Philosophy

Which Tarot Deck is the right Deck to learn with?

April 15, 2010
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The choice of Tarot decks that are available today is sometimes overwhelming for people who are just beginning to enter this strange world of divination. With so many options available, what is the best deck to learn with? Is there only one deck that should be used, or can several be learned at the same [...]

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The Role Divination has in the Great Work

March 25, 2010
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There have been many times during a Tarot reading where I pay little attention to the Tarot cards. There have been times when I’ve only glanced at them. In a Tarot Reader – How to go from beginner to expert in three easy steps, I discuss the natural learning cycle all Tarot readers go through. [...]

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Predicting The Future: Why A Tarot Reader Must Make A Decision!

November 6, 2009
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Painting by Edvard Munch: The Scream, 1893. “The Instant of Decision is Madness” Kierkegaard Have you ever noticed how difficult it can be to predict the future using Tarot cards? I’m sure you all know the score: the reading is going well, you’ve identified key information from the client’s current and past circumstances, then…well, it’s [...]

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Attitudes of Approach

October 16, 2009
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“Those meticulous researchers who insist upon tying up a medium until the poor creature resembles a fowl trussed for roasting, or who glare their suspicions at him before the lights are lowered, do not realize that they are like people who add moisture to gunpowder and then expect to explode it. They ruin their own [...]

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Shamanism: The Role The Invisible World Plays in Tarot

August 13, 2009
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I’ve been spending time recently reading Terence McKenna and listening to lectures by Alberto Villoldo on Shamanism. These two men have spent a great deal of time with the Shamen of the Amazon rainforest and both men assert that the worldview of the indigenous people of that region have a great deal to offer the peoples [...]

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Do We Have Free Will?

July 21, 2009
Odysseus Defies The Sirens

An interest in Tarot cards or divination, will no doubt be at odds with a fundamental concept that we in the modern world hold central to our self-identity: free-will. What do I mean by this? I mean that free-will is something that is implicit in the very fabric of most societies. As an example, laws [...]

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What Good Does A Tarot Reading Do?

June 9, 2009
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I’ve been reading Tarot cards professionally for a long time, and I want to share with you what you can expect if you go down the Tarot for a ‘living’ route. Firstly, you may find that the joy of doing Tarot readings goes. Secondly, you can expect many of your presumptions on what a Tarot [...]

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Standing at the Crossroads

May 26, 2009
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Before the birth of this Tarot blog, I had a clear intention and a clear direction of what I was going to write. But now I find myself in a catch-22 as to where to take Tarot Eon. All the paths open to me are uncertainties, and this leaves me with a feeling of uneasiness. [...]

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