tamera’s

Stone Circle
card deck
 Index

E Introduction Core meanings and

F Stone Circles empowerment statements

G Tamera – Healing Biotope

H Tamera’s Stone Circle plants

J 8 Realms of 1 Sacred Masculinity

Tamera’s Stone Circle 2 Grounding
L How to Work with the Cards 3 Death
N Sabine Lichtenfels 4 Hawthorn
O Acknowledgments 5 The Child
6 Olive
7 Cork Oak
8 Forest
9 Earth Steward
10 The Soul of Plants
11 Elemental Beings
12 Blue Lotus
13 White Liana
14 Hecate
15 Fire

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animals 32 Surrender
16 Rat 33 Manu and Meret
17 Turtle 34 Lilith
18 Wild Animal 35 Snake
19 Anubis 36 Guardian of Ritual
20 Guardian
of the Threshold the politics of the heart
21 Eagle 37 Peace
22 Cat Goddess 38 Conception
23 Water 39 Swastika
24 Bird Goddess 40 Maat
25 Marici 41 Grace
26 Dolphin 42 Thinker
43 Language of the Heart
love school and art 44 Opening Walls
27 Father 45 Transformation
28 Mother of the Warrior
29 Youth
30 Lust
31 Artist

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science and healing 64 St. Germain
46 The Unknown 65 Balance of Power
47 Astronomer 66 Nut
48 Light Research 67 MarIsis
49 Free Energy 68 Goddess of Change
50 Feminine Aspect 69 Nanny
of Science
51 The Sun Cultures and Spirits of Lands
52 Vision 70 Sphinx
53 Eternity 71 Hermit
54 Healer 72 The World
55 Healing 73 Turtle Island
56 From Ego to Higher Self 74 Indigenous Power
75 Colombia
the priests and elders 76 Tibet
57 Dream Stone 77 Canaan
58 Guardian 78 Europe
of Tonal and Nagual 79 Almendres
59 Abundance 80 Portugal
60 Goddess of Malta 81 Gatekeeper
61 Mary
62 The Fool
63 Nammu

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networks and professions
82 Architect
83 Movement
for a Free Earth
84 Guest
85 Maneva
86 Pan
87 Master of Matter
88 Craftsperson
89 Gratitude
90 Coherence
91 Master of Sound
92 Listener
93 Wanderer
94 Nourishment
95 Student
96 Continuity

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 Introduction

Tamera’s stone circle invites us to recall our ancient collective

memory of oneness with life, and to actively participate in creation
by calling for guidance and vision. The dream of making accessible its
knowledge through a card deck has been carried for many years. Now,
thanks to the help of many hearts, hands and minds, it has come into
reality. This is a communitarian creation.
Tamera’s stone circle card deck is an instrument that will help you
reconnect to your higher self and to the wholeness of life. Each card
offers an indication as to where or how you can best position yourself
in the community of life.

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 Stone Circles

The development of stone circles was the work of ancient humankind.

This work reached its peak some thousands of years ago and the
remnants of these circles can be found all over the world. It is still
a mystery to us how these cultures, our ancestors, were able to
construct these circles, in astronomical precision, with such huge
mechanical challenges, and leave behind so few other material remains.
The findings of archeologists and historians indicate that these ancient
cultures were highly developed and had deep wisdom in the ways of
community and cooperation with nature. These cultures worshiped a
Mother Goddess and held a comprehensive vision of peace.
Some believe that the stone circles were centers of world
consciousness and were energetically interlinked forming a net of
power around the earth. The stones served to store and to preserve
peace knowledge which can be accessed again today.

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 Tamera – Healing Biotope

Tamera is a peace research village in southwestern Portugal; it is

home to around 200 people. Tamera was founded in 1995 with the
aim to become a Healing Biotope - a living model for a new culture.
Its holistic research focuses on establishing a field for inhabiting the
Earth without violence, based on cooperation and trust.
A healing Biotope is a habitat where all life forms – humans, animals,
plants, waters, and other beings – co-exist in united diversity. The
origins of the words “healing,” “wholeness” and “holy” are the same.
Healing doesn’t mean fixing an illness or problem, but overcoming
separation and restoring the original wholeness of life.

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 Tamera’s Stone Circle

Located on a hill at the heart of Tamera’s land, the stone circle is a

natural cathedral and ceremonial place. This powerful piece of art is
a place where people can recharge their energies, contemplate and
communicate with the divine. It is used for solitary introspection and
silent meditation as well as a gathering place for community rituals.
In the 1990s, Sabine Lichtenfels traveled through Portugal and visited
the Almendres stone circle, near Évora, a 7000-year-old megalithic
monument. She sensed that each of the stones represents an archetype
within a harmonious tribal culture. She realized that this stone circle
was not only a remarkable record of a prehistoric culture; it holds a
timeless matrix, a foundation for a nonviolent way of human living.
After inquiring at greater depth into the wisdom of pre-patriarchal
cultures, Sabine was inspired to build a modern stone circle in Tamera.
This was done in cooperation with Marko Pogačnik, a geomantic
Earth healer, and Peter Frank, his long-term assistant. Construction
began in 2004 with the placing of marble and granite boulders, some
of them up to 2.20m high, which were sourced from different quarries
in Portugal. The arrangement of the 96 stones forms a harmonious
system; each stone representing a particular archetypal quality
necessary to a peace culture.

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Many of the stones feature symbolic icons engraved by community
members and visitors who felt connected with the archetypes.
The stones and their symbols reflect particular aspects of Tamera’s
community and its surroundings. The stone circle represents a
complete picture of the elements of Tamera’s community; we know
that these elements can still change, evolve and be added to over time.

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 8 Realms of Tamera’s Stone Circle

The stones are arranged in 8 realms, different fields of archetypes, that

correspond to the cycle of life and the development of a soul:
I · Plants II · Animals
The soul journey sprouts The next step of the soul’s
with the green world of development is represented
vegetation. Ancient cultures in the world of non-human
recognized that younger creatures. As children become
children had an especially older they have a special
strong connection to plant connection with animals;
beings. they learn from them and
take responsibility for them.
III · Love school and art IV · Politics of the heart
The transition into youth The youngsters are ripe
and the exploration of Eros to enter a new level of
are carefully guided. Before consciousness through
entering into a personal their lust for thinking and
relationship, young people finding their own voice.
are invited to learn about They are encouraged to take
the universal truths of love responsibility for the whole.
and sexuality.

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V · Science and healing VI · Priests and elders
The young adults can start The council of elders and
to build their profession the priests and priestesses
by finding expression for who protect the tribe from
insights relating to the afar. This also represents the
changes they want to see connection with the sacred
in the world. They are and the divine entities.
becoming ready to face life’s
difficulties.
VII · Cultures and VIII · Networks
spirits of lands and professions
Beyond artificial borders In this time and place the
every land has its own young adults are encouraged
teaching; through legends, to take on full responsibility
fairy tales and myths. On for the community and for
the level of a life journey, the whole; to take their place
this realm represents within the generational cycle.
the time of going out to They are called to go out of
explore the world, learning the tribe and bring back new
to cooperate with special wisdom.
places and their inhabitants.

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 How to Work with the Cards

The stone circle shows us that a culture of peace is not a hierarchical

pyramid of power, but a circle around an empty center. Peace emerges
from the right balance between different beings and archetypes; it
cannot be achieved by excluding or fighting against any aspect of life.
Only when all archetypes are integrated and find their position in the
community of life can there be peace. In this sense all the cards relate
to a systemic change towards inner and outer peace.
The cards and the text in this guidebook are intended to offer a
playful approach to one’s own intuition; to activate the inspiration
beyond our minds. The texts describe one or a few qualities of the
stones; each holds more aspects which you can explore by meditating
on the image and the text.
Before you begin to work with the deck take a moment to center
yourself and quieten your mind. You might light a candle, create a
sacred space and ask for guidance.
Shuffle the cards and spread them in front of you.
Pick the card that attracts you.
Contemplate the card: the name, the image of the stone and the symbol
if there is one. Notice what thoughts, what associations come to you.

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 You can look in this guidebook for the core meaning that expresses
something of the essence of each stone and an empowerment
statement that encourages you to take action or offers you
inspiration for your life.
The archetypes are presented in numerical order, which is on the
card and on the same page number in this guidebook.
You can identify the realm in which the stone is located by the
color of the card and the type of its frame.
Other suggestions for selecting a card:
Holding your question in your mind, pick a card and trust that it
offers you a response.
If you don’t have a particular question, hold the cards in your
hands and ask “What wisdom do the stones have for me today?”
Choose one card and explore what it has to offer you.
Choose one card and take it as your companion for a few days. Stay
with it and check what gifts it offers you as a friend for this time of
your life.
Choose 3 cards: one for the past, one for the present and one for
the future. One core question of the stone circle is “Where am I
coming from? Where am I now? Where am I going?”

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 Sabine Lichtenfels

Sabine was born in Germany in

1954 and is a theologian, peace
activist and an author. Together
with Charly Rainer Ehrenpreis
and Dieter Duhm she founded
a radical community project in
southern Germany in 1978. This
was the seed of Tamera’s peace
research village.
Since the 1990s, using her abilities
as a medium, she has explored
ancient matriarchal and early temple cultures in Portugal, Malta, Crete,
and other places. From this she developed a vision of human culture in
peaceful cooperation with all beings and powers of life.
Sabine has dedicated herself to peace work in crisis areas around the
world. This has included Grace Pilgrimages and Global Grace Day
initiatives. Following this she was nominated for the Nobel Prize as
one of the “1000 Women for Peace” in 2005.
Today Sabine leads Tamera’s Global Love School and its department
for spiritual ecology – MarIsis.
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 Acknowledgments

Profound gratitude to Sabine Lichtenfels as the visionary and founder

of Tamera’s Stone Circle. Without her neither the stone circle nor this
deck of cards would exist.
Graphic design & illustration: Alexander Klar & Marcel Häkel
Project managers: Uri Ayalon & Jana Elger
Tamera’s Stone Circle team: Silke Paulick & Sarah Vollmer
English editing & proofreading: Juliette Baigler
Cosmogram design: Lukas Mauermann, Robert Gasse, Johannes Voigt,
Fabian Deppner, Martin Funk, Marko Pogačnik, Sabine Lichtenfels,
Dieter Duhm, Saskia Breithardt, Martin Pietsch, Lee Ziv,
Vera Kleinhammes, Katja Long, Meike Mueller, Fernando Quiguanas,
“Beyond Boundaries”, Jana Elger, Uri Ayalon, Emma Sham-Ba Ayalon,
Klaus Wuttig, Christo Meierhoefer, Sandra Schmidt, Sarah Vollmer,
Mara Vollmer, Peter Frank, Charly Rainer Ehrenpreis, Amelie Weimar,
Adrian Crantz, Oskar Eckmann, Barbara Kovats, Leila Dregger,
Mona Kratz, Benjamin von Mendelssohn, Jana Lamprecht, Iris Wacker,
Heike Kessler, Wanda Allert, Annette Staub-Wirth, Lilian von Wussow,
Lee Voosen, Amalie Schramm, Freya Voigt, Marc Schlote,
Thomas Preisser, Ruediger Lange, Pancho Mockenhaupt, Helle Rainer

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 Sacred Masculinity

I cultivate the new image of a man

who breaks away from patriarchy and turns towards life.
I stand for the connection with the ancestors
which is based on love and acceptance.

It is time to allow the coming together

of strength and tenderness.

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 Grounding

I am the quality of connectedness

with the earth; anchoring. In calm collectedness, visions
and intentions can ripen and become reality.

Take the time to focus on the center of the Earth

and on your own center. Fill yourself with this energy
and rest in it.

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 Death

To live is to change. Death is essential to new life.

Death, like birth, is the gateway into another dimension;
it is sacred.

Recognize the beauty in processes of decline.

What is life asking you to let go of?

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 Hawthorn

I nourish and heal the heart.

A new culture will be born from open hearts.

“One sees clearly only with the heart.

Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.”
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY

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 The Child

I represent the liveliness of the world’s children.

I invite you to listen to the language of the children and
feel their dreams so yours will be awakened too.

Tend to the child within you.

Liberate the qualities of playfulness, curiosity
and innocence in you.

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 Imprint

Tamera’s Stone Circle Card Deck

1st edition 2023

ISBN: 978-3-927266-85-8

© Verlag Meiga, Bad Belzig 2023

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, digitized,

or distributed without permission of the publisher.

Project management: Uri Ayalon, Jana Elger

Editing: Juliette Baigler

Layout and typesetting: Alexander Klar

Drawings: Marcel Häkel

Printing and binding: Friedmann Print Data Solutions GmbH,

Gomaringen, Germany