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When I was first contacted by Llewellyn with the proposal of creating a tarot deck, I was immediately enthusiastic about the idea. There were, after all, many themes in common with my personal illustration work. However, even though Barbara Moore had warned me from the onset that such a project would be a labor of love, I really underestimated just how much work was involved. Having said that, it has truly been a satisfying experience. The process has obviously involved not only getting to know more about the subject itself, but also meeting with interesting people along the way, including a charming High Priestess of Isis Rising. The basic concept behind the deck is essentially the ...
Tarot in Wonderland was created in the space where tarot and the Alice stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (the pen name of Charles Dodgson), meet. In this liminal place, sometimes we see familiar scenes from these well-known stories and sometimes the beloved characters have stumbled into a new world. The images remain true to the Rider-Waite-Smith cards and will feel familiar to many readers. Blending the traditional images with another well-loved work of art, the Alice stories, gives the cards a fresh feel. They are recognizable yet very different, creating a dreamlike sensation. This sense of strange familiarity creates a perfect ...
I can still remember doing my first Tarot reading. I had just bought a Tarot deck, and after carefully studying the little white book that came with it, I figured I was ready to do a reading for myself. But although the question I had in mind was a simple one, that reading took hours to do. You see, the only spread I knew was the Celtic Cross, which was briefly described in that little book, and I was overwhelmed by it. The ten-card Celtic Cross is an excellent spread, but it's complex and it's not always the best one for a reading, as I soon found out. Fortunately, I quickly discovered that there were books filled with other Tarot spreads; ones specifically tailored for a variety of ...
The belief that we can do little or nothing to arrest aging and reverse its effects is profoundly pessimistic and—fortunately—wrong. We now know that most of the limitations of old age are stereotypical rather than real. Things that were once seen as beyond our control can now be modified or reversed. Growing old is no longer your irremediable destiny. You can take preemptive action to eliminate the need for corrective action later on. Rejuvenation is the process of making young or youthful by restoring or renewing anti-aging powers. There are rejuvenating strategies you can master to prolong life and repair time's damages. These strategies go beyond eating right, exercise, ...
