The Compendium’s subtitle expands on the material O’Driscoll offers readers here - “Ecology, History, Lore and Divination”. And with the tools she provides, you can extend your work with your own local trees, using the techniques she suggests for your own locale. The trees in my yard that I know and work with - black walnut, mountain ash, hemlock, white pine, various oaks - connect with me in ways that Dana’s book highlights for each of the 35 species she covers here. This gorgeous oracle deck invites both touch and meditation, which if I reflect for another moment is another kind of touch, but with the inward senses. 7).Ī relationship with the trees of one’s home region is a pre-eminent Druid practice. The nature-based spiritual, divinatory, and magic practices we use are more meaningful if they are rooted in our local ecosystems (pg. We can build deep connections with that land and take up our traditional ancestral role in tending and honoring nature. One of the most important things we can do to address the challenges of today’s age is to build authentic, lasting and meaningful nature-based spiritual practices that are localized to our own ecosystems. ĭirect and to the point, O’Driscoll sets forth the purpose of the Oracle and Compendium in her Introduction: It’s a pleasure to explore the rich harvest of this deck and companion book she has illustrated with her own eco-prints, and as importantly, put it to work in my own practice. Longtime readers of this blog know of Dana O’Driscoll’s splendid work as permaculturist, author, artist, Archdruid of AODA, blogger at The Druid’s Garden and dedicated “walker of her talk”.
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