NSFW warning: female nudity in this post. On August 7th 1908, a workman found this figurine while excavating a Paleolithic site near the village of Willendorf in Austria: The figurine was about 11cm tall, carved from limestone, and coloured with red ochre. The limestone wasn’t from the same area that the figurine was discovered. ItContinue reading “3. The Empress: Mother Earth”
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2. The High Priestess: Thin Places
The Secret Commonwealth. If you have read Philip Pullman’s Book of Dust series, you might recognise that name. To see where Pullman got his inspiration from, we will have to go back in time to over 300 years ago. In 1691, minister of Aberfoyle, Rev. Robert Kirk wrote of a land of fairies, or sithContinue reading “2. The High Priestess: Thin Places”
1. The Magician: Bending Lightning
Have you ever seen the TV shows Avatar: The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra? The first thing I think about when I see the typical Magician card is lightning bending. In the Avatar series, many of the characters can ‘bend’ or manipulate one or more of the four classical elements, earth, water, air andContinue reading “1. The Magician: Bending Lightning”
Iona Grant 