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.
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"Open(s) a path to one's inner world and enhancing the user's faculties of clairvoyance and visualization."
(SirReadaLot.org, February 2004 )
". . . puts users in contact with the energies of the dakinis, archetypes of feminine wisdom."
(New Age Retailer, December 2004 )
(SirReadaLot.org, February 2004 )
". . . puts users in contact with the energies of the dakinis, archetypes of feminine wisdom."
(New Age Retailer, December 2004 )
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DIVINATION / TANTRA
The Tantric Dakini Oracle is a system of divination based on the authors’ work in the Ranipur Jharial Temple in Orissa, India. The temple contains stone carvings of sixty-four 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 sixty-five 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 evoke subtle memories, sentiments, desires, or fears. Meditation on the images of The Tantric Dakini Oracle puts the reader in contact with the energies of the dakinis, opening a path to the user’s inner world, enhancing visualization, and even leading to clairvoyance. Additional methods for consulting the oracle include the Tree of Life chart and Great Universe map, which link the cards to the yoga body, the chakras, kundalini energy, and astrological influences.
NIK DOUGLAS and PENNY SLINGER are also the authors of Sexual Secrets and The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of India and Nepal.
The Tantric Dakini Oracle is a system of divination based on the authors’ work in the Ranipur Jharial Temple in Orissa, India. The temple contains stone carvings of sixty-four 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 sixty-five 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 evoke subtle memories, sentiments, desires, or fears. Meditation on the images of The Tantric Dakini Oracle puts the reader in contact with the energies of the dakinis, opening a path to the user’s inner world, enhancing visualization, and even leading to clairvoyance. Additional methods for consulting the oracle include the Tree of Life chart and Great Universe map, which link the cards to the yoga body, the chakras, kundalini energy, and astrological influences.
NIK DOUGLAS and PENNY SLINGER are also the authors of Sexual Secrets and The Erotic Sentiment in the Paintings of India and Nepal.
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A fantastic oracle system. This one has penetrated deeply to uncover esoteric cosmic knowing. You can't hide with this system. It will wake you up to your higher self!
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These are fun and right on, great deal, quality of cards not glossy, so not as quality as most decks, but amazing images and text, i am enjoying them and i have almost 60 decks! its in my top group
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I purchased this book/card deck set under the (vague) impression that it was an interpretation of the traditional Tarot cards from the Western Tradition. Upon recieving and then putting it to some use, I've found it to be it's own system, interesting and of very ecclectic roots, although mainly it draws it's imagery from the esoteric and broadly-defined Tantric school of Vedic Hinduism (from India, as opposed to Tibet, etc.).
You'll find the overall structure of the deck to be overtly inspired by the well-known Tarot system, but there are also some I Ching references, and pleasant, but pretty stoned "Be Here Now" kinda themes thrown in as well. Just to clarify, the word "Tarot" refers mainly to the card deck/oracle system that is, as well as we know, derived mostly from European roots (tho it's a says a lot that some claim it has an even deeper Egyptian -or was it Indian?!- source). By this fuzzy definition, The Tantric Dakini Oracle is not truly a Tarot deck, but most certainly it is functional as an oracle; An oracle for divination, if that's your bag, or just good old inspiration, as well. The design of the cards are at times flamboyant and humorous, or murky and sinister, and lend themselves quite easily to interpretation, which I enjoy, as it encourages certain readings that are quite novel, especially if one is more used to using the Tarot. The book included provides some already well-known spreads, such as the Celtic Cross, as examples, and overall does a fairly good job of explaining the cards, although the source of the deck's system is as ambiguous as any other oracle's. At this point, I've not used this deck as an interpretive guide for anyone other than myself (I'll wait for that until I'm more familiar with the system), but found the cards to resonate in surprising ways (via dreams and synchronicity, to name a few).
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