Messages from the Spirits of Nature Oracle

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Messages from the Spirits of Nature Oracle by Dr Steven D Farmer. published by Hay House. Boxed set of 44 cards and guidebook. UK £14.99 : US $22.99 : Can $29.99

Sample Card: 36 Snake : Shedding. In many belief systems and mythologies, the snake is seen as a living representation of the duality of good and evil, as a deity, the soul of life, the gateway to the heavens, a healing force, or an embodiment of the underworld. Once such example is the caduceus, an emblem with two snakes intertwined around a pole. Several times a year, snakes shed their skin in one continuous piece. The body grows, but the skin does not, and a new layer was generated, while the old is discarded like clothes that no longer fit. The process takes a few days, during which it’s important that the snake is not disturbed. Unlike the dragonfly butterfly, there is no physical transformation from the shedding just a bigger snake and a larger skin. It’s an inevitable transition for you, and one where you will still be you, yet with a greater sense of purpose, and a willingness to continue changing as each new era in your life presents itself. Though some struggle, you must trust the process, a bigger self will emerge. 

Harmonious Tarot Review

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Harmonious Tarot by Ernest Fitzpatrick, based on artwork by Walter Crane, published by Lo Scarabeo. The pack contains 78 cards plus explanatory leaflet. £17.99

Advice: The object of readings is: To be sincere, honest and to try not to say what the Querent would like to hear!

The brief information leaflet is in 5 European languages and the deck comprises of 78 delicately drawn, delightful artworks by Walter Crane, an associate of William Morris. The card definitions follow traditional tarot card meanings, but the images lend themselves to creative readings with free interpretation.

Tree Calendar

Mind Body & Soul Ezine book review: 'The Healing Power of Trees - Spiritual Journeys through the Celtic Tree Calendar' by Sharlyn Hidalgo Published by Llewellyn Publications, in paperback and kindle 336 pages.

Seattle born Sharlyn Hidalgo has worked as a psychotherapist and has a masters degree in psychology. She has multiple interests as a circle leader, healer, Native American specialist, Egyptian mysteries teacher and Celtic tree book author. 15 trees are described in detail with a drawing for recognition, each have respective deities, totems, ruling planets, month of power, their uses in history and in healing, rituals and higher appreciation and understanding of their spiritual energies. 

Egyptian Tarot Review

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck a review: Egyptian Tarot by Silvana Alasia Published by Lo Scarabeo  1996. €25 : £22 card size : 120mm x 66mm.

Based on Marseilles Tarot coupled with the enigmatic magic of ancient Egyptian inspired art by Otto Wegener and the art of French esotericist, Jean Baptiste Pitois aka Paul Christian (1811-1877), who told a story of having been given a manuscript by a Benedictine monk. During an ‘initiation’ in Egypt, he imagined the Tarot trumps which were created into cards in 1896 by Wegener.

Rods, Owls, Seords and Pentacles are the four suits. Each card has an interesting and meaningful image by Silvana Alasia who painted using tempera on papyrus. She also created the Tarot of Nefertiti, and the Tarot of Cleopatra. 

There are other decks of this title. This deck is by Silvana Alesia and pubished by Lo Scarabeo. It is  also featured in the Total Tarot Course, magazines 26 and 27 Visit: https://totaltarotcollection.com

The Fool's New Journey Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Fool's New Journey Tarot - Sixty Triumphs for a New Dawn by John Matthews and Charles Newington. Boxed set of 60 cards and full colour Guidebook. Published by REDFeather Publishing (Schiffer Books) RRP US $34.99 

Consider your origin: you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge. Dante. 

Magnetic and drawer pull box reveals a new Tarot journey using 60 cards to portray the human condition (though my drawer could not be pulled and I realised the sleeve needed to be removed so the box would open!) The cards backs are The Fool in the midst of his journey, surrounded by clouds, moving full circle, half a mirror image not to show which way up the cards have been dealt. There are some exceptional spreads, a Two-Card, a Three-Card, and a Five-Card. 

Gnostic Healing

 

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: Gnostic Healing - Revealing the Hidden Power of God by Tau Malachi and Siobhan Houston, published by Llewellyn Publications, 190 pages, Paperback £12.99

"We are all an emanation of the divine" For those who enjoy deep metaphysical study, these two academics have put together a practical sysnthesis of 'Sophian Gnosticism', based on understanding which combines healing with Christianity, Kabbalah and Rosicrucian belief. The instruction is easy to follow and designed to facilitate a spiritual awakening and there is an importance stressed on the development of inner life. There are suggestions on how to work with negative people, for the laying on of hands, a healing for the self image, and a text for invoking the Holy Guardian angel. There is a section with a Gnostic prayer for the dying and baptism for the dead.

The Green World Oracle

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Green World Oracle by Kathleen Jenks. Art by Sandra Stanton. Presentation box set of 33 cards and Guidebook. Published by Schiffer Books. RRP US $39.99 : UK £26.00

In the extensive Guidebook, we are given for each card, a number, a title, a quote, a painting and notes from the artist. Then the deep dive begins for each card with The Mythic World, a delicious, poetical and magical write up, nourishing, and vast in its understanding, The Botany/History describes more about the particular plant and its healing and health abilities. Then comes The Reading. When you know all about the card chosen, then you give the reading. Upright and Reversed positions are detailed. 

The deck is dedicated to the Earth’s trees and plants and the humans who seek wisdom. Taking its titles from trees and the natural world, we find a bible of ancient and natural law. 

Shamanism

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: Shamanism -Your Personal Journey to Healing and Self Discovery by Mark Nelson, Quality paperback, all text 264 pages. Published by Llewellyn Books US $18.99 : Can $26.99 U.K. £14.99

Wholeness, balance and harmony are suggested by the author as keywords for shamanic practice. 

Mark Nelson presents workshops, teaches and provides other services and programs on shamanism. 

The book provides information on the history of shamanism, the customs and practices with additional information on divination, rituals, journeying, dream work, distance healing, the natural world, ancestral healing, types of spirits, seasonal ceremony, sacred space, the elements and directions, crystals, death, spirits of place,  shapeshifting, soul retrieval, altered states, and working with power and shamanic tools. 

Nature Spirit Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Card Deck Review: Nature Spirit Tarot - For the Journey of the Soul, illustrated and written by Jean Marie Hertzel, Boxed set of 78 Cards and Book, published by Bear & Co. US $35 : Can $43.99 : £25

Drawer pull, quality boxing of comprehensive full colour book and Tarot card deck. We are provided with a blessing to begin our exploration of this interesting concept deck which deepens our understanding of the natural world as birds, flowers, insects, reptiles, herbs, and other symbols and motifs are taken from many of the world’s traditions and philosophies. Some are rare and some endangered species are included. 

Animal Love Oracle Cards

Animal Love Oracle Cards - Advice, Compassion & Wisdom from Our Animal Mentors. Written and Illustrated by Nadine Gordon-Taylor. Set of 52 cards and guidebook in magnetic flip top box. Published by Bear & Co. US $30 : Can $37.50 UK: £25 :

Sample card reading from the book: Lion – Authority, Cooperation, and Overcoming Struggles.

Your Message: The card I have selected for Psychic News Magazine readers shows a soulful lion emerging from an energetic portal. The lion radiates strong and powerful frequencies. When the lion appears in the deck, it means you are a dominant force in your relationships and you have the ability to influence and lead others. It doesn’t matter whether you have a quiet or a flamboyant personality, you affect people in ways you don’t even appreciate. When you are with others (at work or home), balance yourself and don’t push too hard. Ask for help when needed. When you want something done, it might be to your advantage to work together with others. Don’t be afraid of spreading the power when collaborating. If situations in your life are not to your liking, change your frequency. Sometimes roaring doesn’t help. Even though you mean well, it might not always come across that way. Remember, effective leaders always speak from the heart.  

The Heart Path Oracle Cards

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Heart Path Oracle Cards - Miraculous Messages of Love by Nadine Gordon-Taylor. Published by Bear & Co. Boxed set of 53 cards and guidebook. US $30: CAN $37.50 UK: £25.00 Website: https://nadinegordon-taylor.com

"A gateway to the invisible"

A quality, magnetic flip top box contains the cards and the instruction book. Each card offers artwork and title and keywords on the face. The book has meanings for each of the cards. Both art and text provided by New York experimental and visionary artist, tutor and gallery owner, Nadine Gordon-Taylor MFA, EdD. 

"Step through the portal" 

"Designed to be felt rather than intellectually understood" 

"The symbols are our mentors". 

Oracle of Visions card deck review

Mind Body & Soul Ezine card deck Review: ORACLE OF VISIONS by Ciro Marchetti, published by U S Games Systems Inc, pack includes 52 cards (size 3.75 x 5.5 inches) and explanatory booklet. £17.99 

It’s a feast! Carnival in Venice meets Cirque du Soleil meets Las Vegas Harlequin! You won’t find more Hollywood glamour than this!  
Ciro Marchetti has excited us yet again with his distinguished artwork! Following on from his immensely popular and amazingly beautiful tarot and Lenormand cards, we now have an oracle deck - but with a difference! Most oracle cards carry simple messages and lack depth but Marchetti has created this deck to inspire the reader. With minimal input, our inspiration, insight and intuition is encouraged to be individual and versatile. The cards carry a number only. If you wish for a title, the booklet provides titles, quotations and 100 – 200 words of information. All cards are read upright.
The cards are divided into 4 suits: Situations; Emotions; Actions and Behaviour. Two interpretations are provided for drawing for one card reading. A six card combination reading is also offered as a sample.  

Paulina Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Paulina Tarot by Paulina Fae. Pack of 78 cards and instructions. Published by US Games Systems Inc. 

Sample card: The orange wings of the lion suggests fiery energy and the ability to soar to greater heights. The orange wings of the lion suggests fiery energy and the ability to soar to greater heights. The woman’s fish shaped hat, crowns her bravery and fortitude. An infinity symbol indicates unity and the balance of forces. A white dress, signifies peace and purity. Meanings: courage, discrimination, being constructive, self discipline, trusting your own abilities, compassion, seizing control of your destiny. Reverse meanings, lack of faith, being driven by impulses, having a discouraged mindset, weak, willpower. Who could not be more delighted with this amazing Tarot card deck? The artwork is a feast of delights! I have my magnifying glass and a good light so I can go through every card, learning, laughing and loving each of the wild characters in this wonderful storyline from the Fool to the World, to the incredible Court Cards and also the Minor Arcana characters, who are a joy too! Days and sometimes weeks were spent meditating on the energy of the Tarot cards to produce the finest, whimsical and quirkiest characters to represent them. The spread is a 10 card “Art of Tarot Divination”. Explanations and meanings provided and Keywords for reversed meanings.

Curanderismo Soul Retrieval

Mind Body & Soul Ezine: Curanderismo Soul Retrieval - Ancient Shamanic Wisdom to Restore the Sacred Energy of the Soul by Erika Buenaflor MA JD. Published by Bear & Co. RRP US $18.00 : Can $22.50 

The author is well qualified to write a book on this topic as she has a Master’s Degree in religious studies, specialising in Mesoamerican shamanism from the University of  California. She has studied and practised Curandera and ancient shamanic healing traditions of Mexico, Maya and Peru for more than 20 years. In this book there is a step by step guide to Curandera soul retrieval method. Soul theft, fragmentation, etc., require trance journeying into the Underworld, Middleworld and Upperworld to locate and reintergrate the soul. 

The soul is explained, how trauma affects the soul, and the physical and mental illness that can result. Breathwork, dance, intoning and chanting, and hand postures, and pressure points are explained. The five cardinal directions are explained as a portal to the Otherworlds. Contemplative exercises are included with animal guardians and meditations help the process. 

Divine Feminine Archangel Oracle

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Divine Feminine Archangel Oracle - Protection and Support from the Divine by Claire Stone. Boxed set of 44 cards and Guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing. June 2025. RRP Au $32.99 : US $24.95 : UK $18.99 

Sample Card - Archeia Haniel 6 Moon Magic. “Archeia Haniel, grace of the goddess, is the angel of the moon and the twin ray of Archangel Nathaniel. Among many things they can help you manifest abundance and understand the feminine cycles within nature. Crystals: moonstone, selenite and white howlight. You have an affinity with the moon, which is why Archeia Haniel is attracted to your luminous light. You are a priestess at  heart, a healer and lover of the natural world. Happy and contented in your own skin, you no longer seek reassurance from anybody as you have nothing to prove to the world. Archeia Haniel acknowledges you as an asset to the spiritual community. Continue illuminating the path for others by setting a shining example. Be a living testament to how spirituality enriches lives. If people turn to you for guidance, lead them gently. Allow them to discover their own insights as this is the true essence of a great spiritual teacher. Remember to recharge your batteries after providing a listening ear, otherwise your psychic insights could become distorted. Bask under the moonlight and ask Haniel to wrap you in her brilliant white light so your aura remains crystal clear. Additional meanings: you are sensitive to the phases of the moon and are a natural born healer, psychic and mystic. Join or create a sisterhood circle. Keep your next moves to yourself. Retreat inward. Track your menstrual cycle, if applicable. Actions: make a wish on the next new or full moon. Affirmation: by the power of the moon upon this night, I embrace feminine wisdom and glean insight.”

Healing Through Indigenous Wisdom

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: Healing Through Indigenous Wisdom by Valerie Ringland PhD. Published by Rockpool Publishing. RRP US $18.95 : UK £16.99 

This work book helps you to deepen your understanding of yourself and others. By learning about indigenous cultures, we learn about our own. It is designed to be used each week over the course of a year and it provides exercises and space to record your perceptions. In addition to altars, animals, ceremonies, stories and other shamanic topics, it covers personal trauma, addictions, emotional problems that beset all people wherever they are in the world. It is an exceptional book and one that brings about change through guidance and life wisdom gained from older tribal cultures. 

The Triple Goddess Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Triple Goddess Tarot - Using the Power of the Major Arcana, Chakra Healing, and the Divine Feminine by Isha Lerner, illustrated by Mara Friedman, set of 33 individually illustrated cards and explanatory book in a sturdy drawer pull box. Published by Bear & Co. £30 

'Live each day as though you are a goddess'

25 cards carry an illustration, a number and a title that does not equate to RWS decks. These Alchemy cards have mauve backs and mauve framed images and represent the mystery and wisdom of the Divine Feminine. The deck contains also 7 'chakra' cards with green backs, no titles, illustrated with chakra colours, which can be read alongside the Alchemy cards or alone. The almond shape of the vesica piscis  - an ancient symbol of femininity and birth - runs throughout all 33 card illustrations.

14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine

Mind Body & Soul Book Review: 14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine - Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene by Joan Norton and Margaret Starbird. Published by Bear & Co. US $14 : Can $17. 

Each chapter provides a lesson/group activity as taken from the structure of the Los Angeles Magdalene Circle based on Margaret Starbird’s work with Mary Magdalene as the married female counterpart to Jesus. This Mary is the Bridegroom, Mary of Bethany, as well as the Mary of the Gnostic gospels. Information about her life with Jesus and also her journey by boat by France. 

Each meeting involves a prayer, music, sharing of experiences, meditation, scripture reading, describing dreams, channelling, journaling, and other group and solo practices. Poems included and a rosary devoted to the Magdalene. 

Feminine Wisdom Oracle

Mind Body & Soul Card Deck Review: Feminine Wisdom Oracle - Awaken Your Intuitive Energy by Lea Androic. Boxed set of 36 Cards and full colour Guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing. RRP £19.99 (1st August 2024)

Yellow gold highlights glint from the sturdy box which contains the cards and instruction book. The card edges are also yellow gold leafed and tied with a pink satin ribbon. This Oracle is designed to awaken femininity, provide good life advice and strengthen intuition and wellbeing. 

Sample: 17. Kindness. A beautiful quality that is love in action; being considerate and generous. When, in doubt, choose kindness, for your kindness, heels, hearts and nurtures peoples souls. It’s important to be kind to yourself, and to heal your inner child. You must show yourself compassion and empathy. Choose to realise that we are all flawed and that it is absolutely okay to make mistakes. Offer yourself the gentle hand that you so often and selfishly give to others. Affirmation, I am worthy of my own kindness. 

The Bohemian Animal Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Bohemian Animal Tarot, written by Scott Alexander King and illustrated by Sharon McLeod. A boxed set of 80 cards and guidebook. Published by Rockpool Publishing. 

This is a truly beautiful Tarot deck. It is enriching, nourishing, and powerfully connects to many rare and iconic species that will facilitate great enjoyment for the reader and their clients. I like the deck and I like the work of Scott Alexander King. In addition to the suggested spreads, the deck can be worked through by choosing one card for each day. The species that are depicted are illustrated realistically and in great strength and skilfulness and admirability. 

Mythos Tarot Review

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: Mythos Tarot - Guidance from the Greek Gods by Helena Elias. Published by Rockpool Publishing. Boxed set of 78 cards and guidebook. 

These Tarot cards feature both Gods and Goddesses in the Greek pantheon. It is a very modern deck. The images are glamorous photographic models, very fashionable and very Hollywood! The cards are edged with gold leaf and are glossy card stock. The images are young trendy types, with facial make up, and wearing crowns, with rays emerging from their head. The author was a senior fashion designer and her commercial work has been featured on billboards in Times Square. 

The Holy Grail

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: The Holy Grail - Its Origins, Secrets & Meaning Revealed by Malcolm Godwin.  

Early Grail and Arthurian stories are brought to life in this full colour book, which is related in the present tense, with explanations, comparisons, illustrations, and providing major events whilst keeping the poetic beauty and complexity of the original texts. All the great Grail personages are included: the Fool, Le Conte del Graal, Peredur, Parzival, Lancelot, The Fisher King, Maidens of the Well and the Lady of the Fountain, the Castle, Mary Magdalene, and the Black Virgin and many others. The hallowed relics: the sword, the paten, the cup, and the spear are also described. The book leads us to the question, the Wasteland, the hero’s path, the female principle, and to Tarot cards which are majored at the end of the book. 

The Healing Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Healing Tarot - 78 Ways to Wellness, by Juno Lucina, illustrated by Monica Knighton. Presentation box containing 78 cards and guidebook. Published by Schiffer Publishing. RRP US $39.99 

This is an interesting study on what each Tarot card means here in terms of Astrology, Qabala, Archetypes, and the traditional RWS perspective. Health, diet, fitness, wellness, balance of body, mind and spirit are provided with upright and reversed meanings for self readings and readings for others. The guidebook contains detailed text for Majors and lessons text for Court Cards and Minors. Each card provides a pencil sketch, title, subtitle, additional title, number, quote, information on the meaning, astrology connections, traditional interpretations, and health advice for upright and reversed cards. 

Spreads suggested are Acute Illness 4 cards, Healthy Zodiac 12 cards, and Diet/Fitness 7 cards. 

Simply Deep Tarot

Mind Body & Soul Card Deck Review: Simply Deep Tarot by Chanel Bayless, artwork by James Battersby. Boxed set of 78 Cards and Guidebook. Published by Schiffer Publishing. US $24.99 : UK £19.99 

Sample from the book: 14 Temperance - "Keywords: Moderation, Balance, Equilibrium. Upright: Expect to find answers and solutions to life daily puzzles when you are centred properly. It is important to ground yourself when there is energy moving around you. Once you are centred, the elements work productively in your space. This is precisely when chemical transformations happen. Reversed, this is another side of the story that is difficult at this time. Take your emotions on a guided healing journey in order to get back in balance. You cannot solve this problem through any anger or chaos that you have invited into your life."

Esoteric Christianity

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: Esoteric Christianity - and the Mission of Christian Rosenkreutz - 23 lectures by Rudolf Steiner. Published by Rudolf Steiner Press. 

Well produced book, covering lecture material from 1911 - 1912 conferences, with topics on Christ, Buddha, Rosicrucian Christianity, the story of the blood, virtues of faith, hope and love, the human ego, the occult, karma theory, deity death, the year of 1250, planetary influences. 

Creative Whack Pack Review

Mind Body & Spirit Ezine Card Deck Review: The Creative Whack Pack by Roger von Oech published by US Games Inc £15.00

64 Creativity Strategies to Provoke and Inspire your Thinking! This deck is designed to jog your mind and provides advice to kick start your future - a fascinating method to increase your options, challenge your habitual thought and behaviour patterns, help you look for and find new ideas, improve your decisions and do things differently to produce a different result. Each card offers a brain-storming strategy for changing your life. There are 4 suits, Blue for the Explorer who gains new information, Orange for the Artist who gains a new technique, Green for the Judge who gains new decision making abilities and Red for the Warrior who gains courage and willpower. The deck can be used professionally, in workshops and meetings or for individual use to troubleshoot and problem solve. The author also has produced 'A Whack on the Side of the Head' and 'A Kick in the Seat of the Pants' and 'The Innovative Whack Pack'. 

The Feminine Universe - Extract

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Extract - The Feminine Universe - An Exposition of the Ancient Wisdom from the Primordial Feminine Perspective by Miss Alice Lucy Trent. Published by the Sun Daughter Press.

“When above the heavens had not been formed, when the earth below had no name, Tiamat brought forth them both. Tiamat, mother of the gods, Creator of all.” 

From the Introduction: “This book is the first systematic exposition of the perennial wisdom. It is an attempt to express in the clearest possible terms, and in the smallest possible space, the primordial philosophy accepted and understood in all times, and an all places before the aberrations of the modern world. It gives this philosophy in its feminine form - that being the earliest known on Earth.

Amazing Women Cards Review

AMAZING WOMEN CARDS 45 inspirational cards by Mara Pala and Vicky Benaim. Illustrated by Josefina Schargorodosky. Boxed set of 45 Cards and full colour Guidebook. Published by Watkins Publishing. ISBN 9781-1-78678-822-1   RRP UK £19:99

Welcome Spring and the Divine Feminine with this delightful inspirational set of cards . Each card features a remarkable woman  who has helped to shape the history of humanity. The introduction highlights how we are familiar with men who have made history, and here we have a selection of accomplished women who are prominent historical fugures. This oracle card set is about honouring women from history and empowering modern women. 

The Goddess

Mind Body & Soul Ezine Book Review: The Goddess - Be the Woman You Want to Be by Elisabeth Wilson. Hardback. Leisure & Lifestyle. RRP £18.99

Over 100 suggestions from 30 Goddess experts, with identifying your goddess archetype, with themed sections, quizzes, ways to find out who you are, and be who you are. You don’t need to be prefect, or wait for the right time, no longer please others, gain better financial security, wear bright colours, think positively, jump start your love life, spice up your sex life, boost your body image, find out your love quotient score, be grateful, become organised, keep questioning, start being logical, throw a dinner party, create your dream home, make a beautiful garden, detox, take vitamins, take exercise, deal with rejection, make sure you bounce!