Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals Paperback – July 30, 1999

One of the best indigenous wisdom books and tarot-alternative with a balanced voice from the two author/scribes.

All I can say is, WOW!!!!!!! I connected with these beautiful cards the FIRST time, I touched them. The Native American look and feel of these beautiful is just what the Native Amercian culture is ALL ABOUT. I have Native American blood is my...So, I guess I am bias....But, the Native American images on these cards REALLY resonate with me. And the book is equally impressive! Inspired me to get out my books on Shamanism and read them again...So, these cards can REALLY BE used for inspiration. The way, the authors describe each card is highly impressive. These will be my FAVORITE CARDS. A BIG THANK YOU to the authors and an EVEN BIGGER THANK YOU to Amazon for selling them...Y'all are awesome! :) You NEED to get these cards. These cards have so MUCH to teach us! A satisfied customer is RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!

I have used the original Medicine Cards for over 20 years ever since my art teacher in high school introduced them to me, but I lost the "Ant" card somewhere along the way. I decided to get a new set, and happily discovered it has been updated with 8 new cards! I am very pleased with the cards, and look forward to getting to know the new ones. I love the glossy new look, and the more vibrant colors!I was, however, disappointed to see that the cards were packaged with non-biodegradable styrofoam in the box. I would expect better from a publisher of Medicine Cards. This lack of respect for the environment should be reconsidered in the packaging.

From some of the reviews, it seemed like all versions of this item contained both book and cards. So I purchased the “Paperback” version as it was cheaper. Sure enough, it came packaged in a box that included the hardcover book and the cards.I love these cards! I have had the cards for a while and purchased a new set because I lost the book for the old set.I read the cards for myself. When I am confused by life, I find that doing a reading for myself with the animal cards really helps a lot. I love the messages in the book that comes with the cards. The messages are gentle and positive.There are several layouts (spreads) for the cards explained in the book. I usually do the Mother Earth, Father Sky spread, which involves two cards and is simple and helpful. Today I tried the Medicine Wheel spread, involving 5 cards, and that layout is great, as well.This is my favorite Oracle deck, and I have a lot of them.

Everything is good.Cards are coming with extra 9 empty ones.Includes a hardcover book

I was first introduced to this book in a spiritual retreat and heard about how the messages of nature and animals are used to help us on our spiritual and individual paths of growth. During that class I had an experience of a swan swimming in front of me in an unusual place and when I was meditating. I looked up the story about Swan in this book and was awe struck at the absolutely clear and perfect message of it for what I was needing then, and have continued to see is so important in my life right now. Her story of surrender is very meaningful to me. I love how the authors have taken the traditional stories and brought so much to it. I also have experimented with the other ways of using the cards (which I love their graphics). I read in some of the reviews that these are not as good as it isn't written by Native Americans. However, I have full blood Native American friends and one is a counselor who have been using this book and cards for many years. Their comment was you don't have to be Native in order to know the truth about nature and that the research and extensive love that has gone into this with the results being impactful is the true test. I found that in most part the animal messages are the same in several of the books I have read by Natives, but this one expands and resonates with me the most.

Excellent price for this new set, which came with a HARDCOVER book & boxed set of medicine cards - all in good order & condition. The box which the book & cards came in was damaged & would not have been ideal for gift-giving, but this was for my own use, so it did not matter. Very pleased with this purchase!

I ordered the paperback but received the hardback, in a box, with the deck. The graphic shown is on the cards only; the book is plain grey. I would have preferred the paperback but it was unclear looking at the choices which was which and whether the deck would be included.