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Cards of Alchemy - oracle decks

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About this item
  • Designed for personal development and transformation, the Cards of Alchemy are a fifty card set based on the ancient
  • concepts of alchemy. Created by Raymond Buckland, well-known Wiccan and author of numerous books on Wicca
  • and magick.


Specifications
Name Cards of Alchemy
Creators Raymond Buckland
Publisher Llewellyn
Deck Type Oracle Deck
Cards 50


Reviews
The Cards of Alchemy are a fifty card (non-tarot) deck and book set emphasising personal transformation and self-change, from Raymond Buckland, well-known Gardnerian Wiccan from the USA. The conceptual creator of the Buckland Romani Tarot (also published by Llewellyn), he is the author of numerous books including 'Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft', and 'Practical Candleburning Rituals'.

The fifty cards are divided into five suits of nine cards each, named Alembic, Tree, Retort, Egg and Athanor. These correspond to love, heath, wealth, protection and power and are furthered divided into three levels: from Puffer, to Initiate, then the highest level, Adept. The suit cards display a single alchemical scene on the left, the images of which have been taken from ancient alchemical text. On the right, a variety of symbols and correspondences for the card's suit, gemstone, planet, grade, and number. There is also a large visual representation of the solar system, displaying the card's planetary conjunction.

As well as the suit cards, there are also five 'wild cards': Execute, Balance, Observe, Harmonize, and Master. These are linked with earth, spirit, air, water and fire and display two alchemical scenes rather than the one on the rest of the cards. The wild cards seem to serve a similar purpose as the major arcana in a tarot deck: the book describes that their appearance 'heralds powerful forces at work'.

The cards are packaged with the companion text, the 'Book of Alchemy' which is essential to understanding these cards. Inside, Buckland gives a quick history of alchemy and famous alchemists, and then moves onto the card meanings (but for a few pages near the end with beginner instructions on how to read the reads, spreads, and how to care for cards). For each card, its image is printed in black and white, and then the text begins with a few words each for Grade, Keyword, Gifts, and Challenges. Following this is a page of general card description and interpretation, and paragraphs providing further explanation of the Astrological Balance (planetary conjunction), the associated Stone of Destiny (a crystal or gemstone), and the card's grade.

In the hand, the cards are medium-sized (very close to the size of the standard Lo Scarabeo deck) and printed on thin cardstock. Most unusually, the images are landscape-oriented and set sideways, rather than upright or portrait oriented. These cards are also packaged with the companion text, the 'Book of Alchemy' which is essential to understanding these cards.

Inside, Buckland gives a quick history of alchemy and famous alchemists, and then moves onto the card meanings (but for a few pages near the end with beginner instructions on how to read the reads, spreads, and how to care for cards). For each card, its image is printed in black and white, and then the text begins with a few words each for Grade, Keyword, Gifts, and Challenges. Following this is a page of general card description and interpretation, and paragraphs providing further explanation of the Astrological Balance (planetary conjunction), the associated Stone of Destiny (a crystal or gemstone), and the card's grade. I particularly liked the titles of the Cards of Alchemy that are printed in the book and on the cards - all are verbs. They are action words, rather than passive, descriptive words or states. For example, the first five cards of the deck are titled Examine, Need, Desire, Reason, and Finalize.

Overall, these are not cards to purchase for simple yes/no fortune telling, or for their aesthetic beauty. The Cards of Alchemy are for personal development and transformation, and are intended to make you think, and change.


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