Tag: philosophy
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A Tarot Spread for Healing Psychic Wounds
What does it mean to heal? Physically speaking, healing infers closure, a resealing of skin and a resetting of bone and relief from the pain of injury. But what if healing is not so simple, not so straightforward? For some, pain is chronic, persisting long after a wound has healed; physical therapy, medication, and dietary changes are undertaken in…
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The Beautiful Dynamism of the Two-Card Spread
Anyone who travels in the circles of my twitter sphere knows that I’m a fan of the two card spread. The simplicity of the one-card is almost too simple–done as a daily draw, it tends to reinforce traditional interpretations which, if you’re starting out and still getting the hang of meanings, is great. If you’ve…
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The Fool, the Devil, and the Power to Transmute our Demons
When I begin a project, I approach it with the energy of the Fool–I’m excited and starry-eyed, idealistic about the journey and almost radically hopeful for what it will bring. There comes a time, however (usually after a few bumps in the road and facing the enormity of what I’m up against), that I’m forced to…
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Taming the Analytical Beast: How to Surrender to the Power of the Unknown
Before I started on this beautiful, magickal, mysterious path of paganism, my patron goddess was Logic. I came from a tradition of critical theory, which idolizes the strength of the argument rather than the inherent truth and wisdom expressed in its conclusion. Allow me to stress that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. In…
