In no particular order. A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Madeleine L’Engle You might have read A Wrinkle in Time, or seen the movie, and that was formative for any girl of a certain personality at a certain age. A Swiftly Tilting Planet is the fourth (depending on how time works) in the series. It is responsible … Continue reading The Most Important Books for My Spirituality
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Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: A Review and Answer Key
The Teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn, compiled by Stephen Mitchell, published in 1994. This might be the best book on Zen I have ever read in my life. And I don’t read a lot of them. I once explained to someone that this was because they all say the same thing; you could pick … Continue reading Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: A Review and Answer Key
The Hermit, Part 3: The Hermit in Real Life
Have you read Part 1: Upright and Part 2: Reversed? They're not prerequisites for this discussion of historical hermits; this post, in fact, is meant to give more depth to the preceding posts. But go read them if you want to! And then come back here, because this stuff is fascinating. All right, that’s enough … Continue reading The Hermit, Part 3: The Hermit in Real Life
The Hermit, Part 2: Reversed
Have you read Part 1: Upright Meanings yet? If not--don't worry! It might be a fun and interesting exercise to think about the Hermit reversed before you know him upright. When a tarot card shows up upside down in a reading, its meaning changes. It can be the "opposite" of its upright meaning; or it … Continue reading The Hermit, Part 2: Reversed
The Hermit, Part 1: Upright
Etymology I always want to start with words! Our symbols may be nonverbal, but we have to talk about them with words, and those words become symbols themselves! Have you ever had a dream where your brain made a symbol or image out of a pun? “Hermit” comes from the Greek erēmitēs, meaning “person who … Continue reading The Hermit, Part 1: Upright
Intuitive Tarot Reading: On the Future of the Blog
Spread I am using “The Next Phase” from Emerald Lotus Tarot. I looked through a few spreads before I focused on this one; most of the others were more geared towards divining a person’s intentions, manifesting, personal blocks, that sort of thing. This one seemed best to read for the Entity that is Where the … Continue reading Intuitive Tarot Reading: On the Future of the Blog
