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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

2024 Presidential Election Recap: The Power of Horary

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I had new content prepared for today, but decided to revisit my October 9th “Astro-Tarotscope” reading in response to the…

13h ago

13h ago

Polar Opposites and the Pendulum of Contrasts

AUTHOR’S NOTE: An interesting aspect of esoteric metaphysics is that there are no unconditional “black-and-white” polarities in terms of…

1d ago

1d ago

Tarot and the “Lust of Result”*

*”For true will, unassuaged of purpose and delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.” — Aleister Crowley in The Book of the…

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2d ago

Tarot As “Offering Bowl” — A Situational Development Spread

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The practice of Taiji envisions eight “offering bowls” that enclose space and also present the contents of that space to…

3d ago

Tarot As “Offering Bowl” — A Situational Development Spread

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“When in Doubt, Lay It Out”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Tarot beginners who are doubtful about both their predictive skills and the reliability of divination in general often ask…

4d ago

4d ago

Natural Alignment: Separating the Cow from the Hamburger

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My opinion of Ethan Indigo Smith’s imagination and sense of humor went up a notch while reading (in The Tao of Thoth) his…

5d ago

5d ago

Tarot Disambiguation: “I Know You Think You Believe You Understand . . .”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Disambiguation is a great word. As I see it, the concept involves eliminating confusion in the understanding and…

6d ago

6d ago

Learning the Tarot Cards: Assimilate, Don’t Aggregate!

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I recently came upon an alleged “ancient Egyptian proverb” that I decided to tweak for use in this essay. Here I’m…

Oct 30

Oct 30

Tarot As “Awareness Practice”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Lately my head has been crammed with ideas from my informal study of Taoism as presented by Benebell Wen in I Ching The…

Oct 29

Oct 29

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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