Pictograph Oracle Deck Workshop with Artist-Author Dorothy Graden

This card deck features 21 images (72 cards) of Dorothy Graden's original artwork inspired by ancient rock art. The deck serves a dual purpose: it can be used to play standard card games, or the mesmerizing images on the cards can be used for intuitive readings. A card deck with all instructions and an oracle pamphlet are included in the cost of the workshop.
The evening will begin with Dorothy presenting a talk and slide show of sacred sites of the American west, many of which she has visited.  Most of these sites are remote,  inaccessible  and remain hidden from those who search for them.  Interpretations and insights  from the group are encouraged as these images speak to those who understand the sacred.
The second part of the evening will be an introduction to the card deck and we will have the opportunity to play a few fun card games. In the third part of the evening, Steven Blaine Adams and Joan Forest Mage will guide us in exploring how to use the deck as an oracle.   Everyone will have the opportunity to do readings and enjoy the mysteries.

Dorothy Graden is an award winning contemporary artist whose art is inspired by prehistoric art of the Americas. Her mission is to bring awareness of these amazing places and to promote preservation and protection of ancestral sites on this continent, most of which are considered sacred to Native Americans. For over 30 years she has been traveling through the American west to photograph and draw prehistoric rock art. These rock art images were incised, pecked, abraded and painted on cave and canyon walls and boulders. Rock Art has been found on every continent except Antarctica. Some sites are 30,000 years old. Ms. Graden draws with great admiration, respect and humility for the ancients who inspire her work.
Dorothy pulls and pigments cotton rag in the paper studio and then applies mixed media to create her art. Often, images emerge from the paper as she works and her technique is a truly creative process. Ms Graden has presented her field work on rock art at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow at University College Cork, Ireland and at the University of Innsbruck in Austria (2014). Her photographs have been published in the Theosophical Society's journal, Quest. She also presents, lectures and exhibits her drawings and ceramic sculptures at various venues throughout the Midwest and the Chicago area.
Read an article by Dorothy Graden

$70/$60 early registration by November 20 (cost includes a copy of the card deck signed by the author/artist)

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