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mantic tarot

  • 0 (fool) – blind man’s bluff
  • I (Magician) – poker
  • II (priestess) – ouija
  • III (Empress) – hunting
  • IV (emperor) – chess
  • V (high priest) – snakes & ladders
  • VI (lovers) – truth or dare
  • VII (chariot) – race
  • viii (strength) – gladiatoria
  • ix (hermit) – solitaire
  • X (wheEL) – roulette
  • xi (justice) – tug of war
  • xii (hanged man) – riddles
  • xiii (death) – clue
  • xiv (temperance) – larping
  • xv (devil) – labyrinth
  • xvi (tower) – jenga
  • XVII (star) – star explorer
  • xviii (moon) – werewolf
  • xix (sun) – catch
  • xx (judgement) – peek-a-boo
  • xxi (world) – storytelling
Stylized rendering of the lottery box from Shirley Jackson's short story

KEY XI – The Lottery

A forthcoming article about Shirley Jackson’s short story opens the door to speculation about egregores having begun (in America at least) in short fiction

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