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Our guests this time around are Tayannah Lee McQuillar and Katelan Foisy. They have recently collaborated on a project called The Sibyls Oraculum: Oracle of the Black Doves of Africa, which is a system of divination inspired by the Libyan Sibyls, the African prophetesses of the classical world.
The deck was created by Tayannah, a tarot reader and researcher of religion, esoterica, and mysticism, and drawn by Katelan, a visual artist, writer, and occultist who specializes in vintage style mixed media art and photography.
This contemporary oracle pays homage to the oft forgotten African founding mothers of the sibylline traditions. Drawing on both the African and the Classical traditions, the card art is in a style reminiscent of the Libyan mosaics popular in the 1st century B.C.E. And in the deck's accompanying guidebook, Tayannah details how to consult the oracle, providing in-depth write-ups about the meaning of each of the 44 cards and the symbolic language represented by each card's imagery. There's also a history of the Sibyls of the ancient world and an exploration of the continuing Sibyl tradition in North Africa today.
But the framework for our conversation here comes from the true intention of the deck, which is to directly address the spiritual lessons underlying the seeker's question, and to facilitate self-examination and decision-making, and help improve the likelihood of success and broaden the perspective of the situation.
Now, we did have some audio and connection issues, so that cut this chat a bit shorter than usual. You will notice Tayannah's connection got better about halfway through, because we had to reconnect a couple times during this call. But please do stick with it, because I quite liked it, all things considered. And I hope you do as well.
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