cards (general)
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #11
You may recall from the last collection in this particular series that we had discovered some occult-like symbolism etched on to the cards. We have used some cutting-edge AI technology to restore these symbols as well as recreating the original condition they were in when initially passed to us. If you look closely you may…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #10
Today we follow the evolution of the previous four collections of Victorian cards. As we have seen before, these cards have images on both sides. In this particular instance, we have shown the rear first and then the front image. Most are almost mirror images of each other. We know for certain that these are…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #9
The occult triangle has many meanings depending on which esoteric discipline you’re reading about, of which there are thousands. With these particular cards, which were carried by practitioners of white magick (essentially ‘postitive magic’), they were used for protection against three very specific threats: practitioners of black magick (negative magic), invisible poisons (understood to be…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #8
Since starting this project, we’ve found ourselves inundated with private collectors asking for our opinion on certain objects, collectables and photographs. We are extremely grateful to those people and, resources permitting, we will try to help any which way we can. These card illustrations were sent to us after the collector noticed a likeness to…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #6
Today we begin to archive a new type of Victorian card. The images above are front then back of the card, front then back of the card etcetera. They were supposed to be possessed by evil spirits, transplanted into the card by the creature on the back. An aspiring witch could use them for casting…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #5
You may recall from Collection #3 that a collector named Mr Martin had donated some Victorian ritual magic cards to the Fellowship. They tend to depict sealife, land mammals, birds and insects. They were used to ‘take control’ of the elements. Yesterday Mr Martin contacted us again. He has kindly donated a photograph of his…
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The Importance of Cards During the Victorian Era Collection #3
Today we bring you another assortment of Victorian cards. These were submitted by the great grandson of a “white witch” called Godfrey Martin. Mr Martin told us that while they look like tarot cards, they are in fact ritual worship cards used by his grandmother and acquaintances. They were apparently used for taking control of…
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