The 60-card Wolf Song deck and book set uses ancient symbolism and explores elemental teachings of nature in Native American life. The set offers in-depth explanations of the card images plus Native American healing based on the animal spirits.
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"Wolf Song"
by Jeanette Spence and Lew Hartman Written by two people who love animals, "Wolf Song" is a delight. Jeanette Spence and Lew Hartman have worked in animal care and rehabilitation. Unlike many other "Animal Wisdom" books, "Wolf Song" presents animal families and highlights individual species. (The authors see individual species as unique.) Besides the four different kinds of wolf (Red, Gray, Timber, and Arctic), Jeanette Spence and Lew Hartman also include various types of duck, hawk, deer, fox, squirrel, goat, eagle, and owl. In addition, "Wolf Song" features less common animals of North America such as ringed-neck pheasant, Canada goose, and ocelot. With each animal, the authors tell about its place in nature, and about its teachings. Because of their animal experiences, Jeanette Spence and Lew Hartman decided to have Wolf be the focus of their cards. According to Lew Hartman, the Wolf is the center of change and teaching. Therefore, when doing a card spread, the reader invokes the Spirit of the Wolf The only problem with "Wolf Song" is that only Frog and Turtle represent the non-mammal, non-bird species. However, grouping animals into families does counter act that particular deficiency. This card and book set is a worthy addition to any collection.
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Wolf Song hits a sour note...,
By CoyoteWriter "CoyoteWriter" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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I would love nothing better than to give this book & accompanying card deck a hearty recommendation. Jeanette and Lew's hearts are certainly in the right place to be taking this endeavor on, and their love and respect for both animals and the lessons animals impart to us (and the mythology that has grown around them) cannot be questioned.
Nor can their artistry and expression be challenged: there is some beautiful stuff here. My biggest criticism lies squarely with the publisher: there is no table of contents, there is no index. That means there is no way to easily figure out what the cards are saying nor find any animal you might be curious about: your only recourse is to flip through the pages until you land on what you're looking for. It's a mess! My second, more subjective and less quantifiable criticism is the seeming lack of intellectual rigor and thoroughness of the system itself and/or the mythic information, and even biology (grizzly and brown bears are pretty much the same animal: the griz was long considered a sub-species of brown bear, while in the past decade even those lines have become blurred: brown, griz, and Kodiak are all the same genetic bears). Like the omission of a table of contents and index, the content seems to lack any discernible structure, direction, or thread. It just feels unfocused and chaotic. A previous review pointed appreciatively to how it "...presents animal families and highlights individual species. [edit] Besides the four different kinds of wolf (Red, Gray, Timber, and Arctic), Jeanette Spence and Lew Hartman also include various types of duck, hawk, deer, fox, squirrel, goat, eagle, and owl." Good point! However, while the wolf, bear, fox, and deer families are granted this special treatment and grouped together in sequence, the other families mentioned are scattered, seemingly haphazardly, throughout the book. Here's the sequence: timber wolf, gray wolf, red wolf, arctic wolf, panther, coyote, golden eagle, red tailed hawk, jaguar, barn owl, wood duck, big horn sheep, gray squirrel, bobcat, sparrow hawk, raccoon, ocelot, dall's sheep, woodchuck, bald eagle, gray fox, red fox, kit fox, arctic fox, badger, elk, screech owl, great horned owl, snowy owl, osprey, moose, Canada goose, brown bear, black bear, grizzly bear, polar bear, turtle, beaver, wolverine, blue heron, white tail deer, turkey, mule deer, mountain goat, rabbit, mouse, caribou, hummingbird, otter, opossum, peregrine falcon, black footed ferret, buffalo, horse, lynx, red headed woodpecker, frog, crow, ring necked pheasant, chipmunk. Interestingly, the same publisher prints one of the book/card packages I feel obliged to compare this one to, Star Spider Speaks: The Teachings of the Native American Tarot by Magda Weck Gonzalez & J. A. Gonzalez, which HAS a table of contents and a very thorough index, along with 2 exhaustive appendices. It is comprehensive in the depth of knowledge (reflected in its 9-page bibliography, although Wolf Song is certainly not lacking in acknowledging a hearty 6 pages of resource books) and the resulting illumination it sheds. In addition, it simply feels more focused, its intent clear, and the synthesis of ideas both unique and wise / well-informed. Likewise Jamie Sams' Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals. Deep in tradition, fresh in it's insights and expression of mythic ideas, well-grounded in knowledge... And if I'm looking for information on animals and the insights/meanings they divine, Ted Andrew's Animal Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small is a book I reach for frequently. These 2 books and Star Spider Speaks: The Teachings of the Native American Tarot are ones I go to time and time again, and are dog-eared and well-worn to show it. My copy of Wolf Song remains in near-pristine condition. It's a fun book to occasion, just not one I go to for insight and one that quickly becomes frustrating with its lack of index/table of contents/discernible organization.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Wolf Song Cards,
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I like the cards. I did not realize until I received them that they are all about change. Very interesting. However, I gave it a four because I prefer to have the Wolf Song BOOK to go along with the cards. You do not necessarily need the book but it could help some people to work with the cards. There is a small explanation of the cards that comes with the deck. I am glad that I purchased the card deck.
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