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Ana Cortez

Ana Cortez

About

Ana Cortez is co-creator and author of The Playing Card Oracles, A Source Book for Divination, published by US Games Systems, and The Teacher Within, Enraptured Ranting and Other Tales. She has been practicing and studying various systems of divination and self-knowledge for 30 years. Ana has studied energy healing from the shamanic traditions as well as with Dr. Eric Pearl.  She writes a blog, teaches Oracle Reading and dreams of her next visit to the Brazilian jungle. Her website is http://www.anacortez.com

Gimme-Jimmy

Gimme-Jimmy

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<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri">JamesAlexander’s nickname was Gimme-Jimmy because he was a greedy and selfish bully.<span>  </span>Imagine Jimmy’s concern when he discoveredthat every time he said the word “Gimme”, his hand grew larger. <span> </span>Jimmy was happy to discover that when he waspolite and said “Please” and “Thank you”, his hand began to shrink.<span>  </span>He started practicing his new “Polite Rule”and found out that it was much more fun to share.<span style="color:#000000;"></span></font></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12pt;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"></span> </p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"></span>

Story Behind The Book

Ana Cortez and her father, C.J. Freeman, created the Playing Card Oracles together. Their decades of work began when C.J. began intuitively painting the 52-card deck to find startling and unusual imagery coming through. He then began writing stories for the characters and researching playing card history to find clues to what was appearing. His daughter became involved initially in the early 80's and together they completed the book around 2002. C.J. drew and painted Oracle images for the 52-card deck for nearly 30 years, to complete a very large body of original and provoking work. The image on the cover of the book came from a lucid dream conversation with "The Oracle" shortly before publication.

Media Links

Tarot Notes

🔗 http://tarotnotes-majorandminor.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-by-zanna-playing-card-oracles.html

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Aeclectic Tarot

🔗 http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/books/playing-card-oracles/

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World of Playing Cards UK

🔗 http://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/oracles.html

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Reviews

<span style="color:#5b0277;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Trebuchet MS';font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><strong>“The book that you (Ana Cortez) wrote and he (CJ Freeman) brilliantly illustrated and essayed is one of the favorites in my personal library.”</strong></span><div><span style="color:#5b0277;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Trebuchet MS';font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><strong>--Stuart Kaplan, Chairman of U.S. Games Systems, Inc.</strong></span></div><div><span style="color:#5b0277;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Trebuchet MS';font-size:14px;line-height:20px;"><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">I found this book to be well written, well researched, and presented in a manner that anyone, from any background, could follow. Is this system different from other playing card systems? Yes, it is. It is a system unto itself. Go into this world with an open mind and an open heart, and you will do well. In the end, you will be able to read playing cards as a form of divination, and be able to work with your results. The wisdom and vision within this book is phenomenal. Take a look and see what you think!  --Bonnie Cehovet, Author and Tarot Grand Master<br /></span></div>