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Tarot talk at Brighton University

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As a favour for a friend of a friend I gave a tarot talk yesterday at Brighton University as part of Simon Ward’s MA on Critical Art.

I was expecting a bunch of bored students in the audience who knew nothing about Tarot, but actually everyone were Occulture veterans, so it was more like a reunion. Some were at my debut talk in the Hanbury Arms in 2002, so they got to hear the same talk again, but hopefully a lot more polished, and without the stage fright I experienced the first time round. Continue reading →

Deconstructing the Tarot

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For the last six months I have been hard at work deconstructing my knowledge of the Tarot, a process that will continue for a lot longer, I suspect – probably it will never end. In case you wondered, yes, there is more than enough to warrant spending that length of time. In fact, in any spiritual discipline, the process of deconstructing (and reconstructing), is always ongoing. I hope to be sharing the fruits of my labours over the next few months. Continue reading →

How watery is the Hanged Man?

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Take a close look at the Golden Dawn’s Hanged Man. Do you see any evidence of water in the man suspended upside down? Do you see any connection between the profound life-giving precious substance that may one day be more expensive than oil, and the notion of sacrifice and suspension? I don’t, and yet when I see this card in a reading, it invariably suggests some idea of renunciation, of giving up. Continue reading →