Christopher Healey Lovecraft Interview

July 25, 2009

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Chris. Check out what you said earlier, “It has always been an intuitive position for me that the very idea of Tarot is something along the lines of “a picture can speak 1000 words” and this remains my position today. To write a description of the meaning of an individual [...]

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Christopher Healey

July 24, 2009

I asked my good friend Chris, a massive Lovecraftian fan, if he would like to chat about all things Tarot. As the conversation developed I thought it would be a great idea to put his ideas on my blog. Thankfully he agreed, and this interview is really a way for me to get inside that [...]

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Do We Have Free Will?

July 21, 2009

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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Interview On Tarot And Philosophy Part 2

July 14, 2009

This is the second part to the interview with my friend and philosopher Andrew Clark. Douglas: Andy you said in your introduction, “However, deconstruction is not a method in either the classical or the contemporary sense: i.e., of adhering to rules that lie outside of the phenomena that one is analysing”. Tarot readings involve a [...]

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Interview On Tarot And Philosophy

July 13, 2009

I asked my good friend and philosopher, Andrew Clark to engage with me in a discussion on some philosophical questions relating to the Tarot. The aim that both of us share in conducting this interview, is to highlight the relevance Philosophy has with Tarot, and mysticism in general. This interview will be conducted through email [...]

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Paul Hughes-Barlow

July 12, 2009

Paul was trained as a Sufi from Punditt Maharaj in Brighton. One aspect of this training involved reading the Tarot cards for clients. Very quickly Paul (who had never previously studied the Tarot) had to learn in the very act of giving readings. As a result, Paul’s perspective and knowledge of the Tarot is founded [...]

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Study Guide To The Beginners Tutorial To Reading Tarot Cards

July 9, 2009

This is the final post on the Beginner’s Tutorial To Reading Tarot Cards. At some point I may write some tutorials that look at expanding and adding to the techniques we have already learned. However, I want to use this time to reflect on a few of the key concepts and techniques we have learned. [...]

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How To Communicate With The Client

July 8, 2009

The most important skill to learn (or perhaps it’s more a process of unlearning) is how to settle into a Tarot reading. Every Tarot reading is different because every client is different. They have different expectations as to what a Tarot reading can offer them. Before the reading has even begun this can be a [...]

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