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(More customer reviews)The 4 Star Rating breaks down this way: 5 for the book, 1 for the scarabs.
I just bought this set and was really expecting something wonderful from the previous reviews. However, upon opening the box, I found myself vaguely dissapointed. The first thing I noticed was that in my set of 30 scarabs, I recieved a duplicate of one so I am missing the 30th scarab, because I have two of another. The second thing I noticed is that the scarabs are made from a soft, rubber-like plastic (they feel like erasers). Though they're well-formed and artistically attractive (I didn't care for the cheap-looking gold paint), they're not made from ceramic, clay or even acrylic, as I thought they might be. The included satin baggie is lovely, a better quality bag than the .35 organdy bag (I can get that exact same bag from CraftMart for .50 at most) that's included with the Llewellyn Deck and Book Tarot sets.
The book appears to be worth its own cover price of $12.95, but for $35 I was expecting something less cheaply made in the area of the scarabs.
I will be making my own scarab stones to use with this divination system eventually. For now I will have to mark one of the duplicates so it's disingushable from its twin in order to use the set and hope that Llewellyn sends me a proper replacement scarab.
I'm still trying to contact them (their customer service office was closed when I called this afternoon. I've emailed their customer service office).
I do think the system is really wonderful, being familiar with the basic system as described in deTraci's lovely "Mysteries of Isis" and expect to get quite a bit of use out of it.
I'd recommend buying the book alone if you can find it (it has been released as book only) and making your own scarabs with scarab beads or making them from polymer clay. The eraser-like scarabs included aren't worth the $35 price tag, I'm sorry.
Buy the book. Make your own scarabs.
Blessings,
Stormraven
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