Can you guess what I am???
I am an esoteric treasure chest disguised as an ordinary household object, slipping with the greatest of ease through epochs of time.
I am underneath your very own nose, and indeed, between your very own fingertips.
I transcend the borders of nationality, language and beliefs, too invisible and too insidious to fall prey to those who would control the dissemination of real knowledge.
Have you guessed me yet?
Easily accessed in lavish royal chambers, homes of the poor, the cell of the jailed and the office of the warden, can you guess what I am?
Indeed, divine knowledge is merciful and cannot be shut out. There is truth for the asking – our human right, and have you guessed me yet???
I am the deck of playing cards.
A simple book of paper, pages unbound; absent of words yet intriguingly symbolic: unassuming. Let us step closer and direct our gaze for a moment at this demure muse, this seeming wallflower compared to its’ more flashy city cousin, the tarot.
...(The remainder of this article can be viewed at http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/little-book-secrets) -Jack of Hearts from The Playing Card Oracles deck by my dad, C.J.
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