Compass Divination: Finding Direction in the Cards

Last week, Bob requested that this week’s “Divination Inspiration” post be inspired by a bag of stones.  Unfortunately, the stones nor the bag could be found!  (I guess it will have to wait until next year, eh?)  Instead, I went to my favorite oracle deck, The Enchanted Map:

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The Enchanted Map is a favorite not just because the cards are beautiful, but also because it has shown me over and over again that there is more to this world than meets the eye…  As with the previous oracle posts, feel free to use these cards as today’s inspiration (for your life or your writing) and/or as a writing prompt.  You can consider the “you” to be YOU-you or one of your characters (or both of course).

And so, without further fanfare, I offer up five cards from the Enchanted Map deck: Continue reading

‘Earth Magic’ Magic: More Inspiration from the Divine

As I did with Bibliophilia, for today’s post, I sought inspiration from the cards, one for each genre.  This time, I went to an actual oracle deck, Earth Magic:

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These cards are accompanied by a guidebook, so I excerpted some of the card’s advice as well.  Use the cards and/or their messages as encouragement, advice, writing prompts, or whatever else seems to fit.

Okay, here we go!
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