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Previously published as a 13-card indie deck, this expanded 44-card oracle deck depicts African goddesses using unretouched photos of "real" women that is sure to appeal to users of the African Goddess Rising Oracle deck. The Black Goddess Within Oracle deck changes the narrative of Black bodies, Black women, and Black people through the distribution of images of Goddesses from all over Africa. By illustrating the divinity, power, and purpose inherent in the Black lived experience, these images illuminate Black humanity and beauty while inspiring deep insight.
To create the deck the author took a group of Black women through a transformative process while on retreat, which culminated in a photo shoot of each participant meeting the Goddess. These Goddess photos were given an aura of magic, medicine, and mysticism to inspire and provide images of positivity and change. Writes Giavanni - "I created the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck to be both a portal for connection with Spirit/God/Universe and a tool that would help the reader develop intuition around creating, maintaining, and protecting their self-care practice. Use this deck when you desire divine inspiration from the stories of the Goddesses from the continent of Africa."
by Giavanni Washington
Published - December 2023
44 cards & guidebook
Boxed set measures approximately - 10 x 3 x 14 cm
About the author: Dr. Giavanni Washington, creator of the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is an intuitive healer, mother, speaker and spiritual guide who holds a doctorate from UCLA’s department of World Arts and Cultures and was recently selected for the California Creative Corps Artist and Culture Bearer Fellowship by the California Arts Council.
Called to the medicine of ancestral restoration, Dr. Giavanni creates healing opportunities for other Black diasporans to reconnect with lost histories and ignite hidden ancestral wisdom. Dedicated to amplifying Black Beauty, reconnecting to the deep roots of Black Divinity and encouraging the full expression of Black Joy, her latest creative expression, the Black Goddess Within Oracle Deck, is a 44-card deck and guidebook featuring photographs of real Black Women embodying Goddesses from Africa. When she isn’t talking to ancestors or helping Black women connect to their divinity within, Dr. Washington enjoys hiking with her husband, son and her pup called Pumpkin.