Lost Oracle Review

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Lost Oracle - Ancient wisdom to find your way in a modern world by Fiona Horne. Boxed set of 36 cards and full colour guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing. RRP : US $24?95 : UK £18.99 

Sample card: 36 Chalice of Charity. Here is a promise of sustenance, abundance and replenishment. This cup offers also sanctity and safe passage for those who go with the flow of life. Drink from it and there will be blessings of emotional momentum, helping you to get past old worn out attitudes and trapped emotional states. This is the cup of plenty, offering fluidity, adaptability and transformation. 

This is a chalice of enchantment and emotional abundance which replenishes your reservoir and nurtures seeds of positivity. Be confident in the energy that is foretold when this card is drawn. Like the Holy Grail of King Arthur’s legend, Chalice of Charity serves as a supreme source of refreshment by providing drink that never depletes. 

If you have been feeling drained by life, by situations that have not been what they promised, that have taken more than they have given, vitality and healing are now in your hands. And you are invited to truly have your fill! As the chalice heals you, you will be called upon to offer it to others. The Chalice of Charity is not just about material assistance but about how a fostering of renewable resilience can be given to your community, with generosity, empathy and connection. The greatest value of this chalice is not the precious gems that stud its surface, nor the rare metal it is forged from, but the richness of the human spirit it renews. When you drink of this cup, the very best of what it is to be human is restored within you. 

Let joy be your compass! Trust what lies ahead! 

The box has a black and white image with red and shiny highlights. The image is of a girl in the forest holding a lantern (the lantern is the image on the card backs). We have good quality cards each with a number, image, title and subtitle on the face and in the guidebook, an additional 650 words of good advice. 

We are given a blessing of the breath, and several spreads: a Daily Devotional one card reading, Threefold Past, Present and Future, and The Lost Cross of 5 cards. 

Fiona Horne has gone from being lead singer in a band to a prolific writer of modern witchcraft, making TV and radio appearances and conducting lecture tours. She has also been a commercial pilot and animal aid supporter. She also facilitates tours around the world. Her Oracle card decks include Lost Oracle and previously Dark Magic Oracle and The Magic of You.

Illustrations by Veronica Collins from Massachusetts who also produced art for Dark Solis. Her topics are pagan, witch, and folk-lore genres. Review by Wendy Stokes https://wendystokes.co.uk