Hi there! If you’ve been following my work, you might know a few things from my adventures!
i used to have a “proper job” in Marketing until i decided to stop because my soul was wilting. So i quit everything, shifted back to my birth country to regroup, and began unraveling as i allowed myself time to de-condition fully and begin to explore my spiritual and artistic pursuits.
i found the place where my soul felt most at home at - remote Iceland, and i spend 6 months each year there, a hermitage in the depths of winter, watching auroras and falling in love with the night skies, over and over again.
Runes of Light Oracle Deck, crafted during the season of the midnight sun, was a gift from that magical land. It combines the traditions, folklore and mythology of the runes, coupled with real-life observances, while living in Iceland and understanding the runes in context of life in the Arctic circle. Needless to say, they have become my teachers and my guides, and i have fallen deeply in love with these symbols that have survived through time.
The Runes are an ancient alphabetical system of writing and a sacred system of cosmology for understanding the order of how consciousness evolves. Each Rune sign connects with a specific state of energy and reveals a spectrum of motifs to inspire imagination in the seer, bringing forth realisations through living experience.
Through the symbols, we journey into the parts of our deep unconscious, to speak to the Unseen, and for the Mysteries to speak to us. Runes of Light is a multi-dimensional exploration of the Runes intended for openness and flow, understanding that all answers are found in nature, that true knowledge arises from a sense of Knowing by reconnecting with the depths of our Inner Being.
28 Card Deck/97 Page Full Colour Guidebook
Box and Cover Design with bind-runes forming the borders for sacred space.
It’s still incredulous to me that a publisher would think my work was good enough to be published into the world, but i am ever so grateful that this happened! i also have to thank two very wise women who who were my guides and mentors who encouraged me to see this through, because i probably wasn’t brave enough to on my own.
If the images call to you, or if the story interests you, here are the pre-sale links to the deck. There should be one that reaches you, no matter where you are. If not, please reach out and we’ll find a way of getting them to you!
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/runes-of-light-shirley-shantel/1146811821?ean=9798990956056
Booktopia
https://www.booktopia.com.au/runes-of-light-shirley-shantel/book/9798990956056.html
Indigo
Waterstones
https://www.waterstones.com/product/runes-of-light/shirley-shantel/9798990956056
This deck was crafted with love and feels like whispers from the muses. I would love to hear your feedback after interacting with the deck, so please feel free to leave me a comment!
Thank you all for the support, it truly means the world to independent artists like me, just pouring our souls into creating the art that we love, in our little corners of the world.
You can find most of my work-in-progress artwork and astrological musings on my daily posts on Instagram @lemuriandreamweaver and personal contemplation and applications @numinous_reverie
Artprints are available on inPRNT and if you would like to help support all of this work that is put out to the collective for free, you could consider a donation or order a commissioned artwork on Ko-Fi.
SO EXICTING! I’m going to be placing orders for this and some art prints that I want for my new (old) room!!!
Let’s do this Uranus conjuct Venus the Artistic Justice it needs 😇
Honestly so excited to work with this deck! Sad that most Oracle decks nowadays are AI generated and they charge double of these most times. You deserve so much respect for working on these and releasing them to the public!
Thank you for your work 🙏