Ramona's Reiki Arcanum
In 2023 I met Ramona
Ramona Christine Gratschner
is a Reiki master and a tarot expert. We met through our shared passion for card reading. One day she showed me her ecaustic paintings,
which represent the trumps of the Tarot.
I was fascinated by these pictures.
If, like me, you didn't know it...
Encaustic painting
Well, painting doesn't really describe it.
Because, or rather, ironing is done.
Colored beeswax is melted on a small iron and then ironed onto special paper.
This creates beautiful color gradients and patterns.
You can only influence the outcome to a very limited extent.
Ramona nevertheless found a way to intervene in the outcome of the images when she ironed the trump cards of the Tarot.
A little help from "above"
Reiki energy
What could be more natural for a Reiki Master than to ask for a little support from "above"?
Ramona incorporated the universal energy into her paintings.
With the intention of providing the viewer with information for his or her highest good.
She asked that each of the trumps should show itself
how he wants to be portrayed.
And believe it or not, she sensed that this entire process was developing a momentum of its own. She sometimes perceived herself as playing a rather subordinate role in the process.
Like the executive power of a higher will.
The result is 22 impressive images.
On the left you can see trump card number 18, The Moon.
The Reiki Arcanum
What could be more appropriate for these tarot images than a deck of cards? And what a coincidence that Ramona met Rebecca, the Arts of Cards artist?
We teamed up and created the Reiki Arcana. Ramona's role was to explain her knowledge of the Major Arcana in a digestible way.
My part was to create a product from a collection of many images and easily digestible information.
You can view the results of our collaborative work here and, of course, also purchase them.