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Tarot Major Arcana: XI Justice.
Today I will discuss the major arcana card XI Justice. The Justice card of the Rider-Waite tarot deck.The traditional depiction of Justice shows a calm, somewhat stern woman. Like the High Priestess,...
View ArticleLitha Blessings.
Summer Solstice begins today in the northern hemisphere; for many pagans it's a time to celebrate. This day is known by different names across cultures and history. I know it as Litha. It's a time for...
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Tarot Major Arcana: XVII The Star.
The Star directly follows XVI The Tower, one of the most nerve-wracking fraught cards in the whole tarot. After the fear, devastation and uncertainty of events beyond our control, the Star offers a...
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Occult and Psychical Sciences:"Some Modern British Covens & celebrity Witches"☆
☆The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden"🌙🌙🌑"BBC:Spell of rain fails to dampen Witches gathering"Angmar🌑🇬🇧 BBC 🇬🇧15 June 2024A...
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Tarot Major Arcana: XX Judgement.
Today I will discuss the Judgement card of the major arcana. XX Judgement from the Rider-Waite tarot deck, 1909. Judgement is one of those cards which is heavy on the Christian imagery; the traditional...
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Tarot Minor Arcana: The Fours. ETA breaking news about Project 2025 director,...
This week I'll discuss the Fours of the tarot minor arcana.Much of the tarot is focused on the future, and ways we might approach it. Often the past is affecting us and our situation in ways we hadn't...
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Full Sturgeon Moon/Blue Moon/Supermoon; also, Making & Using Moon Water.
Monday 19 August (last night) was the full Sturgeon Moon 2024, and what's known as a "supermoon". However, the magical energies of a full moon are active and available to use for three nights. The...
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Tarot Minor Arcana: the Fives.
This week I'll discuss the Fives of the tarot minor arcana. Following the peaceful interlude of the Fours, the Fives herald a period of change, movement, shifting energies and possible loss. There is...
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September Full Harvest Moon; and Raising Chickens.
Tonight is the full moon for September 2024. Known as the Harvest Moon. It's the last full moon before the Autumn Equinox , which is a holy day known by many Pagans as Mabon. Alphonse Mucha, The Moon,...
View ArticleFall Equinox and Mabon Blessings.
To all who celebrate it I wish a happy and beautiful Mabon. May all the blessings of the season be yours. Enjoy this peaceful day; the busy season of Samhain and Yule are right around the corner.This...
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Occult and Psychical Sciences:Mabon/Autumnal Equinox 🍂
🌙Autumn EquinoxMabon is a pagan holiday, and one of the eight Wiccan sabbats celebrated during the year. Mabon celebrates the autumnal equinox.The Origins and Practices of Mabon | Boston Public...
View ArticleIndians 101: American Indian religions 150 years ago, 1874
While some histories portray Indians joyfully becoming Christians, this was not usually what happened. In 1874, the United States government actively promoted Christianity by having Christian...
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Tarot Major Arcana: 0 The Fool.
Today I'll talk about the first card of the major arcana, The Fool.The Fool is usually numbered 0 in modern tarot decks, occasionally it's numbered XXII. It's the only major arcana card assigned an...
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Tarot Minor Arcana: The Sixes.
This week I will discuss the Sixes of the tarot minor arcana.The Sixes of the Tarot del Toro tarot deck. In decks such as this one there's no reversed interpretation for the pips; the cards are the...
View ArticleGlamour of Invisibility, What It Is and How To Do It.
I used this spell recently when I encountered a Trump-y tailgate party. I wrote about that experience in last week's diary. I feel now is a good time to share it with others. It's been helpful for me,...
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Tarot Major Arcana: XII The Hanged Man.
Dion Fortune famously said that Magic is the art of changing consciousness according to Will. For me, this card- the Hanged Man- is perhaps the most magical in all the tarot. It's an explicit...
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Tarot Tomfoolery.
This week I'm sharing my favorite tarot memes, from a collection I've been accumulating for a few years now. Most are funny, a few are thought provoking. A couple might offend just a little bit, though...
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Indians 201: Old Joseph, Nez Perce chief
Tiwi-teqis (also spelled Tuekakas), later known to the Americans as Old Chief Joseph or Joseph the Elder, was born between 1785 and 1790 in Oregon. His father was a Cayuse chief, and his mother was Nez...
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Occult and Psychical Sciences: "Belief"Pt2 🔥
The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden"🌑“From the kabbalistic perspective, that which is infinite and eternal is real and...
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What's (Y)Our Religious Affiliation? With Poll.
Hello there. A bit back, I posted diaries asking about our political identifications and levels of formal education. According to the entirely-scientific-I’m-sure polls in those diaries — shock! — we...
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