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The Shaman's Dream Oracle: A 64-Card Deck and Guidebook
Renowned authority on shamanic healing, Alberto Villoldo, and best-selling oracle expert, Colette Baron-Reid, pair up again to create this vibrantly illustrated oracle that taps into the shamanic dream world of archetypes and symbolic consciousness.
The dream world has long captivated the human psyche. Ancient mystics, early religious texts, and even modern psychoanalysis describe the power of dreams as a way to understand the deeper layers of our lives. The mythic landscapes and spirit beings that we encounter in this sacred realm shape and create our experiences in the waking world. We are all sacred dreamers, dreaming the world into being-what will you dream?
The Shaman's Dream Oracle is a powerful collaboration between master teachers Alberto Villoldo and Colette Baron-Reid, bringing together the wisdom of his rich shamanic lineage with her expertise in oracle creation. The imagery and the insight in this oracle draw from the shamanic dream world of archetypes and magic and offer fresh, contemporary interpretations. This oracle will reveal how your dreamscapes guide you to co-create your world and manifest your most precious intentions.
The dream world has long captivated the human psyche. Ancient mystics, early religious texts, and even modern psychoanalysis describe the power of dreams as a way to understand the deeper layers of our lives. The mythic landscapes and spirit beings that we encounter in this sacred realm shape and create our experiences in the waking world. We are all sacred dreamers, dreaming the world into being-what will you dream?
The Shaman's Dream Oracle is a powerful collaboration between master teachers Alberto Villoldo and Colette Baron-Reid, bringing together the wisdom of his rich shamanic lineage with her expertise in oracle creation. The imagery and the insight in this oracle draw from the shamanic dream world of archetypes and magic and offer fresh, contemporary interpretations. This oracle will reveal how your dreamscapes guide you to co-create your world and manifest your most precious intentions.
- GenresTarot
168 pages, Cards + Guidebook
Published March 23, 2021
About the author
Alberto Villoldo
71 books364 followersBy his mid-20s Alberto Villoldo was the youngest clinical professor at San Francisco State University. He was directing his own laboratory, the Biological Self-Regulation Lab, investigating how energy medicine and visualization could change the chemistry of the brain.
One day in his biology laboratory, Alberto realized that his investigation had to get bigger instead of smaller; Alberto needed to find a system larger than the neural networks of the brain. The microscope was the wrong instrument to answer the questions he was asking. Many others were already studying the hardware – Alberto Villoldo wanted to learn to re-program the SYSTEM. Anthropological stories hinted that there were people around the globe who claimed to know such things, including the Inka in Peru, the few remaining “shamans” in today’s modern civilization.
As he did initial research into the Inka, Alberto decided that he needed to personally investigate the roots of the Inka civilization itself to collect the vestiges of a 5,000-year-old energy medicine known for healing through Spirit and light.
A few weeks later, knowing this investigation was not going to be a “part time” pastime or a brief sabbatical for a few weeks’ time, Alberto Villoldo resigned his post at the university.
University colleagues thought Alberto Villoldo was absolutely mad.
Not to be dissuaded, Alberto Villoldo traded his laboratory for a pair of hiking boots and a ticket to the Amazon. He was determined to learn from researchers whose vision had not been confined to the lens of a microscope, from people whose body of knowledge encompassed more than the measurable, material world that Alberto had been taught was the ONLY reality. He wanted to meet the people who sensed the spaces between things and perceived the luminous strands that animate all life.
Scattered throughout the remnants of this ancient Amazonian empire were a number of sages or “Earth Keepers” who remembered the ancient ways. Alberto traveled through countless villages and hamlets and met with scores of medicine men and women. The lack of a written body of knowledge meant that every village had brought its own flavor and style to the healing practices that still survived.
For more than 10 years, Alberto Villoldo trained with the jungle medicine people. Along the way, he discovered that his journey into shamanism had actually been guided by his personal desire to become whole.
In healing his own soul wounds, Alberto Villoldo walked the path of the wounded healer and learned to transform old pain, grief, anger and shame to sources of strength and compassion.
From the Amazon, Alberto Villoldo trekked the coast of Peru, from Nazca, the site of gigantic markings on the desert floor that depict power animals and geometric figures, to the fabled Shimbe lagoons in the north, home to the country’s most renowned sorcerers. Then, in Lake Titicaca – the Sea on Top of the World – Alberto Villoldo collected the stories and healing practices of the people from which, the legends say, the Inka were born.
Through it all, Alberto Villoldo discovered a set of sacred technologies that transform the body, heal the soul, and can change the way we live and the way we die.
These ancient teachings and understandings explain that a Luminous Energy Field (LEF), whose source is located in infinity, surrounds us. The LEF acts as a matrix that maintains the health and vibrancy of the physical body.
Today, Alberto Villoldo is a best-selling author and founder in the world-renowned Institute of Energy Medicine, The Four Winds Society. In all of his teachings and writings, Alberto shares the experience of infinity’s easy ability to heal and transform us, to free us from the temporal chains that keep us fettered to illness, old age and disease.
Over the course of two decades with the shamans in the jungles and high mountains of the Andes, Alberto Villoldo would discover that we are more than flesh and bone, that we are a
One day in his biology laboratory, Alberto realized that his investigation had to get bigger instead of smaller; Alberto needed to find a system larger than the neural networks of the brain. The microscope was the wrong instrument to answer the questions he was asking. Many others were already studying the hardware – Alberto Villoldo wanted to learn to re-program the SYSTEM. Anthropological stories hinted that there were people around the globe who claimed to know such things, including the Inka in Peru, the few remaining “shamans” in today’s modern civilization.
As he did initial research into the Inka, Alberto decided that he needed to personally investigate the roots of the Inka civilization itself to collect the vestiges of a 5,000-year-old energy medicine known for healing through Spirit and light.
A few weeks later, knowing this investigation was not going to be a “part time” pastime or a brief sabbatical for a few weeks’ time, Alberto Villoldo resigned his post at the university.
University colleagues thought Alberto Villoldo was absolutely mad.
Not to be dissuaded, Alberto Villoldo traded his laboratory for a pair of hiking boots and a ticket to the Amazon. He was determined to learn from researchers whose vision had not been confined to the lens of a microscope, from people whose body of knowledge encompassed more than the measurable, material world that Alberto had been taught was the ONLY reality. He wanted to meet the people who sensed the spaces between things and perceived the luminous strands that animate all life.
Scattered throughout the remnants of this ancient Amazonian empire were a number of sages or “Earth Keepers” who remembered the ancient ways. Alberto traveled through countless villages and hamlets and met with scores of medicine men and women. The lack of a written body of knowledge meant that every village had brought its own flavor and style to the healing practices that still survived.
For more than 10 years, Alberto Villoldo trained with the jungle medicine people. Along the way, he discovered that his journey into shamanism had actually been guided by his personal desire to become whole.
In healing his own soul wounds, Alberto Villoldo walked the path of the wounded healer and learned to transform old pain, grief, anger and shame to sources of strength and compassion.
From the Amazon, Alberto Villoldo trekked the coast of Peru, from Nazca, the site of gigantic markings on the desert floor that depict power animals and geometric figures, to the fabled Shimbe lagoons in the north, home to the country’s most renowned sorcerers. Then, in Lake Titicaca – the Sea on Top of the World – Alberto Villoldo collected the stories and healing practices of the people from which, the legends say, the Inka were born.
Through it all, Alberto Villoldo discovered a set of sacred technologies that transform the body, heal the soul, and can change the way we live and the way we die.
These ancient teachings and understandings explain that a Luminous Energy Field (LEF), whose source is located in infinity, surrounds us. The LEF acts as a matrix that maintains the health and vibrancy of the physical body.
Today, Alberto Villoldo is a best-selling author and founder in the world-renowned Institute of Energy Medicine, The Four Winds Society. In all of his teachings and writings, Alberto shares the experience of infinity’s easy ability to heal and transform us, to free us from the temporal chains that keep us fettered to illness, old age and disease.
Over the course of two decades with the shamans in the jungles and high mountains of the Andes, Alberto Villoldo would discover that we are more than flesh and bone, that we are a
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August 24, 2022
There is a lot that I love about this deck. The packaging is terrific, I love the box which folds over the deck and the book and has a ribbon which can be used to ease the cards out of the box.
I absolutely love the way these cards feel in my hands. The cards are larger than normal cards which makes them a little hard to shuffle. But a single card feels great in my hand. There’s a matte finish on them that actually makes them feel soft.
The artwork is highly unique, and the deck is aptly named. The illustrations are very dreamlike. The colors are exquisite.
So, why such a low score? Because most people use an oracle deck in ways that indicate that the Universe or their own Higher Self is communicating information. In some cases people assume that his or her subconscious self is delivering messages. In other words the messages have an inherent authority to them. The authors themselves claim on page xii that these cards “ enable you to have a direct dialogue with Spirit“. Any messages truly coming from a Divine Source would be supportive and life-enhancing. It should be safe to put your mind in a vulnerable openness when working with an Oracle deck.
I find it troubling that several of these messages contain threatening language to do what the card says . . . or else! It’s subtle, but it’s there.
For instance number 27 the heart home suggests you spend some meditative time, and warns “ it is imperative that you heed it’s call, lest the universe orchestrate a way to bring you back to yourself that is of a harsher nature“. Number 39 claims it “appears as a warning that you can no longer postpone the self-care and pampering you long for. . . before you have to make repairs that you will never quite recover from. “. Number 11 Deep Quiet “ enter the deep quiet before you come to a crashing halt.“
I absolutely love the way these cards feel in my hands. The cards are larger than normal cards which makes them a little hard to shuffle. But a single card feels great in my hand. There’s a matte finish on them that actually makes them feel soft.
The artwork is highly unique, and the deck is aptly named. The illustrations are very dreamlike. The colors are exquisite.
So, why such a low score? Because most people use an oracle deck in ways that indicate that the Universe or their own Higher Self is communicating information. In some cases people assume that his or her subconscious self is delivering messages. In other words the messages have an inherent authority to them. The authors themselves claim on page xii that these cards “ enable you to have a direct dialogue with Spirit“. Any messages truly coming from a Divine Source would be supportive and life-enhancing. It should be safe to put your mind in a vulnerable openness when working with an Oracle deck.
I find it troubling that several of these messages contain threatening language to do what the card says . . . or else! It’s subtle, but it’s there.
For instance number 27 the heart home suggests you spend some meditative time, and warns “ it is imperative that you heed it’s call, lest the universe orchestrate a way to bring you back to yourself that is of a harsher nature“. Number 39 claims it “appears as a warning that you can no longer postpone the self-care and pampering you long for. . . before you have to make repairs that you will never quite recover from. “. Number 11 Deep Quiet “ enter the deep quiet before you come to a crashing halt.“
February 24, 2022
A somewhat disappointing deck after the brilliance of Colette Baron-Reid's The Spirit Animal Oracle: A 68-Card Deck and Guidebook. I've not been able to connect with the Shaman's Dream Oracle deck, even though I've had it for around 6 months. The images are interesting and the deck feels good and other readers may bond with the deck better than I have.
September 14, 2021
As most of Colette's decks, the art is absolutely beautiful and every card sucks you in with beautiful images.
Lots of great descriptions of messages in the comprehensive guidebook, but I prefer to read these ones intuitively. I found the Intuitive process with them was comfortable and it came through with ease. A welcome addition to my collection, and I love the box too as it's much easier to open than the usual Hayhouse decks.
Lots of great descriptions of messages in the comprehensive guidebook, but I prefer to read these ones intuitively. I found the Intuitive process with them was comfortable and it came through with ease. A welcome addition to my collection, and I love the box too as it's much easier to open than the usual Hayhouse decks.
July 16, 2022
3.75 /5 stars
Great magnetic box. The cardstock is matte and durable, but kind of stiff which makes it hard to shuffle. The artwork varies - in my opinion - from gorgeous to meh to not appealing at all. But overall I enjoy working with this deck. I find it great as a clarifier, for general advice and for daily life readings.
The guidebook is okay. It doesn't contain a lot of spreads, any affirmations or any questions to ponder on. But the card messages are clear and to the point. No reverse meanings are included.
Great magnetic box. The cardstock is matte and durable, but kind of stiff which makes it hard to shuffle. The artwork varies - in my opinion - from gorgeous to meh to not appealing at all. But overall I enjoy working with this deck. I find it great as a clarifier, for general advice and for daily life readings.
The guidebook is okay. It doesn't contain a lot of spreads, any affirmations or any questions to ponder on. But the card messages are clear and to the point. No reverse meanings are included.
December 15, 2021
Tarot book.
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