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Term: Detriment

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Detriment: The sign opposite the sign of rulership. This is a sign where the planet's energy requires effort in order to be successful.
source: Mapping Your Birtchart, by Stephanie Jean Clement, Ph.D.


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Vodou - An African Shamanic Tradition
At first sight, shamanism and Vodou - what Hollywood has introduced into the popular imagination as "voodoo" - seem to have little in common. The former seems based on peaceful co-existence with nature and the elements, while the latter, in so far ...
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New Aeon of Horus
Is this the same as “The New Age” or “The Age of Aquarius?” Perhaps yes, perhaps no. Crowley predicted the coming of the “New Aeon of Horus”  when Every Person is a Star moving by his own inner light and ...
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Belief in Reincarnation
It is not necessary for you to believe in reincarnation to experience the benefits of past life regression. Whatever decision you make concerning the validity of reincarnation is immaterial as far as the benefits of the experience are concerned. ...
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Past Life Story #2 - A Driving Desire for Whiskey
Albert James experienced past life regression and remembered an episode that dramatically changed his whole life. Albert was an alcoholic. He had been through various programs with a degree of success. He could keep himself from drinking most of ...
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Transits and Progressions
Just as your birth chart shows where the planets were when you were born, at any moment another chart can be created. The planets in a chart for a particular moment are called transits. As the planets move through the zodiac, they interact with ...
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What To Expect in Regression
If you are experiencing a past life regression through the means of guided relaxation, you can initially expect to feel deeply relaxed and peaceful. As you are guided into a past life, you will be mentally alert and aware of where you are and what ...
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Why Remember Past Lives?
Every spiritual philosophy and every psychological discipline, in one way or another, conveys the directive of "Know thyself." To begin and end the knowing of ourselves with this present lifetime is equivalent to looking at the surface of the ocean ...
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Shamanic Healing Through Soul Retrieval
Soul retrieval – a contemporary therapeutic practice rooted in the ancient spiritual tradition of shamanism - is attracting significant attention in the modern world as the holistic healthcare movement continues to gather force. Shamans believe ...
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In this article we’d like to discuss the teaching and learning of Tarot. We’ll start with a few questions: if you only had ten minutes with a stranger straight off the street, who had no experience of Tarot other than perhaps having seen a few cards on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, how much do you think you could teach them? How much do you think you... read this article
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Psychic Development: Bare the Soles to Bare the Soul
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Lenormand
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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."...

My Interview Tomorrow: Did Tantra Influence the West?
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...


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