I Ching: Dead Moon Deck by Luis Royo is on sale HERE!   This deck really is amazing. So beautiful and clever that you'll want to learn about the I Ching and the symbols on the cards— it’s worth it! The I Ching is a traditional Chinese oracle. The meanings of the oracle are created using combinations of lines and dashes (in the instructions called continued and discontinued lines). Each hexagram is made up of six lines; the oracle has 64 possible hexagrams. Each hexagram has a meaning, much like a Tarot card or a rune. One reason people are drawn to Tarot is the images on the cards. They speak directly to our subconscious and help create a bridge from our inner wisdom to

There is a lot of buzz in the tarot community now about reading with Lenormand cards. Lenormand cards are a deck of 36 cards with simple images (Rider, Clover, Bear, etc) with fairly concrete meanings (as opposed to tarot cards, which can have many meanings). People who use these cards say that they give very clear readings and are better at everyday life and predictive readings. Do you use Lenormand? What is your opinion of the readings versus tarot readings? Do you use them in conjunction with tarot? How? What resources do you wish you had for Lenormand readings (books, decks, what type?)? I am still learning and finding the adventure very interesting.

The term "Grand Poobah" is derived from the brilliant comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado. In it, there's a character named "Poo-Bah." Poo-Bah has a long series of titles after his name, such as Commander-in-Chief, Lord Chief Justice, and Lord High Everything Else. According to Wikipedia, the term Grand Poobah is used today "as a mocking title for someone self-important or high-ranking and who either exhibits an inflated self-regard or who has limited authority while taking impressive titles." You may have met or heard of people who have given themselves several archaic and grandiose titles, thinking that a list of exalted honorifics gives them the importance and respect

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 12, I'll be on the Forbidden America Internet Radio Show With host Steve McManus It begins at 11:00 p.m. Eastern (8:00 p.m. Pacific) The scheduled topic is: How Tantra has influenced Judaism, the Kabalah, Western Paganism and magick. Many people think of Tantra as simply being "that sex stuff." Even in India, the home of Tantra, many people think of it as either "that sex stuff" or "black magic." In fact, Tantra is one of the oldest complete spiritual systems in the world. Its earliest versions were practiced on the west side of India (now known as Kashmir) long before Hinduism developed. Magic and Tantric sexual practices are just tiny parts of Traditional