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The Base-12 Connection Between Math, Nature, and Spirituality The number 12 serves many practical uses in our daily lives, including the way we track time (in twelve-hour clock cycles and years in twelve-month calendar cycles), measure length (in twelve inches per foot) and package items (often in multiples of twelve). There's a good mathematical reason why counting in 12's, called the "base-12" number system, has stood the test of time: it can be divided evenly in a number of ways such as in half (2 groups of 6), thirds (3 groups of 4), quarters (4 groups of 3) or sixths (6 groups of 2). This makes it twice as versatile and efficient as the decimal or "base-10" system of counting in ...
Practical Magic for Beginners was an easy book to write because I have been teaching these exercises for so many years. I just imagined a new class sitting in front of me and started talking to them. What I love about teaching this material is that it doesn't assume that the person just starting on a magical path has already decided to be a Witch, a Pagan, or a ceremonial magician. A lot of the people I talk to aren't sure what they want to do. They're interested in learning a little about everything and exploring until they find the right path for them. In the meantime, though, there are a lot of things they'll need to know that are common to all the paths of the Western mystery ...
Strange and beautiful monuments and ruins rise in deserts and jungles, on plains and mountaintops—the great pyramids of the Egyptians and the Mayans, the enigmatic stone giants of Easter Island, the towering megaliths of Stonehenge. These and thousands more serve as reminders of civilizations that rose and fell thousands of years before the adventurous spirits of our modern society designed our own comparatively flimsy monuments of concrete and steel. While many of us occasionally long for a time when life was simpler, slower, and perhaps easier (or so we think), most of us appreciate the myriad ways that technology makes us comfortable. Indoor plumbing, air conditioning, ...
Tarot is a useful tool and can be used in many ways for many things: meditation, brainstorming, creativity, divination, problem-solving, spiritual insight. What they all have in common, though, is the search for an answer of some sort. We ask things like: What is the best way to approach this project? What should I do about this situation? How can I resolve this disagreement? How can I improve my relationship? What is the next step in my spiritual development? To find these answers, we look for meaning in the cards we draw, whether it is a one card reading or more elaborate spread. According to James Wells, a Toronto-based teacher, consultant, and facilitator and author of the blog ...
