En este libro Camelia Elías nos ofrece una introducción a las cartas del Tarot de Marsella combinada con lecturas de cartas contextualizadas. Cada descripción va acompañada de una interpretación de las cartas que combina el método tradicional – basado en hacer deducciones lógicas sobre el significado de los naipes – y el método de argumentación visual que se apoya en el arte individual y subjetivo de la percepción. Se muestran además lecturas completas basadas en consultas reales al Tarot.

This book is the first in a trilogy of books based on courses in cartomancy under the signature ‘Read Like the Devil.’ It is packed with examples of student work and teacher feedback, divination philosophy, and essays on method.

This book is for all the diviners who want to hear what else we can do with the Tarot cards other than what a particular school or tradition prescribes. It’s a treat à la carte for all the diviners who ever felt burnt out, after having served the same dish over and over to people.

The Power of the Pips looks at how the pip cards embody connection, from creating coherence to burning bridges. The principal questions asked are these: how logical is the function of each card? How do we see context creating meaning in accordance with function and common sense? When are the pip cards syntactic markers, such as a full stop, a comma, or an adverb?

This book is a version of the transcript of eight video recorded lectures. It draws on the practice of divination in the context of storytelling and Zen philosophy.

This book depicts manifestations of folk magic, black magic, and practical magic as courage and everyday wisdom, and it demonstrates how reading cards can entice us to concrete magical action.

This book is about the art of reading the image, semiotics, and the poetics of cartomancy. Camelia Elias offers an introduction to the Marseille Tarot cards combined with readings of the cards in context. For each description there’s an interpretation that combines the cunning-folk method of reading the cards – based on making logical inferences about the meaning of the cards – and the visual argument method, which relies on the subjective and individual art of perceiving. The book also features full-length readings, based on real-life tarot consultations.