Welcome to Numinous Spirit Press!
Numinous Spirit Press was established in 2017 by Cedar McCloud to publish the Numinous Tarot, a colorful, queer, nonbinary take on the classic arcana—though it didn’t go by that name until 2020. Since then, NSP has continued to be the place to find Cedar McCloud’s various divination decks as well as their adult fantasy novels. The goal of all of these works is to share colorful stories and artwork which center and uplift neurodivergent people, queer people and trauma survivors while striving to present a diverse, anticapitalist, antiracist, intersectional take on society.
Tarot and Oracle Decks
Numinous Spirit Press currently has three available divination decks, with a fourth in progress! You can find all three existing decks in our shop or with small retailers listed on the pages for each deck. Each deck is lovingly painted by hand by Cedar in vibrant inks and watercolors, which are then printed on quality cardstock and packaged with guidebooks for your enjoyment.
The Magic Pantry Tarot
The newest deck by NSP! The Magic Pantry Tarot is a deck themed around food, for the home cook or anyone who loves to eat! Food is a powerful force in our world, a necessity for life which is also a major basis for culture and community. The Magic Pantry Tarot combines deck creator Cedar McCloud’s personal experience as a home cook who loves food with their signature brightly hued watercolor paintings and thoughtful, multicultural approach to Tarot symbolism.
This deck focuses largely on single ingredients and is vegan/vegetarian friendly, fat-positive/body-positive, as well as containing no depictions of alcohol.
The Numinous Tarot
A colorful, queer-friendly take on the classic RWS Tarot, featuring gender-neutral card titles and renamed suits: Bells, Candles, Tomes, and Vials. Imagery and guidebook inspired by intersectional feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist principles. Currently in its third printing with over 4,000 copies sold!
The Threadbound Oracle
A 50-card oracle deck themed around a magic library, storytelling, and the craft of bookbinding. In a box shaped like a book! Created for the world of The Eternal Library Series, this deck appears in the novels as a divination system, while the real-life version features the novel’s characters for a multimedia experience. You don’t have to read the book to enjoy the deck—but it will deepen the experience!
The Uncertain Oracle
Created via Cedar’s participation in The 100 Day Project 2020, this 52-card oracle deck features circular cards and abstract watercolor imagery to help you tap into your intuition and subconscious. There is no guidebook; discover trust in yourself through your own interpretations.
Novels
In addition to creating Tarot and Oracle decks, Cedar McCloud also writes adult fantasy fiction. They are currently working on The Eternal Library Series, a four-book story about found family, love, healing from trauma, and magic bookbinding. The first two books, released in 2020 and 2023, are available now directly from NSP or from various retailers in digital and physical formats. Book three is underway, release date TBA!
The Thread That Binds
The first book of five in The Eternal Library Series, featuring an all-queer cast of magic bookbinders and librarian witches who must learn the ancient craft of Illumination, come together as a found family, and protect their Library from falling into dangerous hands. Including aroace and gray-ace narrators who are in a QPR, and intergenerational mentor/student friendships. A cozy, lyrical, indulgent read.
Adult fantasy, recommended age 16+ for language.
The Tale That Twines
The second book in The Eternal Library Series! Go back forty years before The Thread That Binds to discover what your favorite mentors—June, Aeronwy, Siobhan, and Mairead—were up to back when they were in their twenties. Even more cozy fantasy featuring an all-queer cast, with an autistic and ADHD narrator and other neurodivergent characters. Memory, 70s-80s scifi fandom, friendship, super slow burn friends-to-lovers romance, and of course, healing from trauma through craft, books, magic, and storytelling.
Adult fantasy, recommended age 16+ for language.