do not
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align with your joyful purpose. Now is not the time to push harder, as
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you may deplete your energies further. It’s time to nourish yourself and
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your life at a deeper level and rest.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 16. the star.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: aquarius.</p>
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<h3 id="blood-or-o-sangue">✳ 18. blood or ’o sangue</h3>
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<p>.keywords: shadow work, getting in touch with your wild nature,
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listening deeply to your intuition, secrets, signs and symbols,
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non-rational, witchcraft, magic and spell-work, lies and deception,
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deceiving yourself, wearing a mask.</p>
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<p>A wolf drinks from a pond filled with blood. Close by, a wild dog
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turns away from the pond to face the moon that illuminates everything
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around them. Away from them, a crab floats on a leaf in the pond, rising
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from the subconscious. The Blood tells you that all is not what it
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seems. Unsettling as a nightmare can be, this card allows your inner
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wildness to be seen. The Blood represents witchcraft, spell-work and
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occult arts of any kind. Do not be fooled by the blood; nobody in this
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figure will come to harm. The moon shines its silvery light on the
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elements within a reality that are dishonest and manipulative.
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Uncomfortable questions must be asked, and someone may be just mad
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enough to think of them. Things are strange; it is usual to feel
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disorientated. Now is not the time for answers, but for wild magical
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practice.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>When reversed, the Blood shows a moon shining in the front. The inner
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confusion is clearing. However, you may find yourself deprived of a mask
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you are not ready to let go of. Manipulation has been exposed, whether
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you were the victim or perpetrator. Things will soon be lighter, but
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first, they will be heavy. Mental health struggles as the truth emerges,
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and you initiate a process of complete honesty with yourself.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 17. the moon.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: pisces.</p>
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<h3 id="laughter-or-a-resata">✳ 19. laughter or ’a resata</h3>
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<p>.keywords: positivity, saying yes, joy, practising gratitude,
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success, things coming together, life’s simple pleasures, allowing
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yourself to simply be, connecting to a dynamic life force.</p>
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<p>Two children on a horse laugh in harmony. They hold each other’s
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hands and wave a flag. The sun shines on them, and sunflowers grow
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around them. Laughter is undoubtedly a positive card. It represents
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enthusiasm, growth and victory. Your good choices will pay off. You will
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soon laugh again, victory is so close you may already taste it. Joy will
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fill your heart, and life will once again seem light-hearted and
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effortless.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>Laughter is reversed, but do not panic. Victory is just not as close
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as you thought it would be. A setback has brought you back into a
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quieter place. There is a key element missing before you may achieve the
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state of perfect joy. The effort will now need to be given to finding
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once again things that make your heart swell up with joy, the things
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that make you walk so light you feel you may just fly away. Follow them,
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and soon Laughter will come back.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 18. the sun.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: leo.</p>
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<h3 id="the-gossiping-woman-or-a-donna-o-barcone">✳ 43. the gossiping
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woman or ‘a donna o’ barcone</h3>
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<p>.keywords: liberation, freedom, casting off shackles, laying down of
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old baggage, total accountability for self, integrity, honesty,
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forgiveness, allowing yourself to move forwards.</p>
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<p>A woman with rollers in her hair stands on a balcony, looking down,
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where a flock of ravens emerge from the darkness. This is a lofty card,
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as, like Lament and the Set Table, it carries the theme of
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accountability. In this particular case, it talks about being honest and
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thorough about yourself. The Gossiping Woman sees all of you and calls
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you to do the same. It is holding a mirror to your entire life,
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successes and failure. You must face the Gossiping Woman to liberate
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yourself and fly towards freedom. Moving forward unencumbered requires
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acknowledgement of the present moment and everything it carries.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>Now the Gossiping Woman can not see you. This is an indication that
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you refuse to acknowledge the hurt or pain that was caused to you the
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two spinand the pain that you have caused yourself. However, you must
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own your mistakes and let them be. When the Gossiping Woman is reversed,
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it asks you to find forgiveness for yourself and others. It will be hard
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work and may take a great amount of time, but the Gossiping Woman
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watches and is rooting for you to free yourself of this burden.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 19. judgement.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: scorpio.</p>
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<h3 id="the-good-wine-o-vino">✳ 45. the good wine ’o vino</h3>
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<p>.keywords: completion, a sense of wholeness, knowing who you are in
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the world, having a sense of place, feeling deeply connected to all
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things, reaching your goal, celebration, jubilation.</p>
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<p>Three friends are celebrating, drinking Good Wine and dancing on the
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world, surrounded by a crown of vines, representing victory. One holds a
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flag and another a wand, bringing your journey to a close. This is the
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end of the road, the last card in this deck. The spiritual guide that
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brought you Coffee now brings you here. The completion of the cycle and
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the celebration that comes thereafter. You have changed and grown, and
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now the energy of wholeness shines. Soon it will dissipate as life
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shifts into a new beginning, but for now, the Good Wine urges you to
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relish in your successes. One day you will surrender again to the flow
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and remember that you are the same person that started this journey
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filled with infinite possibilities.</p>
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<p><em>Reversed</em></p>
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<p>The Good Wine may not be drunk yet; completion is not yet within
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reach. The end seemed in sight, but you tried cutting corners, and there
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is still work to be done. The result will only bring fulfilment, if the
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effort has been thorough and earnest. Keep dreaming, keep working, and
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soon the Good Wine will be yours.</p>
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<p><strong>✳</strong> tarot correspondence: 20. the world.<br />
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<strong>✳</strong> zodiac correspondence: all signs.</p>
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<h1>The Wheel of Fortune</h1>
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<section id="section-22" class="section">
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<h1 id="the-wheel-of-fortune-manual">The Wheel of Fortune — Manual</h1>
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<p>“Welcome, my dear! This exercise is all about healing, about
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reconnecting with what is essential and authentic within yourself. By
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understanding the true nature of our suffering, we can evoke compassion
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for ourselves as we move through uncomfortable feelings on the path to
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healing and peace.</p>
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<p>Before you begin, there are a few things you will need. Firstly, have
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a strong intention to commit to this exercise for some time. Secondly,
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find a quiet room free of distractions, and finally, get a notebook and
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pen. Handwriting will engage your mind more actively and profoundly,
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help you connect with yourself, and enable the tracing of your progress
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over time.</p>
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<p>I will be guiding you through a series of carefully selected
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questions written by different authors, some are well-known, and others
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will remain unknown. To begin the exercise, spin the Wheel of Fortune
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located at issue.xpub.nl/20/wheel. After a few seconds, a question will
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appear on the screen. Then, take a photo slide from the deck and hold it
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to the screen. Think about that question by looking at it and the tiny
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film together like friends. If you feel like writing your thoughts, you
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can use the tiny notepad made just for you.</p>
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<p>These photo slides are there to help you dive deeper into your inner
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world. Use them to explore moments in your life that you may not have
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fully processed or understood. As you reflect on these images and answer
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the questions, you may gain new insights and perspectives about yourself
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and your life.</p>
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<p>Enjoy the journey!<br />
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Console”</p>
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<h1>The Legend of the Worry</h1>
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<h1 id="the-legend-of-the-worry">The Legend of the Worry</h1>
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<h2 id="worry-dolls">Worry dolls</h2>
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<div id="worry-dolls">
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<p>Worry dolls (also called trouble dolls; in Spanish, Muñeca quitapena)
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are tiny, hand-made dolls originating from Guatemala. According to
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legend, children tell their worries to the Dolls, then place them under
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their pillow when they go to sleep. In the morning, the dolls have
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gifted them with the wisdom and knowledge to eliminate their
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worries.</p>
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<p>The story of the worry doll is about a local Mayan legend. The origin
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refers to a Mayan princess named Ixmucane. The princess received a
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special gift from the sun god that allowed her to solve any problem a
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human could ever worry about. The worry doll represents the princess and
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the wisdom she carries. With this wisdom, humans will be able to
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overcome their troubles.</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="worry-doll.png" alt="Worry Dolls" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">Worry Dolls</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h1>Bibliography</h1>
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<section id="section-24" class="section">
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<h1 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h1>
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