They're here!
My Reincarnation Cards (subtitled Awakening Far Memory) arrived yesterday, and I've just gotten around to opening the package...making my holiday cards has taken a lot of time!
There are 61 cards in this set, along with a hardcover book which has introductory chapters on reincarnation as well as detailed explanations of each card. The cards are illustrated in b/w in the book. The cards are large, 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, good card stock with a satin finish.
The cards are divided into 5 groups:
Occupation (14 cards), Culture (17 cards), Environment (9 cards), Theme (11 cards) and Termination (10 cards). The back designs are different for each category to aid in selecting them. The authors note that many additional examples of the above groups could have been included, but they feel more is not necessarily better. They say there are 235,620 possible combinations of these 5 categories.
To use the cards, the authors suggest being thoroughly relaxed, state your intention to receive details of a previous incarnation, shuffle the cards & fan them out. Select a card by running your hand across the fan or use a pendulum to select one card from each of the 5 categories. First impressions are noted as each card is revealed, then examine the cards more thoroughly in an open relaxed state of mind. Also read the textual descriptions of each card, and synthesize all the information into a journal. This process may be done as often as you would like.
This is a very nice set, well illustrated & well packaged (I also got it for a great price from an Amazon seller, still sealed). I am very pleased with it, it's very different from any other oracle I own. I hope to have some time this afternoon to do my first "reading" with the deck.
Asher