Accessories

Archetype Cards Need More Content
I have recently been very fascinated with Caroline Myss and was excited to get her Archetype Cards to enhance my understanding beyond listening to her CD sets, but I was disappointed with the cards and the booklet that came with them because, although they are pretty with wonderful artwork, the content and the expanded learning is just not there for me.

Fantastic Tool for Writers
While Caroline Myss wrote these cards intending them for introspection and application to self-realization and empowerment, they have another valuable use.

Countless books are published guiding authors to develop rich, meaningful characters. To me, writing a lengthy character biography or "interviewing" the character are gimmicks that don't work very well. I need to know how a character will react to a set of circumstances. And that reaction needs to mirror the complexity of a real person--not the cardboard stereotypes we see all too often in genre fiction. This may be easy when we are patterning a character after ourselves or someone we know well, but relying on our own life experiences is too limiting when we are building characters that are far different from ourselves.

These cards provide a great and easy-to-use way to build real characters with all the complexity we find in real life. And they don't necessarily require a great deal of study. Though the companion audiobook adds a more thorough appreciation, the cards by themselves along with the little booklet that is included are enough to get going. The pictures and the keywords on each card provide visual cues that don't send you back and forth to a reference guide.

I think every fiction writer needs a set of these cards in their drawer.

Great for intuitive use!
I just recently purchased these cards from my local New Age book store and I have to say that they are very captivating! They caught my attention because of how different they are. The art is nice and the explanations of each archetype are great! I don't use them the way the guidebook suggests. I use them to help clarify my personal behaviors or the clients I am conducting an intuitive reading for. It's a great tool for readers who use tarot or oracle cards and I would definately recommend them in conjunction with any other cards! Great to addition to my card collection!

GREAT FOR DIVIANTION-GOES WELL WITH HER SACRED CONTRACTS BOOK
I bought these cards here on Amazon along with the Sacred Contracts CD and the book Sacred Contracts. All are very helpful in my overall growth in BODY-MIND-SPIRIT-SOUL. The Archetype cards by Dr. Myss and these are very helpful and a great tool for divination and soul growth.

Great tool !!
I highly recommend these cards for any one wanting to simply understand archetypes and how they apply in our lives. They are beautifully presented and a pleasure to use.