Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot - 2nd Edition by Vicki Noble (Paperback)

About the Book

A spiritual guidance system using ritual readings, rites of passage, daily meditation, and seasonal celebration to access and manifest divine feminine energy. Teaches how to use the imagery of the "Motherpeace" deck to read the past, present, and future, invoke good health, nurture healthy relationships, and receive divine guidance.

Book Synopsis

A spiritual guidance system with rituals to tap into and manifest feminine divine energy through the Motherpeace deck

- Contains over 20 rituals, exercises, and readings that integrate tarot with spiritual practice, rites, and celebrations

- Demonstrates how Motherpeace cards may be used to improve health, relationships, and personal insight; celebrate holidays; and commune with the divine forces of the universe

- By the cocreator of the Motherpeace deck (more than 200,000 copies sold)

First printed during the crest of the women's spirituality movement, the Motherpeace deck created a sensation as a multicultural tarot designed specifically for women. Depicting people of color, older women, children, animals, and balanced roles for men and women, the Motherpeace deck embraces images from ancient cultures and contemporary tribal peoples to convey the fundamental principles of cooperation, relatedness, egalitarianism, and ecstatic communion. Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot offers a deep spiritual practice that taps into and manifests the divine feminine through ritual readings, rites of passage, daily meditative practice, and seasonal celebration. Vicki Noble teaches how to use the imagery of the Motherpeace deck to read the past, present, and future; invoke good health on all planes; nurture healthy relationships; receive divine guidance during critical decision-making; and celebrate sacred holidays. Her book is a useful tool for both beginners and those with extensive knowledge of tarot.

From the Back Cover

TAROT / WOMEN'S SPIRITUALITY "The Motherpeace Tarot has been a wise and loving oracle. A clear mirror that constantly shows the truest face." --Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple "I recommend Vicki Noble and Motherpeace to any person interested in healing the deep spiritual as well as ecological wounds of our time." --Marija Gimbutas, author of The Living Goddess "Vicki's voice is unique and authentic in the women's spirituality movement." --Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress "We desperately need to hear more voices like Vicki Noble's, voices of women who not only hear but respond to the cries of the world. In Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot, she helps us to find the voice of our greater knowing, and our greater power to act." --John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot presents a unique system for spiritual development that taps into and manifests the divine feminine using the Motherpeace deck. Created during the crest of the woman's spiritual movement, the Mother- peace deck was the first multicultural tarot designed specifically for women. Depicting people of color, older women, children, animals, and balanced roles for men and women, the deck embraces images from ancient cultures and contemporary tribal peoples to convey the fundamental principles of cooperation, relatedness, egalitarianism, and ecstatic communion. In Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot Vicki Noble teaches how to use the diverse imagery of the Motherpeace deck to read the past, present, and future; invoke good health on all levels; nurture one's relationships; receive divine guidance during critical decision-making; and celebrate sacred holidays. She offers daily meditative practices, rights of passage, ritual readings, and seasonal celebrations appropriate for both beginners and those who have extensive knowledge of tarot. VICKI NOBLE is a feminist, healer, scholar, teacher, and cocreator (with Karen Vogel) of the original round Motherpeace deck that has found its way into over two hundred thousand homes around the world. She is the author of The Double Goddess, Shakti Woman, Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess, and The Motherpeace Tarot Playbook (with Jonathan Tenney). She lives in the mountains near Santa Cruz, California.

Review Quotes

"Encourages active and balanced thinking towards a problem."-- "Cerridwen Shea, Sage Woman, No 64"

"Will help every woman who enjoys tarot to grow as a woman, (and) progress in her spirituality."-- "Nellie Levine, TBP Review, Winter 2003, Issue 31"

"The Motherpeace Tarot has been a wise and loving oracle. A clear mirror that constantly shows the truest face."-- "Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple"

"I recommend Vicki Noble and Motherpeace to any person interested in healing the deep spiritual as well as ecological wounds of our time."-- "Marija Gimbutas, author of The Living Goddess"

"Vicki's voice is unique and authentic in the women's spirituality movement."-- "Olympia Dukakis, Academy Award-winning actress"

"We desperately need to hear more voices like Vicki Noble's, voices of women who not only hear but respond to the cries of the world. In Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot, she helps us to find the voice of our greater knowing, and our greater power to act."-- "John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America"

About the Author

Vicki Noble is a feminist, healer, scholar, teacher, and cocreator (with Karen Vogel) of the original round Motherpeace deck that has found its way into over two hundred thousand homes around the world. She is the author of The Double Goddess, Shakti Woman, Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess, and The Motherpeace Tarot Playbook (with Jonathan Tenney). She lives in the mountains near Santa Cruz, California.