The term “Grand Poobah” is derived from the brilliant comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado. In it, there’s a character named “Poo-Bah.” Poo-Bah has a long series of titles after his name, such as Commander-in-Chief, Lord Chief Justice, and Lord High Everything Else. According to Wikipedia, the term Grand Poobah is used today “as [...]
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 12, I’ll be on the Forbidden America Internet Radio Show With host Steve McManus It begins at 11:00 p.m. Eastern (8:00 p.m. Pacific) The scheduled topic is: How Tantra has influenced Judaism, the Kabalah, Western Paganism and magick. Many people think of Tantra as simply being “that sex stuff.” Even in India, [...]
Tarot cards have numbers (except the court cards) and suits (or names for the Majors) as well as images. I have always used these elements in several ways when interpreting a single card or a reading. The numbers, I have always thought, affected the individual card meanings. For example, all the Aces (1) are new [...]
Thanks to the People at FPG! I’d like to cordially thank all the people at the Florida Pagan Gathering, especially the people who put it on for making it such an incredible event. I had a great time, shared information both in workshops and in individual meetings, and had a lot of fun with the [...]
Today I wanted to give you a taste of Around the Tarot in 78 Days. It is a big book full of wonderful information and activities. My problem was one of choice, which is easy enough to remedy. The 3 of Cups is one of my favorite cards (below, see the 3 of Cups from [...]
We’re doing it again! Llewellyn is giving away signed, uncut press sheets from one of our breathtaking tarot decks! That’s right! We’re giving away 25 uncut, press sheets from the Steampunk Tarot, numbered and signed by creator Barbara Moore and artist Aly Fell! Now that we have your attention, please read on for all the [...]
This Full Moon in Scorpio will occur Saturday, May 5 at 11:35 pm Eastern (3:35 am, Sunday, May 6, GMT) at 16 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the April 21 New Moon in Taurus, which found us focusing on our financial [...]
It’s here! Around the Tarot in 78 Days by Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin Click the title above to begin your adventure!
A lot of people think that once you have a book published life is easy. You wrote the book and now you let everyone else just send you money. It’s easy street, right? Actually, it’s much the opposite. After you spend hundreds of hours or more writing a book and going through the process of [...]
I am an extra happy editor today, since I found two soon-to-be-released titles in my mailbox! Since these are the first books I started working with a year ago, what better way could there be to begin a day? I’ve anticipated not only the moment when I would be able to hold the fresh and finished copies [...]