CONCLUSION

But yes, certainly, you can use this deck as an amusement, a diversion, a party game. It could be quite the conversation-starter. Keep in mind though, just as with any of the other divination methods I’ve identified as Fun Party Games, the Inquirer runs the risk of receiving an actual true and accurate answer to a question which they may have asked three-parts in jest, one-part in seriousness, and a fifth part under the influence. For that reason, I cannot agree with the author Grand Orient’s implication that this is only an amusement, a game of averages, and nothing else.

EXERCISES

  1. Try the Universal Oracle on yourself, and record both the question you asked and the answer. Come back to your notes a few weeks later, after the answer has had time to manifest itself, or not. Was the answer card you chose an accurate response to the question you asked? Look over the other answer cards. Was there another answer card which, in retrospect, would’ve been a more accurate reply to your question?
  2. Try the Universal Oracle on somebody else, ideally, someone you know. Maybe several someones. Note the questions they choose and the answer cards they selected. File your notes away, then check back with this person/these people a few weeks later. Was the answer card they chose accurate, given what the result of their question was?
  3. EXTRA CREDIT: Try ‘An Universal Oracle’ as a Fun Party Game at an actual party or some other get-together. If the opportunity presents itself, try it the way ‘Grand Orient’ suggested, with a bunch of people choosing questions and you dealing answers to people randomly, like you’re all playing cards and you’re the Dealer. Whatever approach you use with this deck, if you have the opportunity, get back together with participants who consulted the Universal Oracle, and ask if the outcome of their question happened like the answer card said. What was your batting average when dealing out the answer cards?

Bibliography

Grand Orient. A Manual of Cartomancy, Fortune Telling and Occult Divination. 4th Ed. London: William Rider & Son, 1909. Pages 119-124.

This is the original source material I used to create this deck. Your mileage may vary.

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