Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

For Puck's Sake

Home
Pagan
Review: Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada

Review: Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada

Last updated on: March 31, 2019 at 1:54 am by Mat Auryn

Review: Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada 2019-03-31T01:54:31+00:00 Mat Auryn

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada is a gorgeous deck created by artist Maxine Miller, Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor Grimassi. If you’re a pagan or a practicing witch there’s a good chance that you’re familiar with Maxine Miller’s art, particularly her wildly popular statues of pagan deities. There’s even a high probability that you or someone you know own her statuary. Raven & Stephanie Grimassi really need no introductions. As elders in Witchcraft and Paganism, Raven’s accomplishments and books alone are numerous and has had several well-known students such as Scott Cunningham and Donald Michael Kraig.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Mat Auryn (@matauryn) on Feb 27, 2019 at 6:52am PST

The deck consists of 25 cards which are divided into five categories with five cards in each:

LEAF: Cernunnos, The Greenman, The Oak & Holly Kings, Taliesin, and Magickal Animals
STARS: Cerridwen, The Morrigan, Brigid, Danu, and Epona
SKY: The Triple Goddess, Manann, Druid Priests, Selkie, King of Dalriada,
FIRE: The Dagda, Lugh, Nuada, Stone of Destiny, and Dragon
STONE: Ravens, Wheel of the Year, Triskele, Pentagram, and Torc

The “little white book” that comes with Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada is 111 pages and is full color, consisting of the beautiful artwork of Maxine Miller and the amazing insight and wisdom of the Grimassis. Each card is given an introduction to that deity (or object), a divinatory meaning, a reversed meaning, other world nature, and spiritual meaning. The booklet also includes a bit of Celtic history and discusses the Dalriadan culture and its influence and importance on Celtic cultures and tribes. Included are also two spreads. The first spread is The Standing Stones used for general or overall readings. The second spread is The Chieftan’s Shield and is used to read for specific and singular matters.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Mat Auryn (@matauryn) on Feb 27, 2019 at 6:53am PST

Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada comes in a beautiful and sturdy box which is small enough for travel and sturdy enough to survive it, which is one of my biggest complaints about most decks aside from card stock. The size of the cards are about that of your average tarot deck. The cards have a glossy coating to them and the card stock is fairly good having slightly better card stock than your average mass market tarot deck, which is great for a deck that is indie printed. The deck also has a silver gilding which gives adds to its beauty and also brings in a psychic lunar quality to them. I decided to give the cards a test run by shuffling them, performing the provided spread and sticking straight to the meanings provided by the Grimassis. I’m actually shocked at how accurate and articulate the reading was for an oracle deck, as oracle decks tend to be much more vague than systems like tarot or lenormand. The cards may take a while to get acquainted with, but luckily there’s only 25 making that a much easier task.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Mat Auryn (@matauryn) on Feb 27, 2019 at 6:56am PST

Review: Communing With The Ancestors
Unearthing The Magickal Mandrake
Witch Blood: The Magickal Orientation

Connect With Me

Stephanie Taylor Grimassi

Tarot

Witchcraft

Previous Post

February 27, 2019

Staying Weird With Hauntings, Magick, and Divination

Next Post

March 3, 2019 What Is Black Rose Witchcraft?

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Book Reviews Deck Reviews Interviews Musings Uncategorized

Select a Month December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 August 2021 March 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What ritual involved ashes of a red heifer?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Marriage Harvest Purification Inheritance

Review: Oracle of the Ancient Celts – The Dalriada

Related Articles:

Connect With Me

What ritual involved ashes of a red heifer?