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Give Your Intuition Some Horse Power - Kim McElroy and The Council of Horses Oracle
Episode 9731st August 2025 • Dangerous Wisdom • nikos patedakis
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The Horse stands out as a medial figure, a spirit being who can carry us across thresholds of insight and initiation. Shamans and other spiritual adepts have long turned to the symbolic and spiritual presence of the horse to arrive at healing and transformational vision.

We discuss in particular her Council of Horses Oracle Deck (co-authored along with Sandra Wallin), including a reading that will be relevant for listeners and viewers. This deck, made up of paintings carefully crafted by Kim, allows us to tap into the divine wisdom of horses for guidance and self-transformation.

The deck includes 40 beautifully illustrated cards featuring horse avatars and mythic equine beings such as unicorns, kelpies, Pegasus, and Chiron

The guidebook shares the message of each card, guidance to help you determine if you are on the right path or need a nudge in a more positive direction, as well as suggested actions to help you integrate the lessons from the Council of Horses

Allowing you to tap into the earthly and spiritual wisdom of horses, this oracle embraces humanity’s millennia-old relationship with horses as interactive guides to transformation.

Each beautifully illustrated card conveys the captivating presence of the horse, offering an encounter with the equine soul while transmitting healing frequencies directly from the mystical Council of Horses. Serving as portals of transformation, the cards allow you to actively engage with horses as sentient beings who choose to support the well-being of humankind.

The accompanying book explains how to work with the cards, alongside a history of the horse as an intermediary between humans and the divine. From modern-day mystics to legendary horse avatars like unicorns, kelpies, Pegasus, and Chiron, the horse of each card offers guidance and courageous questions to help you determine if you are on the right path, off track, or need a nudge in a more positive direction.

Kim McElroy is an award-winning equine artist renowned for her visionary artistic and written creations. Blessed by her horse mentors, she is the illustrator of Way of the Horse wisdom cards. She lives in Kingston, Washington.

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