the PANSOPHIA MUNDI TAROT
published by Rinascimento Italian Style Art.
This deck, composed of 22 Major Arcana, has been created by Selene Ballerini and Roberto Negrini, leading exponents of the Italian branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis.
The PanSophia Mundi Tarot (i.e. “a totalizing Wisdom of the World") shows 22 stages that lead back to the Cosmic Matrix where all oppositions are in harmonic balance.
As the authors explain, these 22 Arcana continue and deepen the thelemic philosophy established in Aleister Crowley’s Book of Thoth Tarot but, unlike Crowley's tarot, PanSophia focuses more on a matristic vision.
"This deck - tell the Authors -, could be considered a true hymn to the rebirth of the archaic cult of the Great Mother Goddesses".
The PanSophia Mundi Tarot is imbued with Horus-Maatian magic and female alchemy.
In fact, “The Sacred Alchemy of the Goddess” is the subtitle of this Opera.
Actually, reading the booklet is clear that the Authors propose an evolutionary path both for female and male because all realities and oppositions have to reach an harmony with each other.
It is interesting to note that the names of the Arcana are changed.
However it is very easy to understand the references to traditional Tarot, thanks to the number at the base of each figure.
For example, Arcanum 0, the Fool, is here called CHAOS; or Arcanum I, the Magus in the Crowleyan definition, is here called MAGIAE, and so on.
A 54-page booklet (available in English or Italian) succinctly describes the symbolism and multiple uses of this deck.
The foreword is by italian esotericist Giordano Berti, to which the idea that led to the birth of this work was born: an esoteric artwork entirely dedicated to the “Sacred Feminine”.
The PanSophia Tarot has been printed in two different versions.
DELUXE : a Limited edition of 666 numbered and signed copies
22 heavy cardboard GREAT CARDS (mm 82 x 153 = 3,22″ x 6,02″) in a Golden satin bag,
plus a "stele of the Ovum Draconis",
plus a Postcard of the ancient Collegium Pansophicum.
ART BOX : a Limited edition of 999 numbered and signed copies
22 heavy cardboard STANDARD CARDS (mm 65 x 125 = 2,55″ x 4,92″) in a Golden satin bag,
plus a "stele of the Ovum Draconis".
Both versions are available on ETSY:
DELUXE : https://www.etsy.com/it/listing/8641193 ... ione-magia
ART BOX : www.etsy.com/it/listing/864119342/art-b ... ione-magia
I am sure that, due to its formal beauty and its contents, the PanSophia Tarot will leave an indelible mark in the history of the Tarot and in the esoteric culture.
Giordano Berti