Madhouse Tarot by the tarot powerhouse duo Eugene Vinitski and Elsa Khapatnukovski is a gripping storybook that captures the human experience of unreason. With its mad keepsake tin and gold-gilded edges, this deck delves into that part within every one of us, the unreason that we feel alienated, exposing the piece of our soul that’s been fragmented from turmoil.
You’ll have noticed that the Majors feature the paths between the Sephiroth on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life to illuminate the paths for returning to the Light. Later in the Minors, you’ll see Goetic seals connecting to demonology, echoing the expression of anxieties and fears that each Minor Arcanum card conveys. Each card, rich with details, pushes the boundaries between fiction and reality.
The Madhouse is the universe this deck depicts, both purgatory and hell. It is where we have locked up the most fragile and also most aggressive aspects of ourselves. This deck gives voice to those inner aspects.
