— The divinatory art of the 52-card deck —
The foundation, the descent, and the alchemy. Begin where the deck calls to you.
A Source Book for Divination
The foundational text. A complete divinatory grammar for the ordinary 52-card deck — card meanings, spreads, and the methods that built the practice.
Dare to be different. Ana’s meanings and interpretations are not the standard ones found in so many other books — this is a system all its own, built from forty years at the table and from the paintings C.J. Freeman left behind.
It is the place to begin. Everything else in the workshop assumes the ground this book lays.
A New Dimension of Card Reading
An advanced descent — for readers who have learned the deck’s plain speech and now want to walk through its hidden rooms.
Built around the oil paintings C.J. made between 1979 and 1982, the Doors set carries the deck into territory the first book only pointed toward.
Read the essays on the Doors, or see the paintings themselves in the gallery.
The Art of Transformation in Life and Card Reading
A working book on personal alchemy for any kind of card reading, woven through with Ana’s own origin story.
Unlike the first book, this one applies to any method of card reading, any type of work with cards. Rather than tell you what this or that card means, or what formation to lay the cards out in, it explains how to work.
In Ana’s words: “It has been birthed straight out of my soul, kicking and screaming… It is pure, undiluted BOOTLEG.”
I’ve studied, taught and read Tarot and Lenormand for 43 years… This book and deck ranks among my top favorites and is a frequent “go-to” when reading regular playing cards.
The Playing Card Oracles is a seminal work in the art of card reading. A must for serious and ambitious students…
I first saw this book at the Meow Wolf “art experience” in Santa Fe, NM… I couldn’t stop thinking about the book… It is a beautiful book to read, full of history as well as inspired illustrations.
The books teach the system; the deck carries it. Both live in the store.