Contact

You can reach me directly by email at: orlandotarot@gmail.com

Site Acknowledgments

Stephen Banes—Through technical alchemy, you have transmuted my simplistic vision of this site into a treasure far beyond my highest expectations.

Jim Wirt—Your vast wisdom in all matters technical has imbued this site with its singular breath.

Lou Fernandez—Your computer expertise gave this site its finese.

David Palladini—You have blessed this site with your inimitable work, quite literally bringing my Tarot journey full circle.

Scot D. Ryersson—With pen, ink, and camera, not to mention profound elegance and insight, your artistry has elevated this site to realms unachievable without it.

Artwork, Image & Text Credits

All principle photographs, handmade Tarot cards, and the following illustrations (pen and ink on paper): Tarot Suite: Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles; Tarot Journey; Sunset Tarot 2009 and 2010; and Sphere—Scot D. Ryersson © by the artist. All rights reserved.

Home Page: (image) “O” Design—David Palladini © by Michael Orlando Yaccarino. All rights reserved.

Who I Am Page: (text) “I look into the mirror…”—excerpt from Lama'at (Divine Flashes) by Fakhruddin 'Iraqi' (Trans. Chittick & Wilson); “I am the taste of pure water…”— excerpt from The Bhagavad Gita (7:8-9) by Vyasa (Trans. Eknath Easwaran)

Transform Page: (text) “As the orange light of sunset…”—excerpt from Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf; “I know not what to ask…”—excerpt from Invocations by Ansari of Herat; “There is gold buried…”—excerpt from The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by M (Mahendranath Gupta/Trans. Swami Nikhilananda); “An instrument of revelation…”— by Michael Orlando Yaccarino / (image) The Serpent Ouroboros—painted and inscribed image from the Mythological Mortuary Papyrus of Dama Heroub, Egypt, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BCE*

Gurus Page: (image) A Brahmin Priest of India, photographer unknown, 1921*

Books Page: (image) From a 19th-century, Northern Indian manuscript of The Bhagavad Gita*

Music Page: (image) Akbar watching as Tansen receives a lesson from Swami Haridas, artist unknown, ca 1750*

Treks Page: (image) Detail from "Asia" by Thomas Jefferys, published in A New Geographical and Historical Grammar by Thomas Salmon, 1772*

Nutrition Page: (image) Detail from an early 20th-century textile label showing Shiva and family, artist unknown*

Miscellany Page: (image) Anuradhapura, a ancient Buddhist center, photographer unknown, late 1800s*

Sunset Page: (text) “Flowers which as in a dream…”—excerpt from Transription of Organ Music by Allen Ginsberg (reproduced by kind permission of Peter Hale, Allen Ginsberg Estate)

* Note: Whereas every attempt has been made to trace copyright-holders for the images designated by *, this has not been possible. Any inadvertent omissions will be corrected at the request of the copyright-holder.

Statement of Copyright

Michael Orlando Yaccarino owns the rights to all texts and images on this Web site unless otherwise noted. None of these materials may be reproduced, transmitted, copied, or redistributed in any manner for commercial or personal use. Without prior consent from the owner, any such unauthorized activity will be treated as a breach of copyright and legal action will be taken to protect these rights.