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Hello, and welcome to The Mystic Tea Room.
Hello, and welcome to The Mystic Tea Room.

Revision as of 19:50, 7 August 2017

Sheet Music: In a Little Gypsy Tea Room
"The Oracle" by Harry Roseland, 1910

Hello, and welcome to The Mystic Tea Room.

This site is dedicated to preserving and popularizing the traditional divinatory art of reading tea leaves (and coffee grounds) through the presentation of a virtual gallery in which are displayed and interpreted the many beautiful fortune telling teacups and saucers that have been created for the purpose of aiding tea leaf readers and fortune tellers in the practice of the tasseomantic art.

Contents

The Museum of Fortune Telling Tea Cups and Saucers

In The Museum of Fortune Telling Tea Cups and Saucers, you will find detailed images of dozens of fortune teller's tea cups and saucers, patent drawings for a number of divination cups, historical overviews of the many types of tea leaf readers' cups and their makers, and a selected bibliography of books and pamphlets about the occult and magical art of tea leaf reading. Browse the Tea Cup Index by Name or the Tea Cup Index by Maker and click on the image of any tea cup and saucer set to see more pictures of that cup and saucer and read more about the set's history and how it was used for fortune telling.

The Domestic Art of Tea Leaf Reading

Divination by means of tea leaf reading is a long-cherished form of domestic fortune telling. It may be performed at home for oneself, family, or friends, and there are also professional tea leaf readers who will brew a cup for you, allow you to drink it, and read your leaves for you. The information on How To Read Tea Leaves will help you get started.

The Art of the Art of Tea Leaf Reading

The image of a female fortune teller reading tea leaves has, since the 19th century, been a subject of gallery art, popular commercial art, and cartooning. One prominent 19th and 20th century painter who produced many variations on this theme was Harry Roseland. You may enjoy my essay on Roseland's art and the Cuban spirit known as "La Madama" in my essay on Harry Roseland, The Black Fortune Teller, Mammy, and La Madama

Bibliography of Books about Tasseomancy

If collecting books is your passion, you may enjoy our forthcoming Bibliography of Books about Tasseomancy and look at some of the vintage tea room postcards, tea room match book covers, tea room menus, and related tea room ephemera we have come across in our own research on the subject of fortune telling by tea cups.

The Mystic Tea Room Gift Shop

In addition to our function as an online archive of tasseography, The Mystic Tea Room also maintains a small Mystic Tea Room Gift Shop, where unusual, antique, vintage, modern, contemporary, and one-of-a-kind fortune telling tea cups and saucers -- and their accompanying tasseomancy booklets, pamphlets, and instruction sheets -- are for sale.

Thank you for seeking us out,

catherine yronwode

The Mystic Tea Room

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