Category Archives: art

The Mystagogus deck book – a preview!

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

The book for the deck has been put up on the Quareia Publishing website as a free download, and it is also on Quareia’s free books page . The physical books will be available for purchase online in the next … Continue reading →

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Mystagogus deck update

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

Well things are moving along nicely – the deck is due to be delivered at the end of Dec, and we have help lined up for the packing and shipping in early 2023 so they will start flying their way … Continue reading →

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Pinning, repainting, and learning new magical methods

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

Now the dust has settled from the frantic rush of selling the paintings, booking in the printer and nervously waiting for the proof (which arrives later today), over the last few days I have focused on the magical aspect of … Continue reading →

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Shock, awe, and crazy magical ideas

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

Well… what a ride! I expected the deck pre sales and art sales to take a couple of months to raise the money to go to print … and it took 4 days! I am gobsmacked. And once I had … Continue reading →

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Deck paintings at the teen angst phase – fighting names, and going out into the world

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

Well this has suddenly turned into a bronco ride! The website for the deck is finally up, the paintings are going up for sale in batches, the fundraiser for printing is launched, and meanwhile the images have turned into a … Continue reading →

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Deck Process and Places

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

New deck – the process and places Continue reading →

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A new magical baby

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Josephine McCarthy

I have been silent on this blog for a long long time…. Because I have been busily beavering away on my next project – the next magical baby….. When the pandemic hit, I was put to work on a new … Continue reading →

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News update on the Quareia LXXXI Magicians Deck

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Josephine McCarthy

Our second print run of the deck is now down to a couple of hundred decks for sale, plus a hundred decks held back for Quareia Initiate students. Doing another print run is going to prove costly and difficult, particularly … Continue reading →

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Talks and Podcasts

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Josephine McCarthy

It has been a busy time for me lately, besides working with students, preparing new texts for the Quareia page, etc, I have been doing podcasts, lectures and have a masterclass coming up at The Magickal Womens Conference in London … Continue reading →

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Goodies of myth, magic and wonder!

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Josephine McCarthy

Magical artists Stuart Littlejohn and Cassandra Beanland who teamed up to do the Quareia magicians deck have both opened Redbubble online stores so that you can buy their work in prints, art board, and on bags, mugs etc.  It is … Continue reading →

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