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Title: Angels of Atlantis
Price: $14.00/ £10.00
Author: Stewart Pearce
Artist: Richard Crookes
Dimensions: 10.8 x 2.03 x 14.61 cm
Publisher: Findhorn Press
Date: 25th April 2011
Style: Digital art
This review has been a bit of a pain to write, firstly it has been difficult to vocalise what i think as everytime i looked at it i have had a serious case of writers block.
Secondly i finished the draft and then deleted it by accident. Whoopsie!!!
Secondly i finished the draft and then deleted it by accident. Whoopsie!!!
So here goes, this will be a very different review to the one i wrote before.
Angels of Atlantis is an Oracle deck which i was gifted. At the time i had recieved several syncronisities about Atlantis so it felt right to accept the gift. I just want to learn, and fill my little head with all sorts of information.
The Author is Stewart Pearce.
The Author is Stewart Pearce.
Besides spiritual work Stewart Pearce is described as Legandary Master of Voice, Voice Alchemist & Angel Emmisary. He has worked for The Shakespear Globe Theatre and also was Head of voice at Webber (as in Andrew Lloyd) and looks a little bit like News Anchor Anderson Cooper.
Enigmatic.
Someone who knows how to talk..
Box
The box is really well made, very sturdy and comes as a base and a top. It's very shiny but it's also very tight, which makes it really difficult to open. Every single time i go to use the cards i spend ages trying to shake it open, so this could have been something they thought about as some people have problems with their hands and it's not that user friendly.
The Oracle comes with a small book. Which starts off explaining how the Author came to make the oracle as a system of healing etc, and how to use them etc
Nothing remarkable about the book but the messages associated with the meanings of the cards are very uplifting to be honest.
I was a bit disappointed with the lack of Atlantis and Archangel info, it states the specific role of Angels but no Angelology. Which I feel is a bit of a missed opportunity to talk about both.
Cards
The cards are pretty good quality but they are covered in the same shiny plastic finish as the box, which makes them a little bit sticky when i'm trying to shuffle. It's a pet hate of mine. Very durable but sticky... Urgh.
The cards are pretty good quality but they are covered in the same shiny plastic finish as the box, which makes them a little bit sticky when i'm trying to shuffle. It's a pet hate of mine. Very durable but sticky... Urgh.
There are 12 Archangels with 44 cards split between them all. With messages such as Meditation, Abundance, Friendship, Patience, Communion etc etc etc.
I think as a simple form of guidance this is ok and if this is your first Oracle deck i would hope this is a stepping stone to something else.
The imagery is a simple premise, Angels are represented as Orbs above Images with galactic backgrounds. So there isn't much to say about it in that respect.
Some of them resonate with me, others do not. A lot of them have imagery from all over the world, art and all sorts of things. Here are a few examples.
In Conclusion
I feel this is a total mish mash of cultures, people, concepts but It is Atlantis in name only.
I really wanted more from this deck. I mentioned that I didn't get enough from the Atlantis point of view from the book, but I also tried to do a deep dive and research the link between Archangels and Atlantis (I often do this with Everything, I absolutely love knowledge, I'm here to learn) and strangely enough, the books and articles relating to the matter can all be pretty much led back to this same Author.
I've no doubt there are mediums that are tapping in to the knowledge of Atlantis, but i do not believe this is it.
Also, apart from the mush of cultures and concepts the Artwork is simply lazy. I want to feel the deck, the real connection. But anyone can get a bunch of stock photos and put them together to make a card. Without any thoughts for how appropriate this could be.
It's Fast food spirituality.
Once again I view a deck that is out there just to make money when people need these for real spiritual guidance or help with clients.
For me this is a total Drag.
LOL! I think I understand your disconnect here: If there is a connection between Atlantis and the Judeo-Christian Archangels, then that connection needs to be made, and the explanatory material is the perfect place to do so. I can also see that a connection needs to be made between the images, the captions, and the angels. Hey, I could probably do it, but this creator obviously didn’t take the time to do it. Oh well, what a drag.
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