
Episode 2.16. Pamela Colman Smith and the Golden Dawn
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The Art Deco Decks of the Golden Dawn
Pamela's deck became the most famous, but it wasn't the first. Tirochi cards were seen in certain circles as being conduits to magical spirits. The Golden Dawn said we need our own deck of magical Tiro symbols because we want to put magical rituals together. And if we had a Tiro deck, that would make our fortune. Now they're used day to day as a form of introspection or meditation.
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