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Children’s Spirit Animal Cards
Although there’s a plethora of various oracle cards available, the Children’s Spirit Animal Cards are the first and only of their kind. The inception of this idea began with a conversation with Jesseca in mid-2009. We were looking through my Power Animal and Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides oracle cards when she said, “I’d like to see something like this for children.” Like all things that manifest, it starts with an idea. I’d even say this one was inspired.
So I took the idea to one publishing house, but since their children’s products are few and far between and don’t sell that well, they rejected the idea. One day I was talking with Karen Stuth, co-owner of Satiama, a fairly new resource for spiritual and metaphysical products and service, and mentioned the idea of children’s spirit animal cards. She was enthused and immediately on board, delighted to have this be the first publication of this relatively new company.
From there, Jesseca and I had several discussions and brainstorming sessions. We realized that in the guidebook that would accompany the cards, it would be critical to have a section for parents so they can work with their children in using the cards. It was also important to recognize the purpose for doing these, which became evident. Almost all children love animals, so this would be a way to introduce children to the concept that sometimes these animals can serve as spirit guides to help them with guidance and support.
Karen helped us in our search for the perfect illustrator and after a few trials, found one in Pamela Anzalotti. The messages on the cards themselves are clear, simple, and straightforward, with elaboration in the guidebook for children who can read. We included activities that supported the message and as well, for the parent’s section, activities they can do with or for their children that supported the message.
As Jesseca wrote in the parent’s section:
In order to foster the imagination and creativity of the young child, it is important that they stay connected to the earth in order to maintain a grounded foundation. In addition, cultivating an intrinsic sense of intuition based on “gut” feelings is crucial in a world overloaded with information that more often adds to one’s confusion than alleviates it. It is the intention of these cards to facilitate both a connection to the Earth and her elements and a connection to Spirit through intuition, imagination, reverence and ritual.
The evolution of human consciousness is showing up in the children that are being born and raised today and we can only imagine how this evolution will continue in the next several generations. Through the Children’s Spirit Animal Cards we aim to foster and support these changes to allow children to “be” who they truly are and come to know a greater intimacy with the Earth and all her children.
