This is the past lives podcast, episode 246, and I'm your host, Simon Bown.

My mission here at the past lives podcast is to investigate evidence that demonstrate

survival of the human soul. who look at past life memories,

near-death experiences, spirit communication and other incredible phenomena.

And please look out for the past life's podcast episodes called Paranormal Stories, and they're

released every Thursday. And if you want to hear the extended version of this episode,

you'd need to sign up to the Patreon campaign.

This week I'm talking to Claire Goodchild about her book, the book of seances, a guide to

divination and speaking to spirits.

Claire designed the antique anatomy tarot, which quickly became a staple of the indie market,

and is now mass market by Quatro.

Claire then designed many more Oracle decks, such as the Arcana of Astrooooo. staple of the indie market, and it's now mass market by Quatro.

Claire then designed many more Oracle decks, such as the Arcana of Astrology,

the first astrology-based deck on the market, the compendion of constellations,

the Oracle of Oddities, and her newest creation, Memento Mori.

She's had her work featured in many publications, including Flair Magazine,

American Express, BT Toronto, Refinery 29, Urban Outfitters and Candice UK. In 2016,

she was the recipient of the Etsy Canada Award for the Paper and Illustration category.

Hey, Claire, thanks a lot for coming on the podcast. Thanks for having me. We're going to be talking about your book, which is the book of seances, a guide to divination and speaking to spirits.

Have you had a long-term interest in seances? Yeah, so I, well, it's kind of split into two groups. I have been interested in the paranormal

since I was a little kid and I've been interested in divination since I was about 20 years old.

And so it only felt natural to kind of marry the two eventually.

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