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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781620556719
Year: 2018
Publisher: Inner Traditions


Description:
A system of divination inspired by the Libyan Sibyls, the African prophetesses of the classical world

* Includes 44 full-color cards in Latin and English with a comprehensive guidebook

* Details how to consult the oracle, providing in-depth write-ups about the meaning of each card and the symbolic language represented by their imagery

* Designed to directly address the spiritual lessons underlying the seekers query and facilitate self-examination and decision-making

* The cards feature full-color paintings in the style of the Libyan mosaics popular with the Roman elite in the 1st century B.C.E.

The Oracle of the Black Doves is a system of divination inspired by the Libyan Sibyls, the African prophetesses of the classical world. According to the Greek Historian Herodotus, two black doves flew away from the city of Waset (Thebes) and established the Siwa Oasis oracle in Libya and the first oracle in Greece at Dodona. These powerful Sibyls were consulted by all levels of Greek and, later, Roman society.

Created by tarot reader Tayannah Lee McQuillar, this contemporary oracle pays homage to the oft forgotten African founding mothers of the sibylline traditions. Drawing on both the African and the Classical traditions, it features full-color paintings by artist Katelan V. Foisy, who created the card art in a style reminiscent of the Libyan mosaics popular in the 1st century B.C.E. In the accompanying guidebook, McQuillar details how to consult the oracle, providing in-depth write-ups about the meaning of each of the 44 cards and t