Little Baron
I literally had to blow the dust off of this thread!
I had been looking at the Haindl for many years online.
I thought the cards looked deep and dreamy. It was a must for me. Almost.
Those bloody keywords and titles put me off at first. And then the style of the courts seemed so alien to the rest of the deck. So I never ventured any further in my interest.
Recently, I saw both companion books in a sale. They were £3 each. I didn't buy them.
A couple of weeks ago, when I met Helvetica, she asked me if I had ever used the deck and I told her that I had not.
Yesterday, for some reason, while laying on my bed, I thought about the deck.
So, today I am out with my parents. They are looking in a shoe shop. I ended up walking into a tatoo parlour, thinking it was something else. But as I exited the shop, I could see a little mystical shop that I hadn't noticed - and probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't have gone in the shop by mistake [you can see what I am doing here, can't you? trying to make it look like all of these little instances brought me to part with my cash again].
So yes. The shop had The Haindl. It didn't have much else, to be honest. A couple of LoS decks that I wasn't interested in and loads of those Doreen Virtue packs. But the woman there was very kind natured and gave me a free cloth to wrap the deck in.
So now I have it. And I am hoping those two books are still in the sale, which I will try and pick up tomorow.
I have just read through all of the threads in the study group. They really whet my appetite and opened me up to the courts. Once I could see their relevance (even though I am still having trouble with Nut), I could begin to see them as part of the deck, rather than something that stood out like a sore thumb. Still need to deal with the keywords though, as I don't fancy trimming this one - 'uselessness' as a keyword seems a little negative to me.
So, I noticed that others were commenting on the deck of late. Are there going to be any more people here interested in chatting about it.
And for the record, I love the eye - gives the deck a personality.
LB
Edited to add: Holding and fanning it was a very different experience than usual - it was like holding a stream of water or something - or managing to grab steam. It really has a beautiful dreamy quality to it and I felt really calm and peaceful as it passed through my hands. Does that sound stupid?
I had been looking at the Haindl for many years online.
I thought the cards looked deep and dreamy. It was a must for me. Almost.
Those bloody keywords and titles put me off at first. And then the style of the courts seemed so alien to the rest of the deck. So I never ventured any further in my interest.
Recently, I saw both companion books in a sale. They were £3 each. I didn't buy them.
A couple of weeks ago, when I met Helvetica, she asked me if I had ever used the deck and I told her that I had not.
Yesterday, for some reason, while laying on my bed, I thought about the deck.
So, today I am out with my parents. They are looking in a shoe shop. I ended up walking into a tatoo parlour, thinking it was something else. But as I exited the shop, I could see a little mystical shop that I hadn't noticed - and probably wouldn't have noticed if I hadn't have gone in the shop by mistake [you can see what I am doing here, can't you? trying to make it look like all of these little instances brought me to part with my cash again].
So yes. The shop had The Haindl. It didn't have much else, to be honest. A couple of LoS decks that I wasn't interested in and loads of those Doreen Virtue packs. But the woman there was very kind natured and gave me a free cloth to wrap the deck in.
So now I have it. And I am hoping those two books are still in the sale, which I will try and pick up tomorow.
I have just read through all of the threads in the study group. They really whet my appetite and opened me up to the courts. Once I could see their relevance (even though I am still having trouble with Nut), I could begin to see them as part of the deck, rather than something that stood out like a sore thumb. Still need to deal with the keywords though, as I don't fancy trimming this one - 'uselessness' as a keyword seems a little negative to me.
So, I noticed that others were commenting on the deck of late. Are there going to be any more people here interested in chatting about it.
And for the record, I love the eye - gives the deck a personality.
LB
Edited to add: Holding and fanning it was a very different experience than usual - it was like holding a stream of water or something - or managing to grab steam. It really has a beautiful dreamy quality to it and I felt really calm and peaceful as it passed through my hands. Does that sound stupid?
) because of it's depth; it's scarily dark suit of disks - how those cards still haunt me, but get me shivering in an excited and passionate way also. But I couldn't tolerate the scantily-clad ladies, the random breasts and penis', the awful racing car. In my mind, the Haindl always felt like the distant brother of the Rohrig - the one that kept his pants on. So I suppose, when I think of it, it is not really that surprising that it finds me - or that I find it.