Description
Book SynopsisA tarot based on the mystical teachings of the Tantric tradition
• Contains 22 Major Arcana, 40 Minor Arcana representing the four elements, and three additional cards invoking Past, Present, and Future
• Cards are full-color collages by Penny Slinger
The Tantric Dakini Oracle is a system of divination based on the authors’ work in the Ranipur Jharial Temple of Orissa, India. The temple contains stone carvings of 64 Dakinis, ancient symbolic representations of the female principles of intuitive wisdom. The Dakinis are the guardians of the deeper mysteries of the self, and it is through them that the secrets of inner transformation are opened.
Nik Douglas, a scholar of both Sanskrit and Tibetan, has drawn upon his extensive knowledge of Tantric mystical teachings to create a modern synthesis of their system of divination. The 65 cards in the deck are a collage of surrealistic images representing symbols and archetypes that are designed to affect both conscious and subconscious levels of perception. Created by artist Penny Slinger, the cards are a mirroring device that evokes subtle memories, sentiments, desires, or fears. Mediation on the images of
The Tantric Dakini Oracle puts the reader in contact with the energies of the Dakinis, opening a path to one’s inner world and enhancing the user’s faculties of clairvoyance and visualization.
The oracle also uses two layouts to release individual psychic power--the Tree of Life and The Great Universe Map. The Tree of Life depicts the chakra centers of the yoga body to engage the kundalini energies of the individual diviner. The Great Universe Map explores the astrological influences upon individuals and situations.
Trade Review"Open(s) a path to one's inner world and enhancing the user's faculties of clairvoyance and visualization." * SirReadaLot.org, February 2004 *
". . . puts users in contact with the energies of the dakinis, archetypes of feminine wisdom." * New Age Retailer, December 2004 *
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I: Consulting the oracle Introduction to the Oracle
Approaching the Oracle
Method of the Celtic Cross
Method of the Tree of Life
Method of the Great Universe Map
Composition of the Oracle Part II: Brief meanings of the individual cards
Part III: The Tantric Dakini Oracle Part IV: Readings Sample I
Traditional Tarot Method
Transfer to Tree of Life Chart Sample II
Traditional Tarot Method
Transfer to Tree of Life Chart Sample III
Direct Reading onto Tree of
Life Chart Sample IV
Direct Reading onto the Map of
the Great Universe
Direct Reading onto Tree of
Life Chart Blank Charts
About the Authors
Tree of Life Chart and
The Great Universe
Map Ordering Information
