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Caitlín Matthews

    January 1, 1952

    Caitlín Matthews is a writer, singer, and teacher whose groundbreaking work has introduced many to the riches of Western spiritual heritage. She is acknowledged as a world authority on Celtic Wisdom, the Western Mysteries, and the ancestral traditions of Britain and Europe. Her teachings, grounded in a firm historical and linguistic framework, explore the living traditions of these disciplines, offering practical engagement with their spiritual sources. Matthews leverages her background as an actress, excelling as a storyteller and singer, with her most significant contribution being the revelation of forgotten ancestral heritage through deep research and practical application.

    Caitlín Matthews
    Fireside Stories
    The Celtic Spirit
    Tarot Medieval: The Mysteries of the Initiate's Path
    The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook
    Singing the Soul Back Home
    Trick of the Tale (Collectors Classics)
    • 2023

      A modern twist on the classic Waite-Smith Tarot to address the needs of the 21st century!The Time Changer’s Tarot was written to help us navigate the times in which we are currently living. Each of us is a time changer—people who not only are living through changing times but can also see and affect how time changes the landscape around us.The Time Changer’s Tarot offers practical ways of understanding the world. The 360-page guidebook will• expand our predictions to become in tune with larger events in our community and the world• offer advice to become a responsive Time Changer during your life span and throughout the world• adapt to diverse social interactions• show how to be environmentally responsible• show solutions to modern issues and how everyone can be a part of themThe Time Changers Tarot is for a new millennium that all Waite-Smith Tarot lovers can use as a guide to steer through the challenging maze in which we live. Every decision we make has an impact, and in changing times, it is we who must be the time changers!Card 2 1/8" x 3 1/2"

      The Time Changer's Tarot: Reading for Yourself, Your Community, and Your World with the Waite-Smith Tarot
    • 2023

      The history of Tarot Médiéval reads like an adventure novel. It was a French Tarot originally written by Francis Rolt-Wheeler and artist Christian Loring but published in the fateful year of 1939. Following the fall of France in June 1940, it seems not to have survived, and few copies of the original remain. Caitlín Matthews has translated and edited Rolt-Wheeler’s text and written new material for this beautiful Tarot, whose art has been painstakingly restored by renowned artist Wil Kinghan. Tarot Médiéval has a luminous, dreamlike, medieval setting, with fully illustrated 22 Major Arcana, 16 Court Cards, and 40 Pip cards in the suits of Cups, Swords, Scepters (Wands), and Shekels (Coins).  Each card explores the symbolic, initiatic, Kabbalistic, numerological, astrological, and divinatory significances, to nourish the spiritual life. The historical and magical context of this extraordinary deck is rooted in the Oswald Wirth school of Tarot, and Caitlín has provided new ways of using the cards that give meditational paths to explore it in a deeper way. This is a Tarot whose time has come, and an inward adventure of a lifetime is waiting in the cards.

      Tarot Medieval: The Mysteries of the Initiate's Path
    • 2023

      Celtic Devotional is for all who want to find and follow their spiritual pathway. Drawing on the inspiration of the seasonal unfolding of the year and on the ancestral environmental vision of the Celtic period, this devotional creates a framework for the daily rekindling and refreshment of the soul. A combination of existing and newly composed prayers, blessings and ceremonies for people of all traditions or none, this much-loved devotional returns to uplift and accompany the daily round through the seasons of the year.

      Celtic Devotional
    • 2022
    • 2021

      A study of Celtic visionary methods, from second sight and prophecy to reading omens and making divinations, which includes description of ancient practices as well as activities to encourage these skills in ourselves.

      The Art of Celtic Seership
    • 2020

      The Steampunk Tarot

      Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Set in an alternate reality, this tarot deck intertwines technology, machines, and retro-art, creating a unique Steampunk universe. The Technomage reigns as king, while the Punk Diva stands as queen, offering a fresh perspective on traditional tarot archetypes. Each card reflects a vibrant blend of fantasy and culture, inviting users to explore this imaginative world through the lens of tarot reading.

      The Steampunk Tarot
    • 2019

      The Lost Book of the Grail

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.1(22)Add rating

      Reveals the long-forgotten prequel to the Grail mythos and how it has profound resonance with modern times. Unveiling the long-forgotten prequel to the Grail quest stories, Caitl̕n and John Matthews examine The Elucidation of the Grail, a forgotten 13th-century French text, and show how it offers the key to understanding the sevenfold path of the Grail and the deeper stories beneath the Christian Grail narrative

      The Lost Book of the Grail
    • 2019

      The Ancestral Oracle of the Celts

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      By the renowned Celtic and shamanic expert Caitlin Matthews, this is the only oracle that uses the archetypes of the Celtic world to connect us to our ancestors, allowing us to consult them for guidance and insight, and to respond to their questions to clarify our thinking.

      The Ancestral Oracle of the Celts
    • 2018

      Discover forgotten divinatory skills, and learn to read the Tarot with confidence. Not just another Tarot book, Untold Tarot presents historic styles of reading little known in the modern era. It teaches traditional ways of reading used for pre-twentieth-century decks, drawing upon older cartomantic arts such as blending and pairing cards, reading lines, and following "line of sight" to piece together untold stories according to the direction in which the characters are facing. The time to rediscover these lost skills is ripe, and the practical and personal approach presented here empowers you to read in your own fluid style and develop a full palette of skills. The book also includes a selection of card spreads drawn from traditional French and Italian sources, plus methods of reading cards based on the author's own extensive research.

      Untold Tarot: The Lost Art of Reading Ancient Tarots
    • 2014

      The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook

      • 403 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.4(126)Add rating

      "A practical guide to fortune-telling with the Lenormand oracle. Explores the meanings of the 36 Lenormand cards and their playing card insets to help build a resourceful, interpretative vocabulary Provides instructions for many spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards. Includes case histories for readers to interpret, self-tests, and practice exercises. Reveals the origins of the Lenormand oracle from both coffee-ground symbols and playing card cartomancy More than 200 years old, the 36 Lenormand cards are an oracle combining standard playing cards with images from the everyday world, such as key, book, animals, and flowers. Their simple, predictive, and non-esoteric nature opens the realm of fortune-telling to all, offering a traditional cartomantic divination where card combinations fuse together to give clear answers. In this complete guide to Lenormand card reading, Caitlín Matthews explains the multiple meanings for each card, providing keywords so the reader can quickly build an interpretive vocabulary for Lenormand fortune-telling. She details how to lay spreads, starting with 3 or 5 cards and building to the Grand Tableau spread, which uses all 36 cards. She explores the significance of the playing card pips and suits on each card and how cards combine to create a variety of meanings. Matthews enables readers to learn the Lenormand card keywords so they can both read for themselves and express their interpretations to clients. Providing real case histories for readers to interpret, she also includes self-tests and practice exercises with answers to check at the end of the book. In addition to her comprehensive practical introduction to the Lenormand oracle, Matthews delves deeply into the history of cartomancy to reveal the mythic blueprint that underlies this simple deck, the key to which lies not in their imagery but in their connection to playing cards"-- Provided by publisher

      The Complete Lenormand Oracle Handbook