The Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Lakota Sweat Lodge Cards - Spiritual Teachings of the Sioux. A drawer pull presentation box containing 50 cards and information book. Published by Destiny Books. US: $34.95 : Can: $42.95 : UK: £26.77 Card size: 12cm x 8cm. 

‘Walk in balance with Mother Earth and all her inhabitants’.

Created to honour authentic traditions, with Chief Archie Fire Lame Deer as the consultant, this deck offers understanding of indigenous tribal heritage, healing and wisdom. The deck is divided into three sections: Wakan Tanka, the 16 Great Mysteries, the 8 Supernaturals, and 25 Elements of the Sweat Lodge purification ceremony which are designed for personal development. Included in the book is a loving dedication in the introduction, a poem, the Song of the Black Tail Deer, the Lodge Wheel, information about spirits, planets, elements, and knowledge of the Great Spirit that resembles all created life. 

 

Each card has a basic image, a title and subtitle, prayer/channelled message, an essence and a tradition of 50 words, and the card meaning of 100 words and a short affirmation of 20 words. You are guided to imagine you are entering the sweat lodge to perform the reading. There is a Full Moon four card (meditation) and a New Moon two card (meditation). Spreads suggested are: a Daily Card reading and a Weekly Card reading, a 4 card Four Directions, 4 card Elemental, 3 card Inipi, 3 card Grandfather’s Breath, 7 card Grandmother’s Path (The Firekeeper’s Walk), a 6 card Tree of Life, and a 8 card Morning Star. 

Our modern world has lost understanding of the natural world, and hence the immense waste, pollution, global warming, ocean acidification, and the destruction of the imperative web of life. If this deck does anything, it should highlight and address this problem! Especially useful for self exploration; a journal is suggested.

Review by Wendy Stokes. https://Wendystokes.co.uk