Fire Walk With Us: A Tarot Class and Ritual for the Cremation of Shame, the Cremation of the Past
Date & Time: Sunday, June 22nd from 2:30-5:30pm
Once, when Jean Cocteau was asked what he would take if his house were on fire, he answered: “I’ll take the fire.”
What if fire—and its power to destroy—were not something to fear, but something to befriend? Not a threat, but your freedom?
Join Laetitia this summer for a special class and ritual at Sideshow Gallery. We invite you into the blaze—not to be destroyed, but transfigured. Drawing on the elemental force of the Wands suit, we’ll explore fire as both purifier and provocateur: the energy that scorches illusion, confronts guilt, reclaims will, and transforms identity.
We’ll trace fire across cultures and cards: from ancient midsummer rites of fire-jumping to Lynchian fire-visions, from spontaneous combustion to Arthur Brown’s ecstatic howl—“I am the god of hellfire!” Tarot reveals its burning path of desire, conviction, and creative risk.
Through guided exercises and symbolic ritual, we’ll move through catharsis—not by avoiding pain, but by offering it to the flames.
Expect active reflection, spreads to ignite your inner fire, and symbolic—if not literal—acts of combustion. This is Tarot as cremation of the past… and ignition of something holy.
Bring your deck. Bring what you’re ready to surrender to smoke. We’ll take care of the rest.
French-born Laetitia Barbier is an independent scholar, as well as a professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from La Sorbonne University Paris in 2009. Laetitia has worked with Morbid Anatomy from 2012 to 2024 as a programming director, head librarian, and occasional curator. Her book Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive was published in 2021 with a foreword by Rachel Pollack. She is the author of the Tiger Tarot Guide Book, a unique Tarot deck by symbolist artist Lori Field. As a writer and scholar, she has the privilege of collaborating with the iconic French maître-cartier Grimaud, notably on the exquisite re-release of their 1930s Tarot de Marseille and Belline Oracle.
Laetitia has lectured, taught and read cards for various cultural institutions, such as Greenwood Cemetery, Artyard, Fotografiska NY, the College of Psychic Studies in London or the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Date & Time: Sunday, June 22nd from 2:30-5:30pm
Once, when Jean Cocteau was asked what he would take if his house were on fire, he answered: “I’ll take the fire.”
What if fire—and its power to destroy—were not something to fear, but something to befriend? Not a threat, but your freedom?
Join Laetitia this summer for a special class and ritual at Sideshow Gallery. We invite you into the blaze—not to be destroyed, but transfigured. Drawing on the elemental force of the Wands suit, we’ll explore fire as both purifier and provocateur: the energy that scorches illusion, confronts guilt, reclaims will, and transforms identity.
We’ll trace fire across cultures and cards: from ancient midsummer rites of fire-jumping to Lynchian fire-visions, from spontaneous combustion to Arthur Brown’s ecstatic howl—“I am the god of hellfire!” Tarot reveals its burning path of desire, conviction, and creative risk.
Through guided exercises and symbolic ritual, we’ll move through catharsis—not by avoiding pain, but by offering it to the flames.
Expect active reflection, spreads to ignite your inner fire, and symbolic—if not literal—acts of combustion. This is Tarot as cremation of the past… and ignition of something holy.
Bring your deck. Bring what you’re ready to surrender to smoke. We’ll take care of the rest.
French-born Laetitia Barbier is an independent scholar, as well as a professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from La Sorbonne University Paris in 2009. Laetitia has worked with Morbid Anatomy from 2012 to 2024 as a programming director, head librarian, and occasional curator. Her book Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive was published in 2021 with a foreword by Rachel Pollack. She is the author of the Tiger Tarot Guide Book, a unique Tarot deck by symbolist artist Lori Field. As a writer and scholar, she has the privilege of collaborating with the iconic French maître-cartier Grimaud, notably on the exquisite re-release of their 1930s Tarot de Marseille and Belline Oracle.
Laetitia has lectured, taught and read cards for various cultural institutions, such as Greenwood Cemetery, Artyard, Fotografiska NY, the College of Psychic Studies in London or the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Date & Time: Sunday, June 22nd from 2:30-5:30pm
Once, when Jean Cocteau was asked what he would take if his house were on fire, he answered: “I’ll take the fire.”
What if fire—and its power to destroy—were not something to fear, but something to befriend? Not a threat, but your freedom?
Join Laetitia this summer for a special class and ritual at Sideshow Gallery. We invite you into the blaze—not to be destroyed, but transfigured. Drawing on the elemental force of the Wands suit, we’ll explore fire as both purifier and provocateur: the energy that scorches illusion, confronts guilt, reclaims will, and transforms identity.
We’ll trace fire across cultures and cards: from ancient midsummer rites of fire-jumping to Lynchian fire-visions, from spontaneous combustion to Arthur Brown’s ecstatic howl—“I am the god of hellfire!” Tarot reveals its burning path of desire, conviction, and creative risk.
Through guided exercises and symbolic ritual, we’ll move through catharsis—not by avoiding pain, but by offering it to the flames.
Expect active reflection, spreads to ignite your inner fire, and symbolic—if not literal—acts of combustion. This is Tarot as cremation of the past… and ignition of something holy.
Bring your deck. Bring what you’re ready to surrender to smoke. We’ll take care of the rest.
French-born Laetitia Barbier is an independent scholar, as well as a professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Art History from La Sorbonne University Paris in 2009. Laetitia has worked with Morbid Anatomy from 2012 to 2024 as a programming director, head librarian, and occasional curator. Her book Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive was published in 2021 with a foreword by Rachel Pollack. She is the author of the Tiger Tarot Guide Book, a unique Tarot deck by symbolist artist Lori Field. As a writer and scholar, she has the privilege of collaborating with the iconic French maître-cartier Grimaud, notably on the exquisite re-release of their 1930s Tarot de Marseille and Belline Oracle.
Laetitia has lectured, taught and read cards for various cultural institutions, such as Greenwood Cemetery, Artyard, Fotografiska NY, the College of Psychic Studies in London or the New York Public Library. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.