Fifty-four Devils

Fifty-four Devils

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
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-08-03
Format Kindle eBook

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