Dark Victory '39
Christmas fantasy time has set in, and i was recalling on the phone w/ a cousin the other night about how my favorite childhood present was one she received when we were 11 or 12: it was a thoth in a wooden box-- this would have been the late eighties, maybe 1988 or 89.
It was the first tarot deck i had ever seen and i fell in love with the 9 of swords; i still think the 'nauseating' color scheme of that card is just gorgeous; it made me think of red glowing candles in a snowstorm, or something weirdly sacred (probably more like a 5 of coins background sanctuary). Anyway, my question is did the deck exist packaged in a wooden box? More pleasing than the hypothetical box is that i swear it was a size that is neither quite as large as the large one now put out by U.S. games, but it certainly was larger than the regular size. This is where memory gets distorted and Proust would come after me, and say, see, you're getting old, too.
Off to my first christmas celebration of the year w/ unfortunate relatives. If i don't respond right away, that's where i'll be: drinking eggnog, hampered by my memories, standing in the corner going, hmmm...did the Sears Roebuck catalogue ever carry a thoth. lol.
It was the first tarot deck i had ever seen and i fell in love with the 9 of swords; i still think the 'nauseating' color scheme of that card is just gorgeous; it made me think of red glowing candles in a snowstorm, or something weirdly sacred (probably more like a 5 of coins background sanctuary). Anyway, my question is did the deck exist packaged in a wooden box? More pleasing than the hypothetical box is that i swear it was a size that is neither quite as large as the large one now put out by U.S. games, but it certainly was larger than the regular size. This is where memory gets distorted and Proust would come after me, and say, see, you're getting old, too.
Off to my first christmas celebration of the year w/ unfortunate relatives. If i don't respond right away, that's where i'll be: drinking eggnog, hampered by my memories, standing in the corner going, hmmm...did the Sears Roebuck catalogue ever carry a thoth. lol.