Sophie
I have to say, Gavriela, that whenever you post about Lenormand, I want to hug you! You make it sound easy yet complex enough to keep me curious and studying for years!
I've been reading whatever I could find of Treppner's material free, and am now seriously considering doing their course - when I can manage the 50 euros, and just as important - the time commitment! But what I have found has impressed me, and Guido - whom I've had a few dealings with by PM - is helpful. I also go on Waldfee a fair amount, and have found it a valuable resource (thank god for google translation - my German is rusty). I have also been combing the net for French resources, which are scarcer than I had hoped, but still available. But on the whole, I prefer the German approach to the French one (despite being a francophone myself!). I would like to learn to do a full board, a timing board, etc. because these are useful for fortune-telling and just as important, to think about one's life development. It's not quick n' easy, but good things generally aren't.
I agree with Lee about authors/marketing/etc. There are ways and ways of talking about one's work. I like NoCoolName's best - having found it generous and modest. But I have Sylvie's book, and while I don't find it as revolutionary or different (or full of "secrets") as she claims, it's useful to have a solid Lenormand resource in English, and her book is exactly that.
On this site, the posts of MatPoint and Seaqueen are invaluable resources too, I want to add. I have read them several times (thank you MP and SQ!!). Seaqueen also has an excellent blog (which isn't only about Lenormand, but includes a lot of Lenormand material).
At the end of the day, to echo others, we grow with Lenormand by accessing a number of different sources, gleaning as much as we can from them, and adding our own views, based on our experience of the cards when confronted with reality. As you said once in another thread, Gavriela, Lenormand, especially in combos, is incredibly layered!
I've been reading whatever I could find of Treppner's material free, and am now seriously considering doing their course - when I can manage the 50 euros, and just as important - the time commitment! But what I have found has impressed me, and Guido - whom I've had a few dealings with by PM - is helpful. I also go on Waldfee a fair amount, and have found it a valuable resource (thank god for google translation - my German is rusty). I have also been combing the net for French resources, which are scarcer than I had hoped, but still available. But on the whole, I prefer the German approach to the French one (despite being a francophone myself!). I would like to learn to do a full board, a timing board, etc. because these are useful for fortune-telling and just as important, to think about one's life development. It's not quick n' easy, but good things generally aren't.
I agree with Lee about authors/marketing/etc. There are ways and ways of talking about one's work. I like NoCoolName's best - having found it generous and modest. But I have Sylvie's book, and while I don't find it as revolutionary or different (or full of "secrets") as she claims, it's useful to have a solid Lenormand resource in English, and her book is exactly that.
On this site, the posts of MatPoint and Seaqueen are invaluable resources too, I want to add. I have read them several times (thank you MP and SQ!!). Seaqueen also has an excellent blog (which isn't only about Lenormand, but includes a lot of Lenormand material).
At the end of the day, to echo others, we grow with Lenormand by accessing a number of different sources, gleaning as much as we can from them, and adding our own views, based on our experience of the cards when confronted with reality. As you said once in another thread, Gavriela, Lenormand, especially in combos, is incredibly layered!