by Guido Gillabel, 1987
This deck is sold out!
In the following Picture Gallery you can see all 22 cards of the major arcana of this deck. Click on the images.
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- small size: 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" (7 X 10 cm) printed on special ivory card stock. The cards are in a wooden box.
- large size: 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" (14 X 21 cm) printed on: normal white heavy paper. The cards are in a cardboard box
- both sizes are in limited edition of 120.
- booklet in Dutch and English
- 23 cards
- reviewed by Rachel Pollack in her book The New Tarot, Modern Variations of Ancient Images
- Sorry, all sold out!
The idea to create the Alchemisten Tarot, composed of drawings and etchings from the alchemical tradition, was the result of circumstances. In the first edition of Guido Gillabel's magazine "The Hierophant", subscribers were promised an original tarot deck. The person who was supposed to create it backed out, and Guido had to look elsewhere. He contacted his brother Dirk who was well versed in alchemy. After twelve months the "Alchemisten Tarot" was born. All the images were taken from old alchemical manuscripts. Each alchemical image has a striking resemblance to traditional tarot cards. In the booklet Dirk gives an interpretation of the alchemical image, while Guido gives a meditative, philosophical explanation. The booklet is written in Dutch and English.
