I have been fascinated by cards and esoteric knowledge since I was a child, but life here seems to have had other priorities to manifest into up until now.

It is at the point where one has very little left to lose other than their ego, that the Cards of Truth came into my experience as a force dragging me out of my personal, little, mesmerizing, hypnotizing wandering.

It had the feel of a savior, warming my guts and helping me focus, hope and dream. I can see its truth and its value. I can feel it messing up with my numbness, drawing the gunk out of my system. I see archetypes of human psyche reaching out, asking to be healed, acknowledged and expressed. Images come. Past pains and sorrows, obsolete ideas and people and doings, are melting away as I am letting my hand chose the colors or pick the pastels, the watercolor, or the ink. I let myself be guided by peace.

There is always a peace that comes hand in hand with the understanding that something is supposed to be the way it is. That is how I know when an Archetype has been illustrated correctly on the piece of paper in front of me. Some people might call this channeling; I myself don't like to give fancy names to simple things. It is all Life, playing itself out as a drawing or as a rainbow, or as a deck of cards, giving to each one of us precious clues into where to look for answers and for healing.

I notice that, like people, some colors like to be near others, that different shapes give way to recognizable images, or patterns of behavior if you will, but that the end message is always some inner realization that is important at that time and in that context. That message, like the drawing itself, becomes so personal, so intimate, and yet so connective to the whole experience of Life, that it's impossible to not be acknowledged and celebrated.

I have never considered myself an artist, but somehow, I was always able to express the uniqueness of this soul through some kind of artistic endeavors. Drawing is totally new to me, but hopefully, despite the naïve dimension of the images, you will be able to perceive their force and their desire to communicate and to unite.

Last, but not least, I would like to thank my teacher, my mentor and my friend, Ernst Wilhelm as well as his wife Srishti, for so lovingly giving me the opportunity to give birth to this deck of cards in the form that it appears in front of you.

I would like to introduce each card to you, as they came to me through the focused pointing of the

CARDS OF TRUTH

by describing what inspired the actual drawing, and its meaning given in the course.