PinnedIs 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, 20211Dec 6, 20211
Manipulative Tendencies: A “Dark Triad” SpreadAUTHOR’S NOTE: While roaming the internet I encountered a psychological concept I hadn’t seen presented in quite the same way before. I…3h ago3h ago
A Seven-Day Mixed Media Card Selection MethodAUTHOR’S NOTE: Here is a card-selection technique that uses a large, randomly-pulled template from which to select seven cards for a weekly…1d ago1d ago
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…2d ago2d ago
Tarot Reading as Truthful FictionAUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve just encountered the “five species of dream” derived from the Oneirocritica of 3rd-Century AD Graeco-Roman soothsayer…3d ago3d ago
Dropping the Masks: A Shared-Dynamic Relationship SpreadAUTHOR’S NOTE: It’s been a while since I created a comprehensive relationship spread. Here is one that shows the shared dynamic that can…4d ago4d ago
No Man’s Land: Thoughts on the Astral PlaneAUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve been reading about the work of Chalcidius, the 4th-Century CE Christian translator and commentator on Plato’s Timaeus…5d ago5d ago
Incompatibility of Temperament: Recidivism in the Art of TarotAUTHOR’S NOTE: In The Discarded Image, C.S. Lewis observed that, when first formulated, scientific theories are almost entirely conjecture…6d ago6d ago
The Twos and the Principle of the TriadAUTHOR’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…6d ago6d ago
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 28Nov 28