Osho-Zen

The record

This deck, created by Ma Deva Padma, sat unreviewed on my shelf for nearly 8 months, because it is one of the most difficult decks to try and review that I have come across. It has good point and bad points, but I doubt I will ever come to a definite personal conclusion about it: The most I can do is outline my thoughts on it so far, and describe the deck itself, letting the reader judge for themselves the quality of the deck and whether or not it is worth them obtaining it. Despite at first seeming very theme-less and non-militant, it becomes apparent after reading the accompanying book that the Tarot has been used to convey the teaching of the now deceased Zen Master, Osho. As such, the cards' meanings are described in a way that makes you feel you're being lectured, and often the things said about certain concepts or actions seem like sweeping statements, and statements which not many people would agree with unless of the Osho Zen persuasion belief-wise in the first place. An example of one of these statements can be found in the Lovers card description: "Sexuality is very animal." But this said, it is also safe to say that these statements are based only on subjective belief, a

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