The Yoginis'

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Before I offer comments on The Yoginis’ Oracle, I would like to analyse the term yogini briefly. There are various scholarly definitions of the term “yogini”– ranging from dangerous female quasi deity, a medium of spirits, a healer and to a powerful female practioner of yoga. Sondra L. Hausner defines the yogini as “a woman of accomplishment, imbued with the force of divine power. . . She may be human or she may take on a mythical form: quite often she is both. There is a deep ambivalence in the yogini” (32 'Yogini' in South Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches). What remains the same across definitions is that the yogini is a powerful female figure whose agency comes from regular spiritual practice. Her practice enables her to evoke various energies of the Goddess Durga or Devi into her own body. This often makes her a figure of reverence and one that evokes fear as well. Steeped in myth, folklore and tantra, the yogini remains a term which evokes multiple histories. The authors of The Yoginis’ Oracle use the diffuse nature of the term to combine it with the tarot, thereby creating a unique and attractive deck. Published by Om Book International in 2013, the deck has been created by

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