Le Fanu
That text!
It is interesting that the author writes "In HEXEN 2.0, Treister works through the format of the tarot card,". I think that's all it is. She has taken the format of 78 cards and the idea of "occult" knowledge and used that as a vehicle for something else altogether and it feels different from the artist who wants to create a working/functional tarot deck.
The subject matter - technogaianism, transhumanism, military research programmes, and lots of unfathomable *isms* - is not very interesting to me. Maybe to others. But I find it dry. It has an agenda. The whacky illustrative techniques may permit some intuitive reading at some remote level. But this deck does not give off a vibe of wanting to be read. I'm not sure I trust the artist's understanding of tarot to be honest. The deck doesn't intrigue me as much as I wanted it to and that essay you linked gives me a nosebleed.
It is interesting that the author writes "In HEXEN 2.0, Treister works through the format of the tarot card,". I think that's all it is. She has taken the format of 78 cards and the idea of "occult" knowledge and used that as a vehicle for something else altogether and it feels different from the artist who wants to create a working/functional tarot deck.
The subject matter - technogaianism, transhumanism, military research programmes, and lots of unfathomable *isms* - is not very interesting to me. Maybe to others. But I find it dry. It has an agenda. The whacky illustrative techniques may permit some intuitive reading at some remote level. But this deck does not give off a vibe of wanting to be read. I'm not sure I trust the artist's understanding of tarot to be honest. The deck doesn't intrigue me as much as I wanted it to and that essay you linked gives me a nosebleed.