AUTHOR'S NOTE: Beyond offering "something completely different" to mark my 1,800th post on this blog, I thought I would add an informal supplement to my Diviner's Manifesto explaining the reasons for my dissatisfaction with much of the over-hyped sideshow that passes for mystical enlightenment in the social-media age. (I honestly have no problem with this … Continue reading Bat Chain Variations (A Metaphysical Reverie)
Cultural & Social Commentary
“Beer & Pretzels” Tarot
AUTHOR'S NOTE: One of the reading venues that professional readers often mention is parties. While I haven't done one since the early days of my practice almost 50 years ago, I honed my chops on 15-minute reading sessions during more recent psychic fairs, so I know the bare-bones drill. The kind of parties I usually … Continue reading “Beer & Pretzels” Tarot
Obliquity
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I woke up this morning with the oddest thought and figured I had better sit right down and capture it before it escapes. What if there were no "right angles" in the world and instead only oblique transitions? (I think my contemplation of reversed cards may have given me nightmares). In astrology, only … Continue reading Obliquity
Flights of Vanity
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This rant certainly won't endear me to the few video-content creators of my acquaintance, so I won't be sharing it widely. While there are a handful I respect for their professionalism, I imagine they could become expert at anything they attempt; the rest seem to subscribe to the notion that "It's so simple … Continue reading Flights of Vanity
Walking the Talk
For the neophyte, learning to read the tarot cards is a charming diversion that, when diligently nurtured, can soon become a mesmerizing quest for the truth. It's a bit like rabbit-hunting; we're handed a dangerous weapon, a figurative "shotgun," and set off in pursuit of the quarry, which is elusive and can lead us, like … Continue reading Walking the Talk
Youngbloods in the Tarotscope
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Get Together, the utopian anthem of unconditional love and peace by the Youngbloods, is one of the most hopeful (and, in retrospect, most naive) songs to come out of the "hippie generation" (although I sense a little of the poignant introspection of Kahlil Gibran or Omar Khayyam in it). Here is my interpretation … Continue reading Youngbloods in the Tarotscope
An Expanding Universe
Recently I joined several more Facebook pages and subreddit feeds related to the tarot, divination in general, occult principles and practices, the Thoth deck, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Kabbalah/ Qabala/Cabala (both orthodox and esoteric). I'm still sorting out which ones are of value and which of them I will let … Continue reading An Expanding Universe
A Worthy Outlet?
One thing to which any blogger pays at least casual attention is daily site traffic. In my own case I haven't monetized this blog so I'm not hanging on every minuscule fraction of a penny that changes hands over my contribution to the community. But, although I have slightly more than 300 followers now (a … Continue reading A Worthy Outlet?
The Problem of Pronunciation
" . . . the relationship among letters, words and reality is potent, magical and central to human life." (Isabel Kliegman, in Tarot and the Tree of Life) The truth of this quote is apparent in the lives of those for whom the spoken word seems to be vital to their sense of self-identity beyond … Continue reading The Problem of Pronunciation
A State of Mundanity
It is now going on five years since we moved to our new home in a much more populous region of southeastern New Hampshire. Although we relocated mainly for proximity to family, we had high hopes that we would discover an active social and intellectual environment. Unfortunately that hasn't proved to be the case. While … Continue reading A State of Mundanity
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 