Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Reading Ordinary Cards

Though my primary focus is the Tarot, I first learned to read ordinary playing cards. If anyone is interested, here is a link to lulu.com where my fourth manuscript on the subject is available for purchase. As noted in the intro, it is a revision, condensation, and clarification of the three previous manuscripts.
My first text on card reading was written for professional readers who wanted to learn to read playing cards, followed by a sort of introductory text geared towards a more general audience. Finally, I edited the two texts, with some added material, into "Cartomancy for the Non-Cartomancer", still available at lybrary.com under a pseudonym I've used for many years, John Wells. "Cartomancy for the Non-Cartomancer" had the distinction of being referenced by master reader Ron Martin in his own text on card reading. If you're into Tarot, Ron's name is one with which you will want to be familiar.
"A Cartomancer's Chapbook" was the result of about ten week's worth of tweaking and editing. It has everything you need to know to actually learn to give readings with cards, something many books written for the new-age market fall short on.


C. Affholter

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