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Fifty-four Devils|Cory Thomas Hutcheson
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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  • ISBN-13: 9781491225783
  • ISBN-10: 1491225785
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: August 2013
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.26 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.38 pounds
  • Page Count: 110

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