Quiet Mystic – Any perception can connect us to reality, properly and fully. What we see doesn't have to be pretty, particularly; we can appreciate anything that exists. There is some principle of magic in everything, some living quality. Something living, something real, is taking place in everything. –Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

tarot blog hop…

Is There Such a Thing as Time? No. (But, of Course, Also Yes.)

21 Jun 201921 Jun 2019

PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG Welcome back to the tarot blog hop--our topic, thanks to our wrangler Arwen Lynch-Poe, and just in time for the summer solstice,…

Spring Equinox Tarot Blog Hop: Secret Ingredient for Spring: Tea and Plotting

20 Mar 201920 Mar 2019

PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG I've been unceremoniously summoned back to the tarot blog hop--and I'm happy to be here, too! Why did I ever stop doing…

ethics

Divinatory Ethics: A Response to John Oliver

Have you had a chance to watch John Oliver’s recent episode on television psychics? If not, now’s your chance! Here’s the YouTube link to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMGcp9xIhY I’m including the link…

Chrome Tech Tip for Writers and Editors: Pin Tabs

Note: If this post seems out of place here, it's because I've decided to blog about writing and editing in the same place where I blog about tarot and divination.…

A Modern Fairy Tale, or, No One Is Perfect

Facebook just showed me this little tale--actually a true story--that I wrote a year ago. A Modern Fairy Tale Our tale begins with two men: both smart, both paranoid, both…

Visualizing the Zodiac: How I analyzed my natal chart using tarot

Today I pulled out a book I've been meaning to read for a long time, Corrine Kenner's Tarot and Astrology. Actually, I think I read this when I first started…

Relationship Tarot: What Do You Absolutely Know Is True? On Truth, Lies, and Trust.

7 Aug 20187 Aug 2018

When it comes to truth, and lies, I've observed that there are three kinds of people: There are the people who know that lying is damaging and dangerous not only…

Letters to Bill: Truth, science, religion, and how we might approach them all simultaneously

So I'm a huge fan of Bill Maher, and I adore that he's an atheist, and I know how weird that is, given that he'd probably be appalled by my…

What I Learned at WisCon 42: Science Fiction and Fantasy CAN Save the World

9 Jun 20189 Jun 2018

I almost couldn't write this blog post because I started reading my WisCon42 notes instead. No, seriously. I not only have notes I took myself, but I have notes I…