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So, there you are with your cards, shuffling them, and as you lay out the spread asking your questions, the path ahead becomes clearer, the answer unfolds in front of your eyes. What is happening? Do all of us have this "talent?" From where does this hidden power of divination come? As a neuroscientist who also reads tarot, I have been pondering these questions for a while—it is fascinating trying to observe the brain instrument that interprets the cards. Here is a 5-step process that your brain takes to move from perceiving the cards to making intuitive leaps and gaining insight. Step 1: Finding the Meaning. Our eyes take in pictures in front of us and send it to the back of our ...
For thousands of years, civilizations across the globe have been fascinated with dreams. Various temples throughout Greece had a longstanding tradition of practicing dream incubation for healing as well as for prophecy. Dream magick is featured in the Welsh medieval mythology known as The Mabinogion, in which the Roman emperor Macsen Wledig is compelled to to search for the woman who will eventually become his wife. Indigenous peoples have also revered dreams. This includes (but is not limited) to the Amazonian people known as the Achuar, who start each day with a retelling of dreams for the purposes of interpretation and guidance for the day's events. Of course, the usefulness of dreams ...
The largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter is the planet of blessings, and generosity and limitlessness are tied to Jupiterian ways. Mythologically, Jupiter, or Zeus, is tied to the symbolism of the lightning bolt, majestic eagle, and sturdy oak tree. Whether Roman or Greek, there is a strength embodied through this energy that presided over the skies. This strength can be indicated through our Jupiter placement. Jupiter in our natal charts reveals an area of our lives in which we can receive gifts and experience ease throughout life, and the sign and house provide us with custom cues. This energy is known to expand, which can be for our benefit or detriment. Opportunity is tied to ...
As an author of books on the folk traditions of the Alps, the buzzword "Traditional Witchcraft" was something I just couldn't ignore. I had to look into that and what I found out pretty soon was that people had quite different opinions as to what that means. There seems to be no widely accepted definition, no one agreement on what tradition in should be. Is it mediaeval European? Vodun, Hoodoo, or Appalachian? Norse Seiðr or Latin American Brujería? Well, it's all of the above and more. Because it is all about the personal choice of the witch, a choice that may be influenced by where they live, who their ancestors were, or to what they feel drawn. And as far as I can tell, ...
