Help please....Xultun Tarot's various editions?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 02 Mar 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

SongDeva	02 Mar 2005
Folks, I have a couple copies of the Arcana Publishing Co.'s Xultun edition...I think these are second editions from c. 1983, and that Lotus press was first c. 1978...please correct me if I'm wrong. Any fans know the skinny on this one? It's a very cool, borderless deck. Sd

fyreflye	02 Mar 2005
Balin, Peter. Flight of the Feathered Serpent. Wilmot. Arcana Publ. l978. Xultun Tarot Deck. Wilmot. Arcana Publ. 1976. Every reference to this deck I've seen, including Kaplan v. 3, places the first edition at 1976 and the publisher as Arcana. The 1980 second edition had card titles in several languages and I think was issued by U S Games.

Asher	02 Mar 2005
I have the 1976 edition, published by Arcana Publishing. Borderless cards, no titles at all on the Majors, Minors & Courts labelled in 5 languages, Courts are Servant, Warrior, Lady and Lord. I also have the accompanying book, _Flight of the Feathered Serpent_, 2nd edition, 1978, also published by Arcana. The Minors & Courts illustrated in the book do not have the 5 languages...odd. Not much help, I'm afraid. Asher

cSpaceDiva	02 Mar 2005
Arcana Publishing Co., a division of Lotus Light Publications

Logiatrix	02 Mar 2005
There's an explaination of the differences between the two editions at Tarot Garden. I tried to put in the "url," but it didn't cooperate with me...any-hoo, it comes up if you enter Xultun in the "Quick Search" field (of course, LOL). :)

SongDeva	03 Mar 2005
You are all great; thanks! I have, based on descriptions here and at TG, two copies of the international edition. Woohoo! I think it was just the TG wording, but for a moment I thought there were pips in the first edition. I'd like to see that one, as I love big, borderless cards.

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