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    Credits

    The 4th Tarot is a collaborative work of art, philosophy, and technology.

    Voice Artists

    Clyde Sacks

    Male Voice

    clydesacks.com

    Robert Nevans

    Author Voice

    Artwork & Design

    Robert Nevans

    Original tarot card artwork, system design, and philosophical integration

    A Personal Mission

    Ten percent of all gross revenue from The 4th Tarot is donated quarterly to Sobriety House of Denver.

    I lost both my father and one of my little sisters to alcoholism. They each passed through multiple "for-profit" rehabilitation centers — places that checked boxes and charged tens of thousands of dollars while offering little that actually helped.

    For several years, I've had the privilege of using my skills to assist Sobriety House — first helping them escape predatory phone and internet contracts, then guiding them through COVID and co-creating their telehealth capabilities. Through this work, I've developed a deep and abiding respect for the professionalism and humanism their staff bring to their noble calling. They are nothing short of inspiring.

    Every one of them could earn more at a for-profit facility. Instead, they show up each day and outperform those institutions in every meaningful way. Over 90% of their clients come from the unserved, underserved, and unhoused. Veterans — people who risked life and limb for us, only to be abandoned by mainstream systems — make up almost half of those they help and are a priority population.

    As Colorado's oldest nonprofit rehabilitation center, Sobriety House faces the same funding pressures all nonprofits do. Part of my motivation for creating this project is to do my small part to support their selfless work.

    Learn more about Sobriety House of Denver

    Literary Influences

    Carl Gustav Jung

    • The Red Book (Liber Novus)
    • The Black Books

    Maurice Nicoll

    • Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky

    J.G. Bennett

    • The Enneagram

    P.D. Ouspensky

    • The Symbolism of the Tarot

    G.I. Gurdjieff

    • Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
    • Meetings with Remarkable Men

    Sanskrit Wisdom Traditions

    The 4th Tarot draws upon the wisdom of Vedic and Sanskrit philosophical traditions, integrating these ancient frameworks of consciousness into our interpretive approach.

    SaṃkalpaIntention, resolve, will
    SmṛtiMemory, mindfulness, recollection
    PrajñāWisdom, insight, discernment
    SākṣinThe witness, pure awareness
    DharmaCosmic order, duty, righteous path
    VṛttiMental fluctuations, thought patterns
    VivekaDiscrimination, discernment
    ĀtmanThe Self, essential nature

    Technology

    AI & Voice

    • Anthropic Claude — AI Interpretations
    • ElevenLabs — Voice Synthesis

    Open Source

    • React — UI Framework
    • Tailwind CSS — Styling
    • Framer Motion — Animations
    • Radix UI — Components