Devas of Creation
Devas oracle spiraling from void center to manifestation.
by Cilla Conway · 2014
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The record
I first encountered the Devas of Creation cards at a workshop with the author and artist, Cilla Conway. She had laid the cards out in a spiral with 'the void' at the centre and at the very first sight I had of them they made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It was obvious to me at the very first sight that they are intended to represent creation; the explosion of pure consciousness and potential into time and space. This is an idea that resonates with me very strongly through my interest in Eastern spirituality and, in particular, Kashmiri Shaivite Hinduism where Shiva represents absolute undifferentiated consciousness (The Void) while his consort Parvati represents the extension of that potential into the manifested universe. I was therefore delighted that this association, rather than being just my own personal reaction, was shared by the author. Her name for the cards, 'The Devas of Creation' is a reflection of the Sanskrit names given to semi divine beings. The word means 'the shining ones'. This is not a tarot deck in the conventional sense but a set of 72 oracular cards. These are divided into two sections, one representing the physical universe from the moment of t
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