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Re-Considering Divination
I mentioned my meeting with Rowena Kryder yesterday in another post, and another idea I got from her was a different way of thinking about divination. I was surprised to hear her use the term, as I’d tended to think of divination in two ways: First, as a somewhat childish attempt to divine the future, like the cartoon trope of the gypsy fortune-teller; and second, as a way to allow synchronicity reflect the deeper currents of the psyche, as a way to do a kind of something-between psychotherapy and spiritual guidance. I have used some Tarot cards with friends in this fashion, allowing the symbolism of the cards to suggest trends and themes. The person shuffling the cards, the "clients," were impressed and edified.

"Here’s the point: No psychotherapist, however brilliant, and certainly not the client’s ordinary awareness may know how to access these deeper angles. Here is where an opening of the mind and heart to the guidance of synchronicity, to the appearance of the operation of random chance, may serve the greater good. The kinds of symbolism to be found in certain kinds of Tarot cards or other divination decks may be ambiguous enough and yet relevant enough to draw together interpretations that fit the needs of the present circumstance.


"Some might say that such an approach accesses the "quantum field" or the "implicate order," the "higher self" or "guiding spirits,"—whatever language is used, the inclusion of a measure of synchronicity in one’s dialogue in certain circumstances may be most useful. This applies especially in situations in which an individual is truly seeking understanding of the frontiers of his or her own spirituality, philosophy, or life circumstance."

—Dr. Adam Blatner,  psychotherapist and author of Foundations of Psychodrama

 

Dearest and Dearly Beloved Ms. Kryder/Rowena:
 
I just received the two items I recently ordered from you/your organization:  Emerald River of Compassion; & Co-Creation Code Deck.
I can hardly begin to sufficiently express my wonderment; adoration; respect; admiration; & empathy/connection at/for/with these materials.  First of all, your artwork is amazing/DIVINE!  Secondly, your explanation/exegesis of the materials offered & visually presented is equally SPIRITUALLY astute & astounding. —Debra Kay Easterly