Matter and Spirit. Deconstructing the Court Cards and our solar year Part II of XVI The Descent and the Climb: The Queen of Disks This is the story of the Devil and the Wheel, and the Devil and the Tower. But it starts with the Archer trying to launch the Universe. It’s a bit heavy. […]
This is the first article of sixteen, on the sixteen tarot court cards of Tabula Mundi Tarot. Seems like a weird place to begin, here nearing the end of the year. But the Knight of Wands is the first of the courts, and this is his season. In this series we will deconstruct each of the […]
Just so they are all in one place, here are the promotions and codes active for the 2017 holiday season at www.tarotcart.com. These are to celebrate both decks having an anniversary, to help out with the holiday season, and because I like to give gifts out, especially around my birthday. But also I feel like “Shit […]
If you got this weeks newsletter, read no further as you already know this. Just figured I’d put it up here to get back in the habit of posting to the blog. It has been so long, that the well needs priming. Plus maybe some will see it here first, who knows? This week we […]
If you have been procrastinating and haven’t yet bought Book M: Liber Mundi, well, procrastinating paid off. I had to get a few more printed and so this time, added some color inserts, just like in the Book of Seshet! So for the same price, now there are color pages. What’s more, the covers are […]
Solstice was yesterday, June 21 – summer solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere. To me, this Solstice, of the four quarters of the year, represents Ahathoor in triumph. Liber Resh is my favorite Thelemic practice, and the salutation to Hathor at noon might be my favorite of the four (probably because I am not […]
It’s right in your wheelhouse… What’s all this then? That’s right, it is a podcast about esoteric symbolism in the tarot. My friend and fellow tarot nerd asked me if I would cohost a podcast in which we dissect the esoteric meanings embedded in each of the Major Arcana, comparing the Waite Smith card to […]
Between Heaven and Earth: a deeper look at the esoteric meaning of Tarot’s Princesses . Eastern philosophy describes the human being as standing “between Heaven and Earth” and sees the human body as a conduit of the qi of Heaven, poised between the above and the below, and surrounded by the four directions. The Dao, […]
Emblem XXVII. He that endeavours to enter into the Philosophers’ Rosarye without a key, is like him who would walk without feet. ~ Michael Maier’s alchemical opus Atalanta Fugiens of 1618 The Rose Garden of Wisdom has an abundance of various flowers, But the gate is always closed with strong bolts; Only one thing of […]
This has also been posted as update #14 on the Kickstarter for backers of the Colores Arcus edition, so forgive me if you are a backer and have seen it there. But often those updates go into spam folders (at least they do for me) so I thought I’d post it here. Here in the […]
