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James R. Eads built this oracle as one connected world: lay all 78 cards together and they form a single panoramic landscape of a forgotten land, seen from above. Each card tells its own story, but the paths on every card cross the borders and continue on the next. Eads developed this deck over more than three years, drawing on his background in printmaking and poster design for bands and festivals.
The guidebook is written from the perspective of a traveler moving through the land long after great events reshaped it, piecing together fragments of history along the way.
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Most oracle cards stand alone. The Oracle of Many Paths works differently: all 78 cards are pieces of the same world. Lay them side by side and they build one sweeping map of a forgotten land, viewed from above, with paths that branch, reconnect, and sometimes stop without warning.
That idea is not just visual. It runs through every design decision. Each card contains at least one path. Some fork. Some loop back. Others end abruptly. The maker built this in deliberately, as a visual argument about how change actually moves.
The cards are standard tarot-sized and numbered 00 to 77 for easy guidebook reference. The edges are gilded in a dark metallic green, with rose gold foil accents on the card faces. Every card back shows a marbled pattern made using the traditional Ebru technique, in which paint floats on water and the pattern is transferred directly onto paper.
James R. Eads studied printmaking, painting, and graphic design in New York before returning to Los Angeles, where he began making concert posters for artists including Phish, the Foo Fighters, and Dave Matthews Band, and for festivals such as Bonnaroo. His style carries a post-impressionistic quality: images that feel like maps to places just out of reach. This deck took more than three years to develop.
The guidebook runs to 108 pages, printed in full colour with a hardcover and a fabric-wrapped marbled cloth binding. A foil-stamped compass marks the cover. Inside you will find a 25-page introduction, five original spreads, notes on numerology and tarot correspondences, and guidance on reading the symbolic pathways on each card.
Every card has its own dedicated page with keywords, numerology, lore, and interpretive notes. The lore is written from the perspective of a traveler documenting the land long after great events reshaped it, gathering fragments of meaning along the way. That framing makes the guidebook readable as a self-contained story.
The Oracle of Many Paths draws on tarot structure: 78 cards, numerology, and archetypal thinking. It is not a tarot deck. The cards do not follow a Major or Minor Arcana division, and the archetypes here are places in a landscape rather than figures or abstract forces. Readers familiar with tarot will recognise connections. Those who are not will find full context in the guidebook.
The five spreads in the guidebook are designed specifically for this deck and take into account how each card sits within the wider landscape. Try one with the cards laid out together so the paths run visibly from card to card.
James R. Eads was born in 1989 in Los Angeles. After studying in New York he returned to LA and built a career making posters for bands and music festivals. In 2013 he made his first tarot deck, which led to the founding of Prisma Visions. He has since created nearly a dozen tarot and oracle decks.
His studio in downtown Los Angeles is also home to Prisma Visions. The Oracle of Many Paths reflects his long interest in nonlinear storytelling and the infinite branching that every choice carries with it.
Is this a tarot deck or an oracle deck?
This is an oracle deck of 78 cards, inspired by tarot structure. The cards do not follow a Major or Minor Arcana division and work with places in a landscape rather than the usual tarot figures. The guidebook includes notes on numerology and tarot correspondences for those who want to make that comparison.
Do you need to lay out all 78 cards to see the full landscape?
No. Each card works independently in a reading. The panoramic landscape is an additional layer: when you place the cards together, the paths run continuously across their borders. That is a separate way of using the deck, not a requirement for regular readings.
| Auteur | James R. Eads |
| Taal | English |
| Uitgeverij | Prisma Visions |
| SKU | 1832-JA05 |
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