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Parsifal the Scribe

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Is the Practice of Divination Irrelevant or Dishonest?

As I continue to explore the sketchy written history of the early tarot, I frequently encounter the observation that the tarot cards, prior…

Dec 6, 2021

Dec 6, 2021

“Neat Borders:” A Further Case for Tarot Spreads

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I was just reading a fascinating post in which a miscellany of famous authors expounded on why they (often vociferously)…

2h ago

2h ago

Trump’s Next Four: A PoMo Perspective

AUTHOR’S NOTE: After listening to part of Donald Trump’s inauguration speech (I dislike the man as much as ever but, as a Libertarian…

1d ago

Trump’s Next Four: A PoMo Perspective

1d ago

A Four-Path Attitudinal Guidance Spread

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’m fond of spreads that diverge in opposite directions along several different paths to closure. This one is designed to…

2d ago

A Four-Path Attitudinal Guidance Spread

2d ago

“Bottom-Feeding” — The Fish-Hook Spread

AUTHOR’S NOTE: There are times when it seems that our ability to come up with meaningful conclusions in a tarot reading has deserted us…

3d ago

“Bottom-Feeding” — The Fish-Hook Spread

3d ago

Aspiring to the Inside: A “Tarot Magic” Invocation Reading

AUTHOR’S NOTE: When I created my “Tarot Magic” spread based on Donald Tyson’s book of the same name, I was planning to use it for evocation…

4d ago

Aspiring to the Inside: A “Tarot Magic” Invocation Reading

4d ago

Head Games: Are We Fooling Ourselves?

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is another installment in my long-running series about the functional dynamics of tarot reading and the arguable…

5d ago

5d ago

The Hierophant: Returning to Normal

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Of all the tarot trumps, the Hierophant (originally the Pope) feels most like a “square peg in a round hole” when brought up…

6d ago

6d ago

“Pie in the Sky:” A Segmented Look at the Correspondences

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn shoehorned twelve of the 22 tarot trumps, all 40 numbered minor cards and the 16 court…

Jan 15

“Pie in the Sky:” A Segmented Look at the Correspondences

Jan 15

The Redeemed Imposter (A Tarot Confession)

AUTHOR’S NOTE: “Imposter Syndrome” is a modern psychological debility (a particularized version of the traditional “inferiority complex?”)…

Jan 14

Jan 14

Parsifal the Scribe

Parsifal the Scribe

I’ve been involved in the esoteric arts since 1972, with a primary interest in tarot and astrology. See my previous work at www.parsifalswheeldivination.com.

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