The Cantigee Oracle: An Ecological Spiritual Guide and Creative Prompt Deck by Rae Diamond

Description from NetGalley:

Each of the Cantigee oracle deck’s 52 beautifully illustrated circular cards serves as a conduit for wisdom, creativity, and spiritual nourishment.

Cantigee is the song the Earth sings. It’s the spell it weaves, the enchantment it whispers--an invitation to deepen into ourselves, come home to our place within the living Earth, and exist in right relationship with the natural world.

Grounded in nature-based archetypes like The Self-Tending Fire, The Juniper Caduceus, and The Voice of the Moon, The Cantigee Oracle offers you a space to reattune, reflect, and reconnect: to your own inner world, to yearnings and inspirations, and to the Earth that sustains us all.

Each card in this versatile deck can be used as:

• Part of a weekly year-round practice

• Individual totems

• Prompts for spiritual practice

• Inspiration for ecological activism

• Inspirational creative seeds

• A contemplative opportunity to connect with the natural world

Together, they can be used for life direction, personal growth, and an ongoing guided practice to bring you healing and inspiring discoveries that support your fullest, truest self--in harmony with nature and in service to the greatest good for all.

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My Review:

Please note that I received an advanced copy of the guidebook from NetGalley. I cannot attest to the cards themselves.

I really loved how in-depth this guidebook is. It provides multiple spreads, breaks down archetypes, and provides a rounded explanation of the cards and their meanings. I especially love how the author not only provides prompts for the deck as a whole but each card has its own prompt as well. The author also takes the time to connect each card to nature as well which I really enjoyed. Another great thing about this guide is the resources section at the end. The author takes the time to include resources on being more sustainable, books, and more which I thought was a really nice touch.

One thing I was not a fan of was the Oracle Hygiene section at the beginning of the guidebook. I thought the Clean Start section was more nicely put and all that is needed to describe cleansing. The Oracle Hygiene was just unnecessary. I also thought the introduction was a bit long. Almost like those stories in front of recipes where you just want to get straight to the point.

Overall, I really did like this guidebook. I was able to get a sneak peek of the artwork for the cards. The art is not really my style so I am unsure as to whether I would buy the cards myself, but I do recommend it based on the guidebook alone so definitely keep this in mind!