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Of this card, The Sun from The Fey Tarot, Riccardo Minetti writes: "...the Sun is an Arcana that by nature is without any kind of ambiguity. It has no shadows, no veils, no half-measures. The sun represents all truths, all certainties...the joy of fullness and of security, when no doubt troubles the soul." The Sun card is filled with so much positive energy and is generally considered one of great joy. When it comes up in a reading or I have to write about it for a book, sometimes I find I don't have much to say because it seems so simple and clear. For the Mystic Dreamer Tarot, I wrote: "The Sun brings a simple message of joy." But perhaps I've been wrong in over-simplifying the idea ...
When I wrote my first book, The Elements of Ritual, it was like a brain dump. I had been teaching classes and working in Wiccan groups for almost twenty years at that point, and writing was like downloading all those years into a word processor. My second book is a different matter. The Way of Four was a labor of love. I wasn't sure, at first, what I was going to write, but I knew it would be magical for me, and I hoped for you. Ever since I started as a wee little Witch back in 1981, the four elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth have been the touchstones of my occult understanding. The Wiccan circle is structured around them, the Tarot is built on them, astrology grows out of ...
Materials1 Purple Candle1 Teaspoon dried mugwort or powdered cinnamon1 Small piece of clear quartz, opal, or orange calciteNagchampa, sandalwood, or dragon's blood incenseVegetable Oil Begin by anointing the candle with the oil and rolling it in the mugwort or cinnamon. Light the candle and the incense, then ground and center by breathing in the grounding energy of the earth and exhaling all other energy through your mouth. Continue to breathe in this fashion until you're totally relaxed. Hold the stone to your Third Eye (the spot between your eyebrows) and visualize it as being the key that opens your psychic centers. See it turn in the lock and watch the doors swing open. Place the ...
Writing The Path of Alchemy has been a long and fascinating journey. The initial book was written a decade ago and finally came to light after a series of mishaps and out-of-the-blue phone calls from old friends and students. Over the decade between its initial creation and its final appearance in print, the The Path of Alchemy (along with myself as author) changed, grew, and improved quite a bit. This was and is a good thing; for authors need to be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of the methods they are proposing, not just write about them. Anything else is simply a research project and not a viable Path of Becoming. My first encounter with alchemy was in the early 1980s, right at ...
