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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

Over-interpretation: Looking for Trouble in All the Wrong Places

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I admit to being more than a little skeptical of the “empowerment” (aka “cheerleading”) mode of divination and of unbridled…

4h ago

4h ago

“A Worldwide Hoodoo” — Tarot and Romance

“I done called up a Gypsy woman on the telephone Gonna put out a worldwide hoodoo That’s the very thing that’ll suit you I’m going to see…

1d ago

1d ago

Leveraging the French Cross: An Alternative to Yes-or-No Reading

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Conventional wisdom is that tarot is ineffective for addressing simple “yes-or-no” questions because it is more suitable for…

2d ago

Leveraging the French Cross: An Alternative to Yes-or-No Reading

2d ago

Deck Preparation: Clearing and Neutralizing

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The subject of “randomizing” a tarot deck before pulling the specific cards for a reading is one that suffers from much…

3d ago

3d ago

The Message for the Querent: A “Quick-Read” Technique

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve been re-reading 54 Devils by Cory Hutcheson, which is a brief treatise on playing-card cartomancy. (The standard deck…

3d ago

3d ago

Missing in Plain Sight? — A Local-Area “Search Envelope”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: What’s to be done when one wakes up at 2:00 AM and can’t get back to sleep? I don’t know about you, but I think about tarot…

5d ago

Missing in Plain Sight? — A Local-Area “Search Envelope”

5d ago

The Turning Away: Reversal as the “Other Fork”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The title of this essay was inspired by the Pink Floyd song “On the Turning Away,” although my use of the idea isn’t…

5d ago

5d ago

“On the Cheap:” A Tarot Trend

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I call myself a “professional tarot reader,” and in fact there have been periods in my life when I’ve lived up to the…

Mar 27

Mar 27

Major Arcana As “Step-Change”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: In manufacturing jargon, effective process control begins with the engineering of a work-station performance envelope that…

Mar 26

Mar 26

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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