The Wisdom of Avalon Oracle Cards: A 52-Card Deck and Guidebook [Cards]

Colette Baron-Reid (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

The Wisdom of Avalon Oracle Cards by Colette Baron-Reid is a 52-card divination system—an inspirational tool to bridge the unseen world of Spirit and the physical world of our day-to-day lives. Based on the rich mythology of ancient Britain’s Isle of Avalon and the wisdom teachings of its priestesses, these cards will help you find valuable and powerful insights in all aspects of life as you chart your path and manifest your destiny with clarity and purpose.

 

Their use will shed light on what has been, what needs illumination in the present, and what will weave patterns into the future. The deck will help you discover the potential of your own intuition as you follow the omens and symbols of the Goddess, the Kingdom of the Faeries, Merlin, and the Priestess of magical Avalon. See into the future . . . and discover that you are more than you know!

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About the Author

Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally acclaimed intuitive counselor with a client base spanning 29 countries. She has facilitated hundreds of her popular seminars and workshops on developing intuition and the art of creating reality worldwide. In addition, she’s a highly sought after and powerful motivational speaker, performer, and storyteller; is a popular guest on radio and television throughout the world; and is also a musical artist signed to the EMI Music label.

Product Details

• Cards: 52 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401910424
• ISBN-13: 978-1401910426
• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 3.9 x 5.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally renowned intuitive counselor, educator and #1 best selling author who helps others recognize and connect with their own intuition, potential and purpose. A powerful motivational speaker, charismatic broadcast personality, and acclaimed performer, storyteller and recording artist, Colette uses her extraordinary spiritual gifts to empower her clients to live a life that is 'awake and authentic' and to create a reality that is spiritual, deliberate and meaningful.

Through a 22-year practice, built strictly by word of mouth, Colette has advised over 35,000 individual clients in 29 countries. For three years Colette toured as the opening speaker at publisher Hay House Inc. multi-speaker events and conferences. Colette has provided her insight and compassionate delivery of messages as an Intuitive Counselor and Life Strategist in front of over 150,000 people.

Inspired and informed by the study of metaphysics, spiritual, transpersonal, and Jungian psychology, Colette's approach combines her knowledge with the profound intuitive gifts she shares with her clients. Her trademark warmth, integrity and humor, infectious laughter and personality inspire many people to call her the "Rachael Ray" of the personal development and self-help world.

A high demand for her services as well as the desire to share her gift and teach others have inspired Colette to expand her practice to include personal growth workshops and transformational intensives, mentoring, and motivational speaking on such topics as harnessing your intuition, understanding the alchemy of love, and spiritual responsibility.
After the world wide success of her #1 book, The Map, many of her clients and former students began asking if she would be training practitioners in her groundbreaking process IN-Vizion® introduced in this book. In 2012 Colette and her team have come together to offer the Master Intuitive Coach® Institute - an integrative coaching system that offers students a unique and satisfying holistic experience helping others achieve their dreams while creating their own. MasterIntuitiveCoachInstitute.com

A trusted advisor to an international coterie of celebrities, politicians and CEOs, Colette's mission is to deliver inspired self-revelation. Her purpose is to help individuals understand where they are, how they got there, where they are heading, and how to live life to its fullest potential and meaningful purpose.

She is held in high regard by other prominent authors and personal growth teachers: Brian L. Weiss, M.D., NY Times Best- selling author of Many Lives, Many Masters claims "Colette Baron-Reid is a gifted spiritual intuitive. Her readings are especially accurate and have helped to comfort and heal many people over the years. I can highly recommend her."

Dr. Wayne Dyer, NY Times best-selling author of Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life and Excuses Be Gone, says " I have personally consulted with Colette and I find her to be 100% credible."

Whether Colette is counseling a client in person or by phone, her process - and her ability to pick up intimate specifics of past and present relationships and circumstances - is consistent and awe-inspiring.

"With every individual," says Colette, "I immediately see pictures in my mind, representing events and experiences - names, and dates, pertaining to their life or the lives of people that have affected them. It's as if I'm remembering them- things I couldn't possibly know. It's also common for me to connect to the personality of someone who has transitioned. These images play out like puzzle pieces, and it's my job to fit them together and to identify any unconscious psychological patterns that may be holding the person back and provide them with credible concepts with which to move forward in the most life-affirming and productive way."

Also inherent to Colette's approach is the conviction that the future is mutable.

"Time isn't linear", Colette explains, "so when I look at things that haven't happened yet, the possible future and how that could or will play out, I feel like I'm remembering the future, not looking forward".

Her readings do not center around determinism or 'pat answers' but provide instead a clear-headed, uniquely meaningful interpretation of the individual's challenges, conflicts and opportunities.

"The future is a probable or potential place but the Now is where that's created. Every thought, emotion, action and reaction serves to paint the picture of the future. My job is to help my client become conscious of their responsibility and their part in it," Colette explains.

A popular guest on radio and TV, Colette also hosts her own weekly call-in program on CBS NewSkyRadio.com. She has been featured on Oprah and Friends with Dr. Mehmet Oz, George Noory's Coast To Coast and many others.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wisdom of Avalon at your fingertips May 29, 2008

By Deanna Joseph VINE™ VOICE

Format:Cards

When I first received the "Wisdom of Avalon Oracle" I was so excited. After all, the legend of King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake are among my favorites.

The author of the deck is Colette Baron-Reid. I'd heard many good things about her, and was looking forward to reading her interpretations of the characters of Avalon.

Gary A. Lippincott is the artist for the deck, and I have to say, his artwork is absolutely beautiful. He's one of the featured artists on the world famous site for the Duirwaigh Gallery (a favorite site for those of us who love faery and fantasy artwork).

The deck itself includes 52 cards, and is divided into four groups. The first 31 cards are done in a soft watercolor. The last 21 cards look they could be a photograph of a trail through the forest. These cards are all the same, except for the journey marker sign than is specific to that card.

The Messengers of Avalon contains eight cards and includes the Merlin, the High Priestess, the King, the Queen, the Novice, the Grail Knight, the Bard and the Lady of the Lake.

The Animal Guides of Avalon contains 18 cards, and includes the Eagle, the Raven, the Hawk, the Swan, the Owl, the Frog, the Spider, the Bee, the Stag, the Cat, the Dog, the Cow, the Wasp, the Deer, the Serpent, the Dragon, the Butterfly, and the Horse.

The Guides of Faery contain five cards, and include the Earth Faery, the Water Faery, the Wind Faery, the Fire Faery and the Goblin.

The largest grouping is the Sacred Journey Markers, which contain 21 cards. These include Partnership, Focus, Wealth, Restriction, Movement, Joy, Protection, Disruption, Risk, Communication, Perception, Burden, Letting Go, Love, Death, Trust, Fear, Forgiveness, Birth-Rebirth, Truth, and the Mystery.

Where the characters aren't actually from the legends of King Arthur, they are still definitely of Avalon and the realm of the faery folk. I was especially pleased with the section on animals, as this deck includes many animals sacred to the Celts that aren't included in other Celtic oriented decks I've seen.

There is a 109 page guidebook that goes along with the deck that gives a more detailed description of each card, along with a chapter on how to use the cards (including how to do a single card reading, and a three and five card reading). I found the book to be very well written and highly enjoyable.

I've already given several readings with this deck, and have to say they have been very insightful. The more I work with this deck, the more I enjoy it, and the deeper the insights seem to go. And one does not need to be a pro to enjoy reading with these cards.

Whether you are a beginning reader, or a seasoned intuitive, or just someone who loves to collect Celtic inspired decks, I would highly recommend "The Wisdom of Avalon" to anyone interested in the realm of Avalon.

57 of 61 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Avalon Cards September 23, 2007

By Dr. Keith Macnider

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This is a challenging deck of cards; challenging in that part of the deck is very good, well illustrated, quite mythic in feel, and the other part of it is dull. Of the latter, cards 33-52 are the same, differentiated only by a different word - or marker - on each of the cards. And while the forest or woodland scene is a a nice one, I am left wondering why in a deck which reflects an understanding of British mythology, no attention is given to tree wisdom, the wisdom of stones and earth mounds. It's disappointing.
The deck is divided into several categories of card; the messengers of Avalon; the animal guides; the guides of faery; and the sacred journey markers (cards 33-52).
All the illustrations are good, and it is especially nice to have the animals as drawings of animals and not photographs of animals as occurs in other decks.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best April 10, 2008

By Tranquility

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I am not a fan per se of this artist but I was attracted to this product when I saw it in a catalog. The art is wonderful and has a great feel. I felt I got a great product for the price. I normally don't like Tarot cards , but am a fan of The Mists of Avalon and was not disappointed by this deck.

To those who complained about half the cards only having a sign in the woods. Frankly, I preferred them that way. It allowed me to view the word and my own connotation with the meaning without someone else's interpretation.

For example: The "death" card is like this. Just a sign in the woods. Now normally death would have a negative connotation, but I was also able to view this as the death of something old in my life so I can accept something new (so in a positive light). Had the card had skulls and worms on it, it would have been nothing but negative and would have blocked me from seeing all interpretations.

Take if for what you want, but I still believe it is a great deck.