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"Why doesn't he call? I just can't take it anymore!" Shirley wailed. I had been Shirley's psychic advisor for almost six months, and she was normally a cheerful, well-grounded, confident woman. On this particular night, though, she was a wreck. Shirley cried for the first fifteen minutes of the call. When I was able to get her calmed down, she told me that her boyfriend Bill hadn't called for three days following an argument. She had talked to me about Bill before, and I knew they cared about each other a great deal. They had the occasional disagreement, like all couples, but they always worked it out. Tonight, Shirley told me that this recent fight was different. The day after it, she ...
Aleister Crowley, Gerald Gardner, Robert Cochrane, and Helena Blavatsky: each of these people invented, recreated or discovered a system of magic and spirituality in the early part of the twentieth century, and all of them were modernists. A modernist believes that symbols mean things; each symbol has a true meaning. The problem for the modernist is that many people in the early part of the twentieth century were questioning those meanings. Modernists saw this as the breakdown of society, and it lead to things like Crowley's New Aeon, an attempt to repair the growing gap between symbol and meaning. In contrast, the postmodern worldview (the dominant worldview of the later part of the ...
Structured both as a dialogue with contemporary Christian beliefs and as a clarification of beliefs Pagans from many traditions have in common, Pagans & Christians seeks to redress the misunderstandings that have occurred between these paths. Exploring both the differences and similarities between Pagan and Christian religious beliefs and practices, and seeking common ground for mutual understanding and acceptance this book is a groundbreaking work that seeks to unify that which has been in conflict far too long. This book debunks many long-standing stereotypes about both Christianity and Paganism. For instance, Paganism and science are not in fundamental conflict. Reality as ...
Wondering if you should create your own tarot spreads is rather like asking yourself if you should cook your own meals. Isn't it easier to eat out at yummy restaurants, depend on friends, or heat up frozen dinners? No! Eating out is expensive, your friends will get annoyed with you, and frozen food is … eesh, unexciting. Cooking teaches you more about food than you could ever learn by just eating alone. Cooking reveals texture, taste, combination, timing, planning, and, most importantly, how and what you like. Cooking makes you a better eater. The same truth applies to tarot: creating spreads will make you a better reader. You could find a spread in a book that might suit your ...
