Tantric Dakini Oracle

Zusatztext ". . . puts users in contact with the energies of the dakinis! archetypes of feminine wisdom." Informationen zum Autor Nik Douglas (1944-2012) is the author of Sexual Secrets (with Penny Slinger), Tantric Yoga, Tantric Charms and Amulets, and Spiritual Sex and was the director of the documentary film Tantra. Penny Slinger is an artist with special focus on multimedia collage, whose works have appeared in exhibits throughout Europe. She has produced numerous books and videos and is an ordained minister of the Goddess Temple. She lives in northern California. Klappentext A 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. Approaching the Oracle Composition of the Oracle Once the Oracle cards have been laid out it will be helpful to read the description of the symbolism and the divinatory meaning. The cards which relate to the Major Arcana of the Tarot (0-21) have particularly potent divinatory meanings. We have given variant readings for different locations in some instances; otherwise, the general divinatory meaning applies. Cards related to the Suits of the Minor Arcana (22-61) change their specific divinatory meanings more frequently, according to their location on the Tree of Life chart. Time cards (62-64) are not found in the Tarot. In The Tantric Dakini Oracle system they offer possibilities for directly resolving the influences of destiny. Helpful indications are given. All interpretations and divinatory meanings are guidelines only. As the reader becomes familiar with the cards and their symbolism, the different relationships will become clearer. The Tantric Dakini Oracle cards are most effective on an intuitive level. Spontaneous interpretation through an awareness of Tantric symbolism is both direct and personal. The cards may be successfully consulted for a person in his absence by bearing that person in mind at the time of shuffling and dealing. There are no reverse card readings, as in the Tarot. Dakini cards are placed directly in position, right way up. The Tantric Dakini Oracle cards are comprised of: • A card conceived of as the center of a cycle of Transformation, taking the form of a JOKER, around which the psychological energies move i...

". . . puts users in contact with the energies of the dakinis, archetypes of feminine wisdom."

Autorentext

Nik Douglas (1944-2012) is the author of Sexual Secrets (with Penny Slinger), Tantric Yoga, Tantric Charms and Amulets, and Spiritual Sex and was the director of the documentary film Tantra. Penny Slinger is an artist with special focus on multimedia collage, whose works have appeared in exhibits throughout Europe. She has produced numerous books and videos and is an ordained minister of the Goddess Temple. She lives in northern California.

Klappentext

A 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.

Zusammenfassung
A tarot based on the mystical teachings of the Tantric tradition.

Leseprobe
**Approaching the Oracle

Composition of the Oracle**

Once the Oracle cards have been laid out it will be helpful to read the description of the symbolism and the divinatory meaning.

The cards which relate to the Major Arcana of the Tarot (0-21) have particularly potent divinatory meanings. We have given variant readings for different locations in some instances; otherwise, the general divinatory meaning applies.

Cards related to the Suits of the Minor Arcana (22-61) change their specific divinatory meanings more frequently, according to their location on the Tree of Life chart.

Time cards (62-64) are not found in the Tarot. In The Tantric Dakini Oracle system they offer possibilities for directly resolving the influences of destiny. Helpful indications are given.

All interpretations and divinatory meanings are guidelines only. As the reader becomes familiar with the cards and their symbolism, the different relationships will become clearer. The Tantric Dakini Oracle cards are most effective on an intuitive level. Spontaneous interpretation through an awareness of Tantric symbolism is both direct and personal.

The cards may be successfully consulted for a person in his absence by bearing that person in mind at the time of shuffling and dealing.

There are no reverse card readings, as in the Tarot. Dakini cards are placed directly in position, right way up.

The Tantric Dakini Oracle cards are comprised of:

• A card conceived of as the center of a cycle of Transformation, taking the form of a JOKER, around which the psychological energies move in the play of life. The number of the joker is zer…