Heirs to the Queen of Hearts: Tracing Magical Genealogy

To stand upon the shoulders of the mighty requires not only a colossal step up but also concerted balancing and adjusted perspectives. What a hefty responsibility comes with owning exalted heritage. What an effort of imagination it takes to draw our birthright into the limelight so as to illuminate the missing branches in our family trees. When missing branches are of royal and/or magical origin, we find ourselves facing some rather profound questions and challenges. To what crown (or crowning glory) are we the natural successors? To what dignities? What traditions are our responsibility to keep alive? What untapped powers? If our Weltanschauung does not account for an Otherworld, how can we reconcile our nymph-glands? How are the descendants of an exotic deity to appease another holy ghost? Truly, to quest for the higher echelons of human life, to scale ancestral branches, is to hang topsy-turvy with Odin on the World Tree.

CONTENTS:

• To Know Truly Is to Know As In a Dream
• Owning Our Exalted Heritage
• How Climbing a Family Tree Elevates Character
• How Genealogy is Like a Card Trick
• Honest Graft: Transplanted Pedigree
• The Art and Seance of Producing a Family Tree
• Playing Card Personages
• Genealogy is Gray (Magic?)
• How Far Back Dare We Go?
• The Seven Secrets of Genealogy
• Branching Pointers