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From the "Alchemical Tarot" website: "The power of the "Alchemical Tarot" depends on its ability to serve as a tool for communication with our inner knowledge." Place is an internationally known magical artist ("The Buddha Tarot", "The Tarot of the Saints", the soon to be launched "Vampire Tarot", and "The Tarot: History, Meaning and Divination").
The outcome of eight years of research study and work was the "Alchemical Tarot" the supreme melding of conventional Tarot imagery and importance with that of standard alchemy. The alchemical signs magnify the symbolic function of the Tarot. From the "Alchemical Tarot" website" "Each card in The Alchemical Tarot was thoroughly drawn to catch real alchemical signs in a method that is clear and concise and in harmony with the aesthetic balance of the structure.

The box the deck is available in programs the High Priestess on the front, and the Emperor on the back. The box opens from the top. The LWB begins with an introduction by Place, where he speaks about his preliminary flash of insight into this task throughout the Harmonic Convergence in August of 1987, while he was studying an alchemical image that signified the Philosophers Stone.
This edition likewise includes two variations of the Lovers card (thus a 79 card deck) the initial variation (that was more sexually explicit than conventional variations), and the softened version that actually made the first publication. The Significant Arcana relates to alchemical products and processes, with the Theorist's Stone itself (also called he Red Stone) represented by the World.
The Major Arcana exists with a short discussion of the energy of each card, with a black and white scan of the Fool at the start, and a black and white scan of the World at the end. The Pips (numbered cards) and Court Cards exist with short descriptions of their energy, and keywords.
The traditional titles are retained for the Major Arcana. The fits are Coins, Vessels, Swords, and Personnels. The Court Cards are Woman, Knight, Queen and King. The non-reversible card backs show a red rose versus a green and white pattern, surrounded by a red border, which itself is surrounded by a black border, The card deals with reveal a white border.