Six divination decks à la the Read like Devil way
Registration is closed. Check your email for the welcome and orientation sheet.
In this 6-week course we look at six divination decks that have been historically significant.
We look at the Marseille, Thoth, and Rider/Waite/Smith tarots alongside with Etteilla, both the grand and the petit cards, the Lenormand oracle, and Playing Cards.
Each of the six sessions will focus on one deck and there will be an opportunity to practice reading the cards used in that tradition by applying the ‘Read Like the Devil’ method to it.
This simply means that we will not read the popular, standard decks, such as the Rider/Waite/Smith deck or Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot according to the esoteric method assigned to them, basically relying on a map of corresponding symbolic associations – all of them, more or less, also going back to the tradition started by Etteilla in the 1760s.
What we will do instead is look at what works in context, how a visual text communicates its message beyond symbolism, and what pragmatic functions images acquire when used in divinatory contexts.
The sessions dedicated to the Marseille, Lenormand, and playing cards may be familiar to students who have taken classes at Aradia Academy before. Here, in addition to the basic principles of reading the cards like the Devil, the lectures feature new examples in fresh recordings. The sessions dedicated to Etteilla, the Waite/Smith, and Thoth tarot are brand new contributions. What will make the sessions even more dynamic are the weekly live Q&A encounters and the reading practice in the Facebook group dedicated to the course.
Registration is closed. Check your email for the welcome and orientation sheet.
Registration is closed. Check your email for the welcome and orientation sheet.
In this 6-week course we look at six divination decks that have been historically significant.
We look at the Marseille, Thoth, and Rider/Waite/Smith tarots alongside with Etteilla, both the grand and the petit cards, the Lenormand oracle, and Playing Cards.
Each of the six sessions will focus on one deck and there will be an opportunity to practice reading the cards used in that tradition by applying the ‘Read Like the Devil’ method to it.
This simply means that we will not read the popular, standard decks, such as the Rider/Waite/Smith deck or Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot according to the esoteric method assigned to them, basically relying on a map of corresponding symbolic associations – all of them, more or less, also going back to the tradition started by Etteilla in the 1760s.
What we will do instead is look at what works in context, how a visual text communicates its message beyond symbolism, and what pragmatic functions images acquire when used in divinatory contexts.
The sessions dedicated to the Marseille, Lenormand, and playing cards may be familiar to students who have taken classes at Aradia Academy before. Here, in addition to the basic principles of reading the cards like the Devil, the lectures feature new examples in fresh recordings. The sessions dedicated to Etteilla, the Waite/Smith, and Thoth tarot are brand new contributions. What will make the sessions even more dynamic are the weekly live Q&A encounters and the reading practice in the Facebook group dedicated to the course.
Registration is closed. Check your email for the welcome and orientation sheet.
Registration is closed. Check your email for the welcome and orientation sheet.
In this 6-week course we look at six divination decks that have been historically significant.
We look at the Marseille, Thoth, and Rider/Waite/Smith tarots alongside with Etteilla, both the grand and the petit cards, the Lenormand oracle, and Playing Cards.
Each of the six sessions will focus on one deck and there will be an opportunity to practice reading the cards used in that tradition by applying the ‘Read Like the Devil’ method to it.
This simply means that we will not read the popular, standard decks, such as the Rider/Waite/Smith deck or Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot according to the esoteric method assigned to them, basically relying on a map of corresponding symbolic associations – all of them, more or less, also going back to the tradition started by Etteilla in the 1760s.
What we will do instead is look at what works in context, how a visual text communicates its message beyond symbolism, and what pragmatic functions images acquire when used in divinatory contexts.
The sessions dedicated to the Marseille, Lenormand, and playing cards may be familiar to students who have taken classes at Aradia Academy before. Here, in addition to the basic principles of reading the cards like the Devil, the lectures feature new examples in fresh recordings. The sessions dedicated to Etteilla, the Waite/Smith, and Thoth tarot are brand new contributions. What will make the sessions even more dynamic are the weekly live Q&A encounters and the reading practice in the Facebook group dedicated to the course.
Registration is closed. Check your email for the welcome and orientation sheet.
Format
This course features fresh and original prerecorded lectures followed by weekly live encounters on Saturdays, dedicated to practicing reading the cards and answering questions related to each of the six sessions, or modules we go through. A pdf of the course slides will be made available prior to each live session.
Every live Q&A session of one hour duration will also be recorded and sent out to all the participants immediately after the class. You will get in excess of 10 hours of videos all told.
In addition, there will be a Facebook group dedicated to the course where students can further practice the reading of cards and perform the suggested assignments. There will be select teacher feedback on the shared practices, each aiming to further a point of practical application.
When registration closes on October 19, you will receive both a welcome and orientation sheet, including info on how to join the FB group and the live sessions on Zoom, and the video and pdf materials for session 1.
Curriculum
Start: Oct. 19 - Marseille Tarot video lecture available
Session 1: Oct 26 - Marseille Q&A + Playing Cards video lecture available
Session 2: Nov. 2 - Playing Cards Q&A + Etteilla (grand & petit) video lecture available
Session 3: Nov. 9 - Etteilla Q&A + Lenormand Oracle video lecture available
Session 4: Nov 16 - Lenormand Q&A + Waite/Smith Tarot video lecture available
Session 5: Nov. 23 - Raider/Waite Q&A + Thoth Tarot video lecture available
Session 6: Nov. 30 - Final Q&A on the Thoth Tarot
All live Q&As begin at 9PM Copenhagen time
The familiar and the new
The sessions dedicated to the Marseille, Lenormand, and playing cards may be familiar to students who have taken classes at Aradia Academy before. Here, in addition to the basic principles of reading the cards like the Devil, the lectures feature new examples in fresh recordings.
The sessions dedicated to Etteilla, the Waite/Smith, and Thoth tarot are brand new contributions whose aim is to surprise.
But what will make the sessions even more dynamic are the weekly live Q&A encounters and the reading practice followed by feedback in the Facebook group dedicated to the course.
The students who have taken a foundation course before will benefit greatly from being reacquainted with the Devil, so to speak, and learn from the new demonstrations that now also serve a comparative function.
The aim is to see the 6 decks across reading disciplines and practices, and apply to them the method of reading like the Devil.
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What they said after the first session
‘Wonderful. Concise as ever!’ – Markus Pfeil
‘I'm Baaaaack! Excited for another AWESOME class! Never too many!’ – Debi Ann Scott
‘Great talk.’ – Ann Noble