The booklet has some powerful ideas to guide you, but the cards are so clear that you will interpret them spontaneously for whatever the situation is. Included is a glossy paper medicine wheel map that felt pretty cheesy to me, so I will replace it with a nice suede mat. The suggested layouts are unique and have a nice feel to them (the pipe and sacred circle are very good). This is a good cultural match for us, as most NDNs know that we all have to find our own path, and seek our own vision. The cards invite questions as opposed to hammering out ideas. This deck portrays clans, moons, and manitous in a reverent, respectful way. I wanted some that I could use to do readings for my family and others back on the rez. I am Odawa/Potawatomi and believe that Gitchi Manitou did not give all the wisdom to one group of people, so recently became acquainted with oracle cards. If you've seen one too many "young braves" and "Indian princesses", these words are for you! It’s best for those who feel an affinity with Native American spirituality and prefer decks that are solely for meditation or inspiring daily affirmations.Ī .uk Amazon.ca Spirit of the Wheel Meditation Deck Review by Honor Girlīecause we Native Americans are usually very leery of New Age spiritualism, especially when our beliefs are portrayed by others, I wanted to add my two cents. A multiple card reading is too much and too busy for me, and the uniformly positive messages on the cards make it hard to get an accurate picture of a situation in a reading. I found it best to use these cards singly, rather than in readings, and to concentrate solely on one message. There are also three original spreads of seven or eight cards apiece, and a method of spreading the cards to select a single card. The section with interpretations gives some keywords, a ‘prophecy’ to help you realise the direction for change or growth, and a prayer: an affirmational paragraph calling on the Great Spirit. The booklet introduces the deck’s concept and creators, and then gives rituals – visualisations – for each of the directions. The faces of the cards are similarly packed, with the title at the top, three keywords and the number at the bottom, a central scene and two objects from the scene pulled out and symmetrically placed at the bottom left and right. The layout is quite similar to the front of the cards and occasionally hard to pick out a reversed from a non-reversed at a glance. The top has the text ‘Spirit of the Wheel, the base has ‘All My Relations’. The central part has a wheel design with the four power animals at each direction (bear, buffalo, eagle, and wolf). The backs are non-reversible and quite busy.
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Also included is a glossy A2 fold-out spread sheet which has a coloured diagram of the medicine wheel with its 36 positions, each numbered and titled, plus the three extras, the ‘power stones’. They’re packaged in an inner box with the little white booklet, which is inside the newer mid-size packaging from US Games. Measuring 3.375 x 4.75 inches, the cards are larger than usual but small enough to shuffle. They’re illustrated with animals and scenes of North American nature – deer, frogs, birds, bears, mountain lions, and a few people - in an idealised and mythical style. They are (very) roughly grouped into celestial spirits like Mother Earth and Father Sun animal clans like the Turtle Clan directions (North/South/East/West) the power stones moon names such as Harvest Moon, and positive qualities like Purity and Illumination. The 40 cards of the deck represent the 37 traditional, individual stones on the medicine wheel and their meanings on the wheel, plus the three extra ‘power stones’: Stone of Self, Stone of the Ancestors, Stone of the Great Star Nation. From Jody’s collection of paintings came the images for the Spirit of the Wheel deck, each image of myth and nature chosen for the perfect way they reflected the symbols and energies of the medicine wheel. She had been studying the medicine wheel for several years when she chanced upon Jody Bergsma’s visionary artwork. Linda Ewashina believes the medicine wheel teaches the sacred connection to all of creation – “of the interwoven fabric of Creation that links us with all our relations”. Here, we begin to understand how each spirit pathway brings us the knowledge and experience necessary to move around each direction we take in life.” “In moments of quiet reflection, when we sit at the center of the wheel, we are given the opportunity to connection with Creator and view our lives from a high perspective. Spirit of the Wheel Meditation Deck Review by Solandia
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