An Fios Dorcha: The Dark Knowing is an original 90-card oracle deck grounded in Irish folklore, ancestral memory, and Jungian psychology. Developed as part of a creative PhD project, the deck invites users into a process of self-inquiry through mythic symbolism, psychological archetypes, and the shadowed stories we carry. Each card blends personal reflection with cultural resonance, offering insight not as prediction but as a mirror to the unconscious.
Created through extensive research into Irish emigration, oral traditions, and the supernatural in the National Folklore Collection, An Fios Dorcha is both a creative artefact and a scholarly work. The guidebook weaves together folklore and poetic narrative to offer layered interpretations, while the deck’s structure mirrors a journey of individuation—from ancestral roots to conscious integration. This is not a tool for fortune-telling, but a companion for deeper reckoning.
Coming soon in a limited first edition, An Fios Dorcha is designed for readers, creatives, and researchers drawn to liminality, loss, and transformation. The oracle bridges the disciplines of art, history, ritual, and narrative as a tactile expression of what it means to listen to the past and attend to the present.
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