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)
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