The Wild Unknown Alchemy Deck and Guidebook (Official Keepsake Box Set)

The Wild Unknown Alchemy Deck & Guidebook is Kim Krans newest deck, which is now available from publisher Chronicle Books.

This is her fourth deck in The Wild Unknown series, which joins TWU Tarot, TWU Animal Spirit deck, and TWU Archetypes deck. There is also a pocket edition of TWU Tarot in a tin for easy travel and a TWU Journal to help spark your creativity as you work through using the decks.

TWU Alchemy deck consists of 71 hexagonal (six-sided cards) split into six suits:
- The Seasons
- The Colors
- The Materials
- The Mysteries
- The Cosmic Forces
- The Operations

These put together with one another and other decks create some unique spreads and designs to help a reader really get into exploring aspects that they haven’t gone into before.

To understand these and dive deeper into the world of alchemy, a fully illuminated guidebook of over 200 pages is included.

The large size of the cards can be a bit difficult to hold and shuffle, but aside from this, the whole set is well designed with the cards secured in their own protective box within the packaging that houses both them and the guide.

Kim’s beautiful design aesthetic and strikingly bold & colorful watercolors are used in the creation of this deck so it will match seamlessly with her other decks for more dynamic and expanded readings.

I’m really looking forward to seeing what more this deck can bring into my readings.

Do not go into this deck clothed. Take off every label, every superstition, every doubt, every everything lol. Place yourself in the current. Place yourself in you. This deck is a great veil that unveils. How I love the play in energy & words I can encourage here in this review! Isn’t that what oracle cards are? An invitation to play? And an even greater challenge to awaken?

If you find this deck… please, know this was no find. But a door. The door is unusual. Shaped in the symmetry of a cube with the final point as you… you as a vortex. Look deeply at the cards and you will see what I mean.

I have sat with this deck and tuned in by tuning out of it and then tuning back in. It is distinct the way it distinguishes what it wants to speak to (your heart, mind, soul, spirit, maybe all?) and it’s very delicate in the way it knows what you want to speak to within yourself. This deck is very well placed. The cards are shaped the way they are to help build upon and shape the flow of alchemy. It signifies and transports like a vortex. You are the portal. The cards help you conjure.

I love that the cards are in a weird “hard to shuffle” form. Because then I can allow them to fall as they may. Don’t worry or focus too much on making the cards align evenly so the shuffle is neat. The kind of shuffle you need is indeed a messy one. This deck is more about feeling. Don’t get too caught up in the fact that the cards shuffle all over the place and they may implode everywhere on the floor. I find it to a be a great mirror when they do that. And it’s a great way to get the cards to talk when they seem to go quiet in a regular shuffle.

These cards pair great with the wild unknown archetypes! I left a review on that one as well. There is a true divination flow in these decks. They are beautifully set up for those seeking liberation. I’m learning that there is an attraction to the decks we have by way of our spirituality. The deeper we go into those dark parts of ourselves… the happier we become without the light because we soon realize it only looks dark when we have become the light and it is no longer outside of us.

The way the cards interact with you (this goes for any deck you buy) will be based on how deep you want to see yourself and how deep you want to reset in your divine. Everything else will follow.

This is a beautiful journey to take. And it’s amazing to have decks that get weirder and weirder like the Kim Krans deck. And I only say that because I promise you will need these weird decks when the normal ones are just not cutting it. You want more for your thirst. Because the thirst is you. Not the drink. And this deck is that more.

A great way to pinpoint to know just how far out there you’ve gone… is by noticing how you attract in things that sound and look like hieroglyphs. Something in you is speaking and then you will find out sound is not what you think it is. Especially, if you’re picking up decks and channeling!

I learn something new every time I pick up this deck. Just found out I love surrealism art because of this deck. And I’m a word person lol.

Start with the wild unknown archetypes and then come here to this deck. If it scares you or confuses you… you’re definitely in the right place! That means something is sparking and getting close to it will only show you that it’s you! 😉

This is a weird deck. Wired to dare and then double dare. Enjoy and take your time! The cards will do what they need to for you. Trust.

Happy travels 💜✨

The final deck in the Wild Unknown series is where everything comes together - Tarot, Archetypes, Psychology, Alchemy and God itself are interconnected and organized in this gorgeous, deep, multi-layered deck. With the classic packaging, wise writing and stunning artwork by Kim Krans I would consider Alchemy bundle to be opus magnum of the Wild Unknown and Oracle decks in general.

It's really hard to explain the deck and idea behind everything that Kim put to it without repeating the guidebook, so I won't. I'll just say that after this deck, you might never need any other oracle ones because they all will be shallow and missing the point.

Archetypes + Alchemy (they really are both about the same thing in the end, as everything in this world is) decks together open doors to many things - psychology, astrology, poetry, art and, of course, alchemy in its modern interpretation.

My welcome spread was so powerful that I think for a second I really felt The Work. Or maybe I'm just too susceptible haha, but either way I love the bundle. I feel honored having all 4 of Wild Unknown installments in my collection and I look forward to the next projects from Kim Krans :)

Kim is a genius. What more is there to say? This work seems even more heartfelt to me due to all the little but poignant messages throughout the guidebook. Things to consider, questions to ask, and even song recommendations. I actually have the other two decks, and with this it’s really cool to use them all together for an interesting and in depth reading.

I really connect to all of Kim Krans the wild unknown decks and this one fits right in with the others seamlessly. These cards are so easy to connect with and the accuracy of these cards is strong just like her other decks. If you resonate with her work already then this is a must for your collection! You won’t regret it! Enjoy your journey friends!

Don’t let me tell you how freaking AMAZING this deck is, but it and use it for yourself!!! — from the VERY moment I cracked open this deck it has been like a spiritual AYURVEDA for me. Completely accurate. I shuffled the deck and got the SAME cards 2x but in different meanings… & that’s when I know a deck means BUSINESS. — purchase it, you won’t regret it.