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The Sealed Path Tarot honors the pact between the querent and the tarot, a relationship that is deepened with this 97-card deck. The luminous artwork integrates the author’s original paintings, collages and photography, resulting in a timeless aesthetic. With a special emphasis on the five elements, creator David Bergen has added a fifth suit called Orbs, associated with Ether or Spirit. In each suit, you will encounter five Court cards with their unique personalities of courage, valor and wisdom. Whether you choose to read it as a classic 78-card tarot, explore it as an expanded 97-card deck, or use the 25 Court cards as an oracle deck, the Sealed Path's versatility sparks the imagination. Includes 132-page illustrated guidebook.

Key Features:

Expanded Tarot Deck: Versatile 97-card deck; with 5 Minor Arcana suits based on 5 universal elements; 5 Court cards in each suit; Set of 25 Court cards can be read as a unique oracle deckIlluminated Pathways: Presents tarot as a reflection of our experiences and a personal adventure; focuses on astrological, numerological and elemental influences In-Depth Illustrated 132-Page Guidebook: Detailed analysis of Major Arcana, Pips and Court cards; Keywords and reversed meanings; 8 unique card spreads with instructionsLuminescent Artwork: Stunning digital art (non-AI) with luminous details; incorporates mystical symbolism from mythological and Hermetic traditionsDeluxe Components: Cards printed on superior quality card stock for durability; illustrated guidebook presented in large format; packaged in sturdy two-piece box

For those tarot readers who appreciate a deeper dive into card meanings, esoteric correlations and mystical symbolism, Sealed Path Tarot leads you on your journey of exploration.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE • A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK • A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BOOK FOR 2020 • A CBC BEST FICTION BOOK FOR 2020 • "His third appearance on the Giller shortlist ... affirms Bergen among Canada's most powerful writers. His pages light up; all around falls into darkness."—2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury • “David Bergen’s command is breathtaking … His work belongs to the world, and to all time. He is one of our living greats.”—Matthew Thomas, New York Times-bestselling author of We Are Not OurselvesFrom the streets of Danang, Vietnam, where a boy falls in with a young American missionary, to fishermen lost off the islands of Honduras, to the Canadian prairies, where a teenage boy’s infatuation reveals his naiveté and an aging rancher finds himself smitten, the short stories in Here the Dark explore the spaces between doubt and belief, evil and good, obscurity and light. Following men and boys bewildered by their circumstances and swayed by desire, surprised by love and by their capacity for both tenderness and violence, and featuring a novella about a young woman who rejects the laws of her cloistered Mennonite community, Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner David Bergen’s latest deftly renders complex moral ambiguities and asks what it means to be lost—and how we might be found.

“Combines both emerging and established voices for a fascinating glimpse at the most exciting short fiction coming out of this country.”—Open BookSelected and introduced by David Bergen, Best Canadian Stories 2027 provides a distinctive sample of the best Canadian short fiction published over the previous year. These fourteen stories draw together an expressive range of characters and narratives, and appeal to both longstanding readers and those looking for an entry point into Canadian literature.