Tarot Secrets of American Romanticism, Smut, and Occultism

<p>We are so thrilled to be talking with <a href='https://whatthesmut.com/2022/03/05/thea-wirsching/'>Thea Wirsching</a> today about her work <a href='https://www.amazon.com/American-Renaissance-Tarot-Thea-Wirsching'>The American Renaissance Tarot</a>. Thea takes us through her journey of conception and creation and shares how she wants this tarot deck to help us "enchant our sense of the American past".</p> <p>Find Thea online at <a href='http://theplutobabe.com/'>theplutobabe.com</a> <a href='https://www.americanrenaissancetarot.com/'>americanrenaissancetarot.com </a>and one Instagram at <a href='https://www.instagram.com/the_pluto_babe'>@the_pluto_babe</a> and <a href='https://www.instagram.com/americantarot'>@americantarot</a></p> <p>Head over to <a href='https://whatthesmut.com/2022/03/05/tarot-secrets-of-american-romanticism-smut-and-occultism/'>What The Smut</a> to take a look at all of the cards we discuss today. </p> <p></p> <p>Thea sees its deck somewhat like <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Our-Tarot-Guidebook-Featuring-Notable/dp/0062909851'>Our Tarot: A Guidebook and Deck Featuring Notable Women in History</a> as the cards can be reviewed and absorbed one at a time to learn about the American Renaissance period, the literature, and the occultism. Thea and the deck are a treasure-trove of knowledge and we started out by talking about the role of women by discussing <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Woodhull'>Victoria Woodhull </a>who was a free lover and presidential candidate. Miss Woodhall was jailed for publishing the truth of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ward_Beecher'>Henry Ward Beecher's</a> (represented on The Pope Card) extramarital affair because it was deemed pornographic.</p> <p> </p> <p>We discussed <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Drew_Stoddard'>Elizabeth Stoddard</a> (on the Queen of Wands) and her novel <a href='https://amzn.to/3pFbJH8'>The Morgesons</a> (the 6 of wands) in contrast with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Bee