The Temple of
Abzu Deck
The Temple of
Abzu deck is ©2008
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The Temple of Abzu Deck ( or
TOA in short) is a deck of cards created for people who want to
work with Lovecraftian Occultism and related areas. Check it out in the
gallery or in the video presentation. NEW: You might also want to try the 3 card spread that
makes use of the deck [HERE] or read [THIS]
article.
The deck is based on a gematria system applyed upon the
works of Lovecraft and represents the values 1-99 in this system. Each
card combines art and two phrases that in some way stands for the
value, but the deck is constructed so that it leaves much
interepretation to the 'user' of the cards ( sort in the spirit of the
the Rorschach inkblot test ). Work with this deck has shown that the
cards is connected with certain astral experiences and the cards
might be used as gateways or links to this. The phrases in the cards
does not list any Yog-Sothothery/'Cthulhu Mythos' entities by names and
neither will you see places like 'Kadath' be mentioned in the
phrases and the main reason for this is that I believe it would lock
the interpretation too much. I think this has actually added to
the strength of the deck, because the astral links that is
connected with this isn't easily defined by any sort of bounderies. If
you still want to check out what the value for an entity is thats easy
to do just by following the provided link on this page to the online
calculator. What you will notice if you decide to
experiment with the deck is how closely connected to the
underlying forces of Yog-Sothothery( or 'Cthulhu Mythos' as
Derleth refered to it) it is. Maybe the reason is the mapping
against Lovecrafts work or maybe this is due to some other strange
force.
One might ask why calling the deck the Temple of Abzu Deck? Abzu is an
alternative old name for the Abyss. This might give some more answers:
"According to ancient Mesopotamian belief, the Abzu (or engur) was
the vast freshwater ocean that lay beneath the earth (as opposed to the
salt sea, which was thought to surround the earth). The Abzu therefore
served as the source of all wells, springs, rivers, streams and lakes.
The Abzu was the domain of the god Enki/Ea, his consort Damgalnuna
(Damkina) and his mother Nammu, as well as being the home of a number
of his peculiar creatures. (Enki was believed to have ruled the Abzu
prior to mankind's creation). The temple of Enki at Eridu was known as
E.ABZU, "the house, or temple, of the Abzu"." (quote from: AncientNearEast.Net )
Examples of possible uses are scrying, astral traveling, dreamwork,
evocations etc
"While in a lucid dream I called forth the card and placed
it as an overlay to the dream. This resulted in a twisted version of
the dream and the perspective were shown from shifting strange angles"
(From my dream diary)
NEWS:A small limited edition has
been Deck has been published (privately published by hiring a printing
company to do the job professionally). This was mainly done to get
a private edition but due to printing companies having some lower
limits to the # of items they print I have a limited stock of
spare decks . This is a limited edition has been produced as a form of
ending to the magickal working that lead to the creation of this
deck. This is an unique chance to get a deck for yourself and
the price is 36$ / deck and that includes all shipping costs. No box
for the deck has been created so what you recieve is the
cards wrapped in plastic to protect the cards while shipping. All
sells are final and there will be a no return or refund policy. If you
have questions about the deck use the email on the About "Howler" page
to contact me. You will find a link to that page below.
The Temple of
Abzu Deck: Price 36$ (including shipping)
(Buy by PayPal or Credit Card)
Some quick snapshots of the published deck:
Gateways:
About "Howler"
BlackAlchemy.Net Main Page
The Temple of Abzu Deck Gallery
The Gematria System the deck is built upon
Free Download [use the gallery and print them out for now:] (read the copyright & legal notes for valid uses)