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Fifty-four Devils

- The Art & Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards

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"Ye are twenty-five cards. Become twenty-five devils Enter into the body, into the blood, into the soul ." 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 cards-known as cartomancy. It reveals the "secrets in plain sight" which hide within the pips, kings, queens, and jokers of a standard deck. 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. -From the back cover

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781491225783
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 110
  • Udgivet:
  • 8. august 2013
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x7 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 172 g.
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 17. december 2024
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

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"Ye are twenty-five cards. Become twenty-five devils Enter into the body, into the blood, into the soul ." 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 cards-known as cartomancy. It reveals the "secrets in plain sight" which hide within the pips, kings, queens, and jokers of a standard deck. 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. -From the back cover

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