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Title: Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot: Discover the Magic in Nature by Poppy Palin ISBN: 0-7387-0097-5 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for Learning
Comment: This is an absolutely b-e-a-utiifull deck, every picture on the cards is a work of art. They make me feel at peace, as if I were in tune with nature. I want to make a large copy of some of the cards, frame them. and stick them on my wall!
The book that comes with the deck helped me so much: instead of a list of keywords, they explain each card with a story. It's so much easier, although each story is a tad long. I mean, do you get to know a story character by reading a list of their traits, qualities and flaws or by just reading the story? Each story makes you personally connect to every card.
Their are a few drawbacks to this deck, I wouldn't recommend it for beginners, although I chose it because other decks seemed so boring compared to this one, the illustrations of the Wild Spirit spoke to me. They use the elements rather than the traditional Pentacles, Swords, Wands and Cups, and different names for the Major Arcana. Also, the meanings in the book are different from the tradional ones we're used to. I recommend to do what I did, while learning and reading with the deck and book, to add your own notes from other sources.
Even if you'd rather use a more traditional deck, you should defintely add a Wild Spirit Tarot deck to your collection. It's beautiful!
Rating: 4
Summary: WOW!!
Comment: Many of the tarot reviews on this deck are really negative. From a "tarot" perspective, this deck strays quite a bit from the traditional.. so much so that some say it would be better called a "divinatory deck" as opposed to "tarot".
The Majors stray heavily in some cases, using two sets of titles on each card, a title and subtitle.. such as Sky Dancer/Morning Star which is used instead of THE SUN. The minors use a "number + element" system.. If you've read books by Gail Fairfield, you know what I am talking about.
The book is also very different. Instead of using keywords, it tells a narrative, or story, for each card.. a good idea in concept.. but the stories just seem to go on and on and on.. I found this getting quite old after the first few cards.
Well, all this 'negativity' aside, I have to say the art on this deck is some of the mose beautiful I have ever seen. I absolutely adore Palin as an artist. I also love nature and faeries and this deck has a STRONG faerie feeling..
I do feel that this is a wonderful deck.. if you aren't looking for "traditional" and you can get past the book... I think this deck would be PERFECT for the person that reads from intuition. You can get SO MUCH from these pictures.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wild Spirit Tarot Cards
Comment: Ms. Palin's opening lines to the accompanying book gives us the essence of what her deck and her book reflects 'With an understanding of the seasons of Life and the natural enchantment of the Wild Realm, we can gain spiritual guidance.
The cards, like Ms. Palin's book, reflect her exuberance for the 'Wild Realm' with bright primary colors, bold designs and free interpretation of the Journey of the Tarot.
Looking at the obverse of the cards is a quartet of what appear to be two fairy folk reflected across the card. This is much different from the usual abstract designs or monotones that usually are printed on decks.
The layout of the deck is similar to the Rider-Waite deck, with four suits and 21 trump cards. The focus of this deck is nature, so the suites are not magic oriented, they are nature oriented, being earth, air, fire and water. The trump cards also reflect the nature theme, and we have the 'Cunning Man' rather than the magician, and 'Mother Nature' rather than the Empress and 'Lord of the Wild' rather than the Emperor, and so on.
The colors are bold primary, the designs range from well done 'children's illustration' in feeling, as in the 'Wandering Minstrel' or the fool, to very surrealistic, as all her 'fairy folk'.
To wander through her cards is to understand her feelings for the natural world and to appreciate her talent for the arts. I feel it is a beautiful deck and working with it is a joy, as the symbolisms are clearly stated.
The books starts with Ms. Palin's intention for the cards, how to use them and the care of any kind of tarot deck. She then explores each card, giving very clear and almost poetic explanations of how she devised each card and its meaning. For example, her meaning of 'Hunter' - Spirit of Clarity opens "Focus. This moment...strung, drawn, aimed... is all that there is. As the Hunter, I cannot allow myself to become distracted, for I must achieve what I set out to do here, or I shall not eat tonight." A wonderful clarity of vision for this card, which shows a hunters face focusing on the draw of a bow.
Overall, this deck presents itself as a connection to nature through the use of the tarot. The experience is being drawn into this deck through the illustrations. The similarity to the standard deck allows ease of use and understanding when augmented with the book.
This is an addition worth having if you collect decks and a good choice for those looking for a deck to express and grow their inner 'wild spirit'. boudica
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Title: Shapeshifter Tarot by D. J. Conway, Sirona Knight, Lisa Hunt ISBN: 1567183840 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Tarot of Transformation: Chart Your Own Course to Healing and Spiritual Awakening by Willow Arlena, Jasmin Lee Cori, Willow Arlenea ISBN: 1578632390 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Glastonbury Tarot: Timeless Wisdom from the Isle of Avalon by Lisa Tenzin Dolma, Lisa Tenzin-Dolma, Caitlin Matthews, John Matthews ISBN: 1578631408 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Pictures from the Heart: A Tarot Dictionary by Sandra Thomson, Sandra A. Thomson ISBN: 0312291280 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Tarot for Your Self : A Workbook for Personal Transformation Second Edition by Mary K. Greer ISBN: 1564145883 Publisher: New Page Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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