Healing Cards (Large Card Decks) [Cards]

Caroline Myss (Author), Peter Occhiogrosso (Author)

Book Description

Series: Large Card Decks | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

This 50-card deck and accompanying booklet by Caroline Myss, the bestselling author of Sacred Contracts and Anatomy of the Spirit and Peter Occhiogrosso, popular expert on world religions and author of The Joy of Sects, will help you create a daily practice that not only heals existing ailments, but also maintains spiritual balance in your life. Each card presents healing wisdom drawn from the world’s great spiritual traditions, and then offers an application of that knowledge for everyday living. Healing Cards offer both inspiration and a course of action, and  . . . a card a day keeps the doctor away!

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About the Author

Caroline Myss is an internationally renowned pioneer in energy medicine who has worked closely with many physicians in the evaluation of their patients. She’s also the author of the New York Times bestselling books Anatomy of the Spirit, ISBN: 0609800140, Sacred Contracts, ISBN: 0517703920, Healing with Spirit, ISBN: 1-56170-380-X. She is the host of The Journey with Caroline Myss on the Oxygen cable network.

Product Details

• Cards: 64 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401900232
• ISBN-13: 978-1401900236
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #726,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Only looking at the cards can bring healing", October 1, 2003

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Aurora Diaz "auroradiaz" (Guaynabo, PR United States) - See all my reviews
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Today I bought The Healing Cards. This deck is astounding beautiful. I own other decks like the Louise Hay and Dr. Wayne Dyer; but they are not as beautiful illustrated as this. I was very disappointed as the only credit given to the artist "Janice Fried", is at the back of the case, in very little letters. I found this incredibly odd, as the cards are a beautiful metaphor of the words, only "looking at the cards can bring healing".I don`t know why the publishers did this, It seems someone does not give importance to art as a healing tool. "Janice Fried" images are of a very spiritual nature. With naked innocence, the illustrations transmit the words of Caroline`s essence.
Another thing, this cards are not affirmations cards, they are touchstones cards, they give you an insightful thought and then suggest and action to integrate the thought`s essence in your everyday life. The messages are practical but profound. They are stated with simplicity, but the more you read them, more enlightenment they bring.
As was said in other reviews, it is difficult to find the meaning of the cards in the booklet as the cards are not numbered. But the images and the messages are strong reasons to buy this deck, you can read the booklet as extra information, but not for expanding the cards meaning. I noticed that the booklet really don`t add much information regarding the insights of the messages, the information is about the religious or philosophy tradition that is the source of the messages. You don`t need to read the booklet to use the cards.

Aurora Díaz, Puerto Rico

48 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars For The Artwork, 1 Star For Content, March 16, 2004

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Janet Boyer "Author, Blogger, Radio Host" (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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Healing Cards is a beautifully illustrated 50 card deck. The size of the cards are 5.5 inches long and 3.5 inches wide--the exact same size as the Archetype Cards by Myss. Artist Janice Fried illustrated both decks, as well; in fact, I couldn't help but wonder when looking at the Healing Cards if some of the images were originally intended for the Archetype deck. The image from one of the Healing Cards is the exact same one that's on the front of the newer version of Myss' Journal Of Inner Dialogue.

According to the authors, these healing cards and accompanying booklet will help you create a daily practice that not only heals existing ailments, but also maintains spiritual balance in your life. Healing Cards offer both inspiration and a course of action and (according to them) a card a day keeps the doctor away!

Cute marketing...but does the deck live up to its claim?

I felt that the best way to review this deck would be to use it during times where I was in a position to receive healing--when I was dealing with sinus problems, fatigue, and bouts of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). So I used this deck over a period of months for those times of stillness where I welcomed Guidance concerning dis-ease.

Each time I sought insight, as well as comfort, I'd say a prayer, shuffle the deck, and draw a card. While a few of the cards contained quiet wisdom and inspiration, I didn't feel that they spoke to me on a deep level. At other times, the cards seemed almost accusatory. For example, one card says The root cause of all disease is a negative attitude about taking care of yourself. The booklet expands on this card saying "The Ayurvedic tradition of India teaches that the main reason we get sick can be reduced to a lazy or perverse mental attitude, which leads us to ignore the basic principles of good health...". Yet another card says All suffering stems from ignorance, hatred, or craving; the wisdom connected with this card says "...Passionate craving for material or sensual satisfaction inevitably leads to frustration and disappointment, which in turn leads to stress and illness."

However, other cards convey messages contradictory to the "it's your fault" message. For example, Illness is not a punishment, but a stimulation to life. The wisdom in the booklet corresponding with this card says "A large part of the suffering that accompanies any illness derives from the psychologically imposed belief that it represents a judgment. Some may believe it's a judgment from God, a punishment for bad deeds committed in this life or previous lifetimes, or even an unconscious choice we've made. None of those reasons has any more validity than saying a wild deer is responsible for developing a cancerous tumor...But looking on it [illness] as a punishment is counterproductive, since the implicit guilt can only create more stress." Then it goes on to talk about Friedrich Nietzsche and his idea of seeing illness as a great stimulant to life and how this is a far more empowering way to look at dis-ease: "In this case, his thoughts offer a far more wholesome understanding of illness than that of many traditional and New Age thinkers."

Indeed. I couldn't agree more.

I see this dichotomy among many New Age teachers: the idea that we're responsible for our own sickness and that we created it. Yet, in the next breath, we're admonished not to feel guilt about it because we may not be responsible for it after all. And then we're given a neat little ABC package of formulas designed to eradicate dis-ease and be perfectly healthy 100% of the time.

I'm reminded of this portion of the New Testament: "As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?' 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned,' said Jesus, 'but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.'" (John 9:1-3).

The wisdom shared in the booklet spans many religious traditions: Buddhism, Native American, Shamanism, Judaism, Christianity, Ayurveda, Islam and so on. Yet, I felt like it was more an intellectual lesson in comparative religion rather than a deck constructed to foster healing.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of the Cards for Inspiration, August 2, 2003

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perla "Being. Differently." (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews

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I have most of the Hay House affirmation card decks. I love them all. The healing cards are some of the most beautifully illustrated.

Don't be so attached to your expectations of what the cards are supposed to be like... just enjoy them for what they offer --- inspiring images, healing words, guidance for compassion and forgiveness for others and your self, exercises towards de-fragmentation and wholeness.