Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Diane Brandon, author of Dream Interpretation for Beginners, Intuition for Beginners, and the new Born Aware. Have you ever craved some alone time after a full day with other people? And have you felt guilty about wanting to spend some time alone? Please don’t feel guilty! The need for alone time is natural. It’s also healthy. And some people need it more than others. If you’re one of those who enjoys spending time by yourself and yet feel guilty about it, ask yourself how you’ve felt after having some of that alone time. Did you feel different? Did you feel better? Were there any other differences you experienced? Alone

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Devin Hunter, author of The Witch's Book of Power and the new Witch's Book of Spirits.   Tarot is a useful tool to help us gain insight into every single aspect of our lives. When times get tough and hope is fleeting, the cards can sometimes be the best way of anchoring ourselves into reality and stabilizing our goals for manifestation. Things to keep in mind when reading tarot during tough times: Keep your questions and your spreads simple unless you are prepared for ALL of the information. Remember, situations are always multi-layered and complex, and sometimes too many details get in the way. Don't be afraid to

Steampunk Tarot Barbara Moore, art by Aly Fell Learn more, click HERE. Strength Respectful Victorians exhibited their own unique form of strength by keeping a stiff upper lip and repressing—er, controlling—their base, or animal instincts and desires. In this card, we a healthy dose of the “punk” from our theme of “Steampunk.” In our version of Strength, a gentle woman performs a revolutionary (or so it would seem to a Victorian) act of strength. Cards from older tarot decks show a human wrestling a wild lion. This expressed the idea that people had a wild, or evil, side of themselves that must be constantly fought, repressed, or controlled or it would take

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Loyd Auerbach, author of Psychic Dreaming and the new Mind Over Matter. Parapsychologists and psychical researchers have been studying psychokinesis (PK), or mind over matter, in the laboratory since at least the 1930s. However, PK has played a part in the field since scientists first began studying physical mediumship in the latter half of the 19th century. Physical mediums claimed to allow spirits to work through them to levitate objects, create apports and ectoplasm, and cause unusual sounds and other effects, all quite physical. For a variety of reasons, most researchers lean towards those effects being caused by the unconscious PK