MaeWasteland
Oh dear, this site is bad for my bank balance! So many intriguing decks to check out. FWIW if anyone's after the Psycards book, they seem to (currently?) have an option to buy the book plus a deck and a pouch for the deck for £17 which is only £3 more than the deck itself - good for anyone who's either not got the deck, or would like the spare copy to gift to a friend/as a backup etc? I'm kind of in two minds about that particular deck, it sounds like quite an interesting concept (although the site is kind of vague and I'm not entirely sure I've grokked the concept properly tbh) and some of the artwork seemed very interesting, whereas other cards I really really didn't like (the Father card, for instance - although who knows, maybe this is just because I have at best ambivalent feelings about fathers...)
As to the topic itself, well, I've sort of gone back and forth on oracles themselves, really - when I was a young 'un pouring over the metaphysical/MBS section of various London bookshops I was rather keen on the larger decks which I think would have been Oracles (though less so on the inevitable Doreen Virtue decks - I'm sure she's lovely really but I associate her with someone unpleasant). I was less keen on/a bit wary of Tarot decks - not out of superstition so much as 'wow, there's a lot to learn...' Since then I've been in and out of situations where I felt comfortable even admitting to myself that I had any interest in Such Things.
I bought my first tarot deck a year or so ago, disability stuff has meant I'm making very slow progress through the (actually pretty good) 'course' book that I bought. Saw some stuff about oracle decks and felt very scathing about them ('oh, they're probably just easy money, no real system...' type feelings) For some reason though I found myself looking at a couple of decks recently and really intrigued by them (possibly because of not feeling the need to understand an entire system? ) I ended up ordering a copy of the Enchanted Map deck today, I'm not sure it's the Best Deck For Me, but if nothing else I really love what I saw of the artwork (several review videos, stills here and elsewhere etc) so I can just stick them to my wall if I end up not liking them as an oracle
As to the topic itself, well, I've sort of gone back and forth on oracles themselves, really - when I was a young 'un pouring over the metaphysical/MBS section of various London bookshops I was rather keen on the larger decks which I think would have been Oracles (though less so on the inevitable Doreen Virtue decks - I'm sure she's lovely really but I associate her with someone unpleasant). I was less keen on/a bit wary of Tarot decks - not out of superstition so much as 'wow, there's a lot to learn...' Since then I've been in and out of situations where I felt comfortable even admitting to myself that I had any interest in Such Things.
I bought my first tarot deck a year or so ago, disability stuff has meant I'm making very slow progress through the (actually pretty good) 'course' book that I bought. Saw some stuff about oracle decks and felt very scathing about them ('oh, they're probably just easy money, no real system...' type feelings) For some reason though I found myself looking at a couple of decks recently and really intrigued by them (possibly because of not feeling the need to understand an entire system? ) I ended up ordering a copy of the Enchanted Map deck today, I'm not sure it's the Best Deck For Me, but if nothing else I really love what I saw of the artwork (several review videos, stills here and elsewhere etc) so I can just stick them to my wall if I end up not liking them as an oracle