Fifty-four Devils: The Art & Folklore of Fortune-telling with

Fifty-four Devils: The Art & Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards

â€œYe are twenty-five cards. Become twenty-five devils Enter into the body, into the blood, into the soul .â€ So begins a nineteenth century Italian charm making use of a small deck of playing cards. This brief-but-richly drawn book explores the practice of divination by playing cardsâ€”known as cartomancy. It reveals the â€œsecrets in plain sightâ€ which hide within the pips, kings, queens, and jokers of a standard deck. Explore one method of divination in-depth as you meet the â€œfifty-four devilsâ€â€”the symbolic spirits of each cardâ€”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. -From the back cover

Country	USA
Author	Cory Thomas Hutcheson
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781491225783
ISBN	1491225785
Label	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
MPN	black & white illustrations
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	108
PartNumber	black & white illustrations
PublicationDate	2013-08-08
Publisher	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Studio	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Fifty-four Devils: The Art & Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards