At The End of The Night

Here's the end of an era! In this final post, I offer parting introductions to those finding the blog for the first time now, after its conclusion. This includes context to get the best out of the free resources offered here. 

Finally, we'll close out with contemplative reflections on the Fool's Journey and The Fool's Road. 

Maybe spiritual truths are simple by default, and icon & verse lend little but hypnotic frippery?

-Mystery is mysterious. 
-Love is glue. 
-Liberation starts within.
-Do real things more gently and don’t be a dick....

Up Next: Waif School

I've officially retired from designing and teaching in tarot. It's been a wild ride, followed by wilder new beginnings....

After a year spent recovering fully from creator-burnout, work-shopping new projects, and gathering fresh material, it's finally go time for Act II: Nefarious Waif!

Follow along for free on Patreon to catch the NEW BLOG as it drops, with a weekly stream of folk horror music videos, sopping haunted lyrics, and dark folkloric social satire. 

• Here to explore trickster wisdom & modern-traditional folklore through a dumpster-fire Age of Aquarius?

• Here for saucy, hypnotic, gothic folk songs?

• Or here to tempt you into the WOODS? (Unclear.)

Download the COMPLETE Tarot Spreads Catalog!

Available for the First Time in Entirety or by Theme.

Diving Deep With Folk Esoterica, The Good Folk, And Folkloric Oracles

We're wrapping up the loose ends of a ten year passion project! This is the third to last thing I have to say to you as a professional tarot blogger. This post covers a range of topics to send you off with context and approaches to work safely and creatively with the writings and decks we've shared here.

I've covered my own approaches--no bullshit--to folk esoterica and the fairy faith, addressed my own suspected fae tendencies, and dished comprehensive tips on deep-diving with Othercrowd lore in general, folkloric oracles, and the Black Ink Tarot and Fortune's Inkwell book, specifically.

Did I Know
What I Was Doing? 

I might not have sold you witches an undisclosed Othercrowd deck that I’d billed as an understated, minimalist goth deck like a fucking CARTOON VILLAIN! 😂😅 I might just be winging it, cause I enjoy unhinged little performance art charades when I get cabin fever like a fucking cartoon villain. I might even be suggesting that I planted a “possibly-haunted-IDK?” type deck in your house that I DIDN’T because I think it would be FUN to send you on a wild goose chase through the arcane bylaws and ceaseless chores of historic folkloric etiquette for NOTHING… like a fucking cartoon villain...

Here's the scoop on how we got here & what's up next...  

How To Deal With The Black Ink Tarot Being An Inscrutable Saucy-Brat

Welp, here’s one for the paranormal conspiracy theorists. Aaaand this is awkward….

I’ve been receiving some highly entertaining feedback from the community of people working with the Black Ink Tarot deck. Some have had a rather challenging time getting this deck to make sense ever, exempting its favorite forms of expression to date: poignant shadow-work, saucy riddles, and deathy death jokes....

Here's the scoop and what to do about it.
The Black Ink Tarot & Interrobang Tarot Decks are here, thanks to Kickstarter! Funded in 7 hours & a "projects we love" staff pick. Thank you all so much for your support in bringing these decks to life! The final decks were printed on fine art-quality card stock, with foil edges, boxes, and booklets, bonus symbol key cards, and ebook downloads.

Fortune's Inkwell is presently available in paperback and ebook via Amazon, Or 50% off on ebook in the shop.