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.
Printed in a limited artist edition, An Fios Dorcha is designed for readers, creatives, and researchers drawn to liminality, loss, and transformation. It bridges disciplines—art, history, ritual, and narrative—and stands as a tactile expression of what it means to listen to the past and attend to the present.
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