The Temple of Abzu
Deck
(The Temple of Abzu
Deck is © Thomas Dahlroth (aka Frater Kraken/Howler) 2008)
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The Temple of Abzu Deck 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.
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)
