Hecate keys

In the third book of poems, the Moscow poet and culturologist Ekaterina Dais turns to the same topics as in his scientific and journalist practice - this is the mysterious tradition of European culture, heard through the melodies and rhythms of the big city, the music of modern composers - Philip Glass, Anton Batagov and Alexandra F. Alexandrova, through communication with the mystics of all stripes, city shamans and Templars, through the alchemy of Tantra and the intricacies of branches in Gorky Park. A special role in this collection of poems, which includes the cycles “Osiris and Orpheus”, “Rituals”, “Hecate keys”, “Night confessions of Enheduanna”, “Altar” and “Panopticon” is occupied by the Triumph cycle dedicated to 22 Arcans of Taro Tota Alister Crowley. Being the main translator of Crowley’s poetry into Russian, Catherine Dais in this case also translates the images, symbols and metaphysical significance of these cards from visual into poetic language, creating a poetic textbook on this oracle. The cycle is decorated with brilliant images of Alexei Revenko, who understand the key images of the senior Arcans Tarot in a new way