I have been looking for an appealing Celtic, Earth themed tarot deck for some time and have finally found it in the Druid Craft Tarot Deck.  I will say at the outset that this deck does have some full frontal nudity so it may not be the best deck for psychic fairs or appropriate for all clients even in a private setting.  For me, however, it is a wonderful deck for personal readings and learning learning Celtic myths and symbols (continued below).

As can be seen in the images above each card is a stand alone work of art. Symbolic elements abound and every card invites a question.  Is the hen in the Magician card a reference to Cerridwen?  Why does a great tree stand before the crossed swords of the Two of Swords? Does the hare and bare tree in the Queen of Pentacles suggest the rebirth of early spring?  Is the Ace of Swords Excalibur?

The skies in the deck are amazing and the detailed images impressive  While the cards above may not be the best example, I particularly enjoy the way the artist has included highly representational and identifiable plants, trees and flowers in his imagery - a great inclusion for an earth based deck!  This is a type of symbolism I have not explored and I'm looking forward to doing so in the future.

Overall, the traditional references in this deck are fascinating, the artwork and color outstanding, the elemental associations strong and the images close enough to the RWS to be easily readable for most.  I highly recommend it!

While I have not had a fully lucid dream so far, I have improved my dream recall and had one pre- or semi-lucid dream already. I take as a very good indicator that a fully lucid dream is within my reach.

I've also learned some important things about dreaming and dream awareness - including  the subtle differences between lucidity and OBE (out of body experience).  This was of particular interest to me because I believe that several of my dream experiences involved travel to and from other dimensions, as well visitations from the beings of those dimensions in the form of guides, avatars, angels and friends and relatives who have passed. I wasn't aware however that others believed it was possible to move from a dream or apparent sleep state to an out of body experience until I took Robert's course.

One of the great things about this course is the personal help available through the forum (in which Robert is very active).  I was curious about what someone with Robert's knowledge base would have to say about some of my experiences.  I decided to ask him about a particularly vivid, unusually complex and very coherent dream I had in 2008.

Robert told me that this dream could be a Jungian 'big dream' or possibly an OBE (unrecognized because it didn't begin with the buzzing or humming that often launch OBEs).  He went on to say that when people tell him about a vivid, complex and very coherent dream, he suspects an OBE "8 times out of 10."  I found this information very validating.

I've had several very notable dreams since 2008.  While none were as involved as that first dream of spirit, at least one was just as vivid and several others were also quite coherent (and / or unusually bright) - all supplied me with information I could not have otherwise known.  I'm very interested in exploring both dreams and OBE and find the intersection of the two absolutely fascinating!

I'm now in my second session at the International School of Clairvoyance. I'm really enjoying the process.  And I had an interesting experience related to the class that I wanted to share here today.

I had asked for guidance on my life path, and began my clairvoyance practice session (using Debra's process). For a several moments I got nothing then all at once a glittery, bright turquoise, high heeled shoe popped into my (psychic) sight.

While I might have worn (and loved) such a shoe at one time, I'm a flip-flop or sneakers sort of person now.  So I knew that this fancy, sparkling vividly turquoise shoe was meant to be symbolic.  And I found the style and color intriguing. 

The shoe was the exact shade of blue, in fact, that I've come to think of as 'my blue' because it comes to me in dreams and meditation and other peoples readings (of me) over and over again.

For me that color blue means communication which is a big part of what I'm doing - here in the blog, on the radio show and in the writing of my book.  So I liked that it showed up when I thought about my life path.  I was less sure about the style  - though I did like the bright, look-at-me sort of presence that bright blue shoe seemed to project.

Psychic impressions come to me in many different ways.  Some are faint and fleeting.  Others stand out.  Some are literal and some are symbolic.  And I love the depth of meaning and the mystery that symbols can offer.

Next week in class we are doing life path readings.  These are my favorite types of readings and I am so looking forward to learning Debra's method!