"Practical Manual of Cartomancy" is a comprehensive guide to the art of cartomancy, or divination through playing cards. This book provides a step-by-step approach to reading the cards, and is suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners. The manual begins with an overview of the history of cartomancy, followed by a detailed explanation of the meanings and interpretations of each of the 52 playing cards in the deck. The book also includes various spreads and layouts for different types of readings, and provides practical guidance on how to interpret the cards in different contexts. One of the unique features of this book is the emphasis on using cartomancy as a tool for personal growth and self-discovery. The author provides exercises and techniques for developing intuition and connecting with the deeper meanings of the cards, allowing readers to gain greater insight into their own lives and the lives of those around them. Whether you are interested in cartomancy as a hobby or as a professional reader, "Practical Manual of Cartomancy" is a valuable resource that will deepen your understanding of this fascinating art and enhance your ability to interpret the cards with accuracy and insight.

For centuries, many people have felt the need to find out more about their future and their personal fate. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, cartomancy experienced a popular boom in Europe. During this time, 36 small Lenormand Cards were created. With its facts about the origins and origins of Lenormand Cards, this book enables you to learn how to unravel the future with these popular fortune telling cards, just as it was once practiced long time ago. In addition to the traditional and historical core meanings of the 36 cards, a list of everyday themes such as love, work, and finances, as well as other general and explanatory keywords, make it possible to actively acquire knowledge. Explanations on the first steps with small, modern divination methods as well as a description how to read the GT (grand spread) in both a modern and classic way also enable a further understanding of the possible interpretations of the cards. This textbook in the art of card reading may be an inspiration and a dictionary of the language of Lenormand Cards for both beginners and advanced.

Mlle Lenormand was beyond any doubt one of the most famous and most talented fortune tellers of all times. Her life is also surrounded with stories of amazement and mystery -- and so are her cards! The most comprehensive book ever published on the Fortune Telling Cards of Mlle Lenormand, The Game of Destiny contains the meanings of all 36 cards, card combinations, special meanings and several different spreads of this unique divination system. This is the first book to reveal precisely how these cards work, and explain how this system of divination can provide amazingly accurate answers to questions about love, friendships, family, career, health and spirituality. An extra chapter on how to invoke the aid of the Gypsy Spirits in card divination as well as ideas and recipes to aid clients and readers alike make this book an exceptionally valuable guide for beginners and professional readers alike.

Reading Russian Fortunes examines the huge popularity and cultural impact of fortune-telling among urban and literate Russians from the eighteenth century to the present. Based partly on a study of the numerous editions of little fortune-telling books, especially those devoted to dream interpretation, it documents and analyses the social history of fortune-telling in terms of class and gender, at the same time considering the function of both amateur and professional fortune-telling in a literate modernizing society. Chapters are devoted to professional fortune-tellers and their clients, and to the publishers of the books. An analysis of the relationship between urban fortune-telling and traditional oral culture, where divination played a very significant role, leads on to a discussion of the underlying reasons for the persistence of fortune-telling in modern Russian society.

The "Grand Jeu Lenormand" is considered as the supreme discipline in cartomancy. And in this book is written down all the knowledge that is needed to predict the future with these special cards. This textbook with its facts about the origin and meanings of the 54 Grand Lenormand Cards provides a quick and clear introduction to fortune telling with these mystical cards. It guides in a classic and traditional way - based on a real instruction from the year 1845 and other old traditions - step by step through the so-called "Grand Jeu" that once Mlle. Lenormand did for her clients. The detailed explanations of the only real method of interpretation and of the modern aspects of the Grand Jeu, as well as clearing up of mistakes in relation to these cards, allow a complete understanding of the handling of these mysterious card deck. So, this book about Fortune Telling with the Grand Jeu may be an inspiration and a dictionary for the language of Grand Lenormand Cards for both beginners and advanced.

A full-color guide to fortune-telling with the Lenormand oracle • Explores the meanings of the 36 Lenormand cards and their playing card insets to help build a resourceful, interpretative vocabulary • Provides instructions for many spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards • 416 pages and full-color throughout • Reveals the origins of the Lenormand oracle from both coffee-ground symbols and playing card cartomancy More than 200 years old, the 36 Lenormand cards are an oracle combining standard playing cards with images from the everyday world, such as key, book, animals, and flowers. Their simple, predictive, and non-esoteric nature opens the realm of fortune-telling to all, offering a traditional cartomantic divination where card combinations fuse together to give clear answers. In this complete guide to Lenormand card reading, Caitlín Matthews explains the multiple meanings for each card, providing keywords so the reader can quickly build an interpretive vocabulary for Lenormand fortune-telling. She details how to lay spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards. She explores the significance of the playing card pips and suits on each card and how cards combine to create a variety of meanings. Matthews enables readers to learn the Lenormand card keywords so they can both read for themselves and express their interpretations to clients. Providing real case histories for readers to interpret, she also includes self-tests and practice exercises with answers to check at the end of the book. In addition to her comprehensive practical introduction to the Lenormand oracle, Matthews delves deeply into the history of cartomancy to reveal the mythic blueprint that underlies this simple deck, the key to which lies not in their imagery but in their connection to playing cards.

A stunning visual history of tarot Used for self-exploration or divination, tarot has, for more than 500 years, been the most popular and accessible of all esoteric tools, looming large in today’s mainstream culture. Why? Because the cards are inexpensive and easy to carry—a perfect traveling companion and, therefore, an invitation to a journey inward and out. Humans are drawn to playing games and feel driven to find meaning in the chaos of paradoxical signs. The vivid iconography of the “Arcanas” speak to us like no other language, moving us to the core, weaving through each card a universal story, a metaphorical pathway of transformation. This 400-page book presents—for the first time—a close look at 500 years of figurative card decks created or used for fortune telling, divinations, and oracle purposes, and explores, one card at the time, their iconographic roots at the crossroads of the medieval imaginarium, Western esoteric wisdom, folklore, and also contemporary art and pop culture. With hundreds of images drawn from more than 100 decks, rarely published and often forgotten in library archives, this book offers the first visual history of tarot.

"Given the historical orientation of philosophy, is it unreasonable to suggest a wider cast of the net into the deep waters of magic? By encountering magical thought as theory, we come to a new understanding of a thought that looks back at us from a funhouse mirror."—The Occult Mind Divination, like many critical modes, involves reading signs, and magic, more generally, can be seen as a kind of criticism that takes the universe—seen and unseen, known and unknowable—as its text. In The Occult Mind, Christopher I. Lehrich explores the history of magic in Western thought, suggesting a bold new understanding of the claims made about the power of various belief systems. In closely interlinked essays on such disparate topics as ley lines, the Tarot, the Corpus Hermeticum, writing and ritual in magical practice, and early attempts to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics, Lehrich treats magic and its parts as an intellectual object that requires interpretive zeal on the part of readers/observers. Drawing illuminating parallels between the practice of magic and more recent interpretive systems—structuralism, deconstruction, semiotics—Lehrich deftly suggests that the specter of magic haunts all such attempts to grasp the character of knowledge. Offering a radical new approach to the nature and value of occult thought, Lehrich's brilliantly conceived and executed book posits magic as a mode of theory that is intrinsically subversive of normative conceptions of reason and truth. In elucidating the deep parallels between occult thought and academic discourse, Lehrich demonstrates that sixteenth-century occult philosophy often touched on issues that have become central to philosophical discourse only in the past fifty years.

In the fourth and final instalment in ‘The Witch of the Forest’s Guide to…’ series, explore the powerful world of Tarot Magick, and discover how you can use the power of tarot and witchcraft to boost your wellbeing.

In '30 Years Among the Dead' by Dead Carl Wickland, the reader is taken on a fascinating journey into the world of spirits and the afterlife. The book is written in a straightforward and informative style, detailing Dr. Wickland's experiences as a psychiatrist treating patients possessed by spirits. Through a series of case studies, he explores the complexities of spirit possession and the impact it has on both the living and the dead. This book provides a unique perspective on the intersection of psychology and the supernatural, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in parapsychology and metaphysical phenomena. The literary context of this work is significant as it challenges conventional beliefs and opens up new possibilities for understanding the mysteries of the human mind and spirit. Dead Carl Wickland, a well-known psychiatrist and spiritualist, was deeply fascinated by the spiritual world and dedicated his life to studying the phenomenon of spirit possession. His personal experiences and professional expertise led him to write '30 Years Among the Dead', a groundbreaking work that sheds light on a subject often ignored or dismissed by mainstream science and psychology. I highly recommend '30 Years Among the Dead' to readers interested in exploring the realms of the paranormal and delving into the mysteries of the human psyche. Dr. Wickland's insights and observations offer a thought-provoking perspective on the nature of consciousness and the possibility of life beyond death, making this book a valuable addition to any library of supernatural literature.