Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Aaron Leitch, author of several books, including Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires, The Angelical Language Volume I and Volume II, and Essential Enochian Grimoire. I have seen it stated, as a cold hard fact, that spiritual possession (also referred to as being "mounted" or "ridden" by a spirit) is not a part of the Western tradition. This person even asserted that no true archangel would ever possess a person (that activity being strictly relegated to the demonic). Yet, over the years of my occult practice, especially my Solomonic work, I have seen plenty of archangels (and deities) possess people. The grimoires do not *specifically*

Taken from Tarot Spreads: Layouts and Techniques to Empower Your Readings by Barbara Moore. The Judgement card is about, in part, hearing a calling. It is a moment when you feel compelled toward something larger than yourself. These callings can be difficult to respond to, as they can be powerful but sometimes vague or very different from your current way of thinking. This spread helps clarify the calling and gives advice on how to respond to it. 1, Calling: The nature of the call. This is the heart of the matter, the focus of change, the major energy being communicated. 2, Spiritual response: This is how you are being asked to respond spiritually to this call. It can show

Sasha Graham’s book 365 Tarot Spreads has a spread for every day of the year. She also includes an important historical moment from that day and additional tarot tidbits. The book is both fun and serious. The spread Sasha designed for today, April 8, is the Wisdom of Swords Spreads. The spread is inspired by the historical fact for this day. On this day in 1692, arrest warrants were issued for Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce, accused of witchcraft. While these two women ultimately escaped the gallows, nineteen others similarly accused, did not. Sasha writes: Tarot reflects the spectrum of the human condition. The decision to end someone’s life falls under the darkest

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Kerry Nelson Selman, author of the new Crystal Resonance. Recently, as I was meeting and greeting before a workshop, I was asked if I always feel as well as I seemed—"You always beam, it’s amazing." I was reminded just how important it was for each of us to embrace self-responsibility, to be true to ourselves, to be aware that we bring all that we are to any relationship or meeting with another. We drive the bus called "Life." A bus that is out of control, at best, is no fun for anyone; a bus that lacks direction ends up lost. It feels so good to accept responsibility, to sit in the driver's seat: we determine when to stop and how long