Fifty-four Devils: The Art & Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards
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Rating | : | 4.87 (560 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1491225785 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-03-04 |
Language | : | English |
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He co-hosts a podcast of the same name, and has been a practicing card-reader for many years. . About the Author: Cory Thomas Hutcheson is the author of several articles on magic, witchcraft, and folklore, and is the proprietor of the New World Witchery website
Jasmine White said A Guide to Cartomancy. I'm often asked for resources and advice on divination with playing cards, and for a long time now, the New World Witchery Guide to Cartomancy has been my go-to recommendation. Fifty-Four Devils is the expanded and revised edition of that guide, and it is even more helpful than the original.Playing cards can often be every bit as intimidating a method as tarot when you're starting out (personally, I found it more so), but Cory Hutcheson has distilled the necessary information into a readable and coherent method. If you're looking to get started in cartomancy, or just to lear. Spot on Fifty-Four Devils has been spot on.It is not just a book but a working tool to help you with divination. I am a professional reader of the tarot but not playing cards. This book is helping me to expand my knowledge and learn this ancient art form of fortune telling.. playing card divination this is an excellent book for those into playing card readings highly recommended will love this book give you exactly what you want enjoyable will be something you will use and take good care of very informative
Explore one method of divination in-depth as you meet the “fifty-four devils”—the symbolic spirits of each card—and learn about invoking ancestral blessings for card readings, the folklore of playing cards, and how to relate fairy tales to a spread along the way. It reveals the “secrets in plain sight” which hide within the pips, kings, queens, and jokers of a standard deck. This brief-but-richly drawn book explores the practice of divination by playing cards—known as cartomancy. “Ye are twenty-five cards. -From the back cover. Become twenty-five devils Enter into the body, into the blood, into the soul .” So begins a n
He co-hosts a podcast of the same name, and has been a practicing card-reader for many years. About the Author About the Author: Cory Thomas Hutcheson is the author of several articles on magic, witchcraft, and folklore, and is the proprietor of the New World Witchery website.