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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

Manipulative Tendencies: A “Dark Triad” Spread

AUTHOR’S NOTE: While roaming the internet I encountered a psychological concept I hadn’t seen presented in quite the same way before. I…

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Manipulative Tendencies: A “Dark Triad” Spread

2h ago

A Seven-Day Mixed Media Card Selection Method

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Here is a card-selection technique that uses a large, randomly-pulled template from which to select seven cards for a weekly…

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A Seven-Day Mixed Media Card Selection Method

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The Thoth 3 of Wands: Virtue as “Efficacy”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: While reading about the “hierarchies of angels” postulated by the 6th-Century (CE) “pseudo-Dyonisius” as discussed in The…

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2d ago

Tarot Reading as Truthful Fiction

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve just encountered the “five species of dream” derived from the Oneirocritica of 3rd-Century AD Graeco-Roman soothsayer…

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Dropping the Masks: A Shared-Dynamic Relationship Spread

AUTHOR’S NOTE: It’s been a while since I created a comprehensive relationship spread. Here is one that shows the shared dynamic that can…

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Dropping the Masks: A Shared-Dynamic Relationship Spread

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No Man’s Land: Thoughts on the Astral Plane

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve been reading about the work of Chalcidius, the 4th-Century CE Christian translator and commentator on Plato’s Timaeus…

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5d ago

Incompatibility of Temperament: Recidivism in the Art of Tarot

AUTHOR’S NOTE: In The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis observed that, when first formulated, scientific theories are almost entirely conjecture…

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The Twos and the Principle of the Triad

AUTHOR’S NOTE: In yesterday’s post I used a quote from Plato’s Timaeus that has a bearing on how I interpret the tarot Twos. In any reading…

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The Twos and the Principle of the Triad

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Deep Fake: Everything, Something or Nothing?

“Everything is not a subject about which anything of much interest can be said.” — C.S. Lewis, in contemplating “a deity really believed…

Nov 28

Nov 28

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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