Well the Masters of Magic came in today, and I have to say I'm glad I got them. The cards are about 2 1/2 inches by 4 inches and come in their own box. The cardstock is thin but good nevertheless and has a linen feel to it. A 47 page booklet comes with the deck that is twice as big as the deck itself. The booklet explains that the people in the deck are broken up into four groups (listed below), and each group is headed by a legendary female figure - "the creating power that inspires and animates the entire group." Three spreads are given (one for specific questions, one for general questions and one for one's spiritual journey. Under each person is listed the meanings for each position in each of the three spreads. There is also a keyword, as well as positive and negative meanings, listed for each person. In addition, an abbreviated biography is given for each person. Here are the masters:
I. Sibyl - destiny; yellow cards; "want" group; earth; hermetics and healers.
a) Pythagoras - tolerance
b) Christian Rosenkreutz - creativity
c) Trithemius - desire
d) Louis Claude De Saint-Martin - feeling
e) Apollonius of Tiana - flexibility
f) Paracelsus - opening
g) Friedrich Anton Mesmer - balance
h) Cagliostro - curiosity
II. Morgan - secrecy; green; "silence" group; water; clairvoyants and mediums
a) John Dee - respect
b) Jakob Bohme - elevation
c) Count Saint-Germain - generosity
d) Emanuele Swedenborg - attention
e) Allan Kardec - receptiveness
f) Daniel Dunglas Home - purity
g) William Stainton Moses - calm
h) Edgar Cayce - sacrifice
III. Urania - inspiration; blue; "knowledge" group; air; astrologists and prophets
a) Ptolemy - synthesis
b) Galileo Galilei - collaboration
c) Johannes Keplero - talent
d) William Lilly - independency
e) Malachia - sincerity
f) Gioacchino Da Fiore - joy
g) Nostradamus - trust
h) Black Spider - idealism
IV. Isis - initiation; red; "dare" group; fire; magicians and alchemists
a) Merlin - courage
b) Albertus Magnus - resistance
c) Cornelius Agrippa - initiative
d) Eliphas Levi - enthusiasm
e) Ramon Llull - constancy
f) Arnaldo Da Villanova - analysis
g) Nicolas Flamel - application
h) Prince of Sansevero - rigour