Amanda
Hello Amanda,
I tried to send you a PM, but wasn't allowed to. I saved the website with the full card meanings on my computer a while ago. Right now I have them in .mht files, but I can try to convert them to .pdf!
(I think this should be okay regarding copyright as long as I don't share them publicly? I mean, they decided to share the material for free originally.)
Ah, sorry about that! I turned off my private messages because I was getting a lot of PMs and procrastinating on school work. I'll fix that for you, because I would love to have those meanings...
That was a big plus for me. I really enjoyed the cards, I just wasn't using them much at the time and a friend wanted them and I thought well, I can always get another.
I just jumped over the site and see what you mean, Amanda. I always thought it was so cool they offered so much for free. I would tell people they could get what they needed from the site. I never bought the book.
But I do think they are a great system and have read with them on numerous occasions and may get them back one day.
Yes, I loved the site!
I definitely appreciate the forethought put into a product that essentially sets the consumer up to have everything on hand in one purchase. Having to make another purchase for a fuller experience grinds on my gears a bit. It seems too much like "old school" business practices to keep customers on the line and throwing money at you. I think I do recall getting the deck and being a little disappointed with the short meanings that came with it, but danieljuk told me about the site, and that was great! I was so disappointed when I went to access it one day and there was nothing there...
Thanks for the heads-up, Amanda. I find the best oracle decks more amenable to free-association, so I don't pay a lot of attention to the creator's suggestions anyway. I do like the imagery and may still buy it.
I just like to know approximately what the creators intended for the card. That's why I have no interest in buying a full book. I really don't have a lot of time to read anything else with college texts, academic journals, Forbes magazine and whatnot, so the quicker I can get into a deck the better... but I still like to see some background and intent. My kind of "study" of a deck is more like active research...
Me, pulls some cards: Okay, well it looks like this..
(Refers to text): ...but it says this...
Me looking again: ...but okay, I can see the difference between what it looks like and what it's supposed to mean. Now this other cards seems to pick up on...
New and developmental meanings come through those gaps for me and weaving through the logic with my feelings. I like to have some 'structure' even if it's a crappy creator opinion.