As many of you are aware, we are the exclusive North American distributor of Tarot decks from Italian publisher Lo Scarabeo—we could not be more proud to carry their beautiful decks! And now, we've received word that Lo Scarabeo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support their new trio of Tarot Books, beginning with Tarot Fundamentals. Tarot Fundamentals will be one of the most complete books ever published about Tarot. (The second and third books, Tarot Experience and Tarot Compendium, respectively, will be released in 2016 pending the success of the first volume.) Edited and compiled by Sasha Graham, with content by Giordano Berti, Barbara Moore, Mark McElroy, Riccardo

We are proud to bring our readers our third annual tarot catalog! Discover the newest in tarot offerings from Llewellyn and Lo Scarabeo, plus get free shipping on orders over $25 and 20% savings when you order online with the promo code found on the cover! Hurry, savings good through 8/1/13! Open publication

Yesterday I got to see some new items from Lo Scarabeo that will be available in the US very soon. Lo Scarabeo creates innovative tarot and oracle decks. They also make many other items that are of interest to tarot enthusiasts, such as bags and reading cloths. I am particularly excited about their newest reading cloth. It is large (47 x 31 inches), rich dark blue velvet, with a small very light grey satin border and tassels. I like it because there is no design in the center to interfere with my cards. See more about the cloth HERE There are three new bags, one featuring art from the much anticipated Illuminati Tarot, one with the Universal Tarot Magician, and one with art

The Book of Shadows Tarot is a unique project, many years in the making. It is an ambitious project based on a two-deck system. Each deck is designed to work independently but also to work together. The decks are based on the concept of As Above, So Below. The first deck, As Above, is a non-traditional (that is, not based on the Rider Waite Smith images) exploration of Wiccan/Pagan theories. So Below is a traditional deck that shows how magic is manifest in everyday life. The kit comes with the book and the As Above deck. The box includes a space for the second deck, So Below, available in February 2013. Below is a video created by Lo Scarabeo. Take a peek into the creation of