Most tarot readers agree that any card can have many meanings. Determining which meaning apply to any specific reading depends on several factors, such as the deck used, the question asked, the reader (including her/his intuition), and spread position. Some spread positions have what we might think of as "negative" meanings, such as "challenge," "problem," "roadblock," or even the "crossing card" in the Celtic Cross. What happens when a card that we generally read as a "positive" card falls into a negative position? How do we interpret it? For these examples I will use the "stable family life" interpretation. Yes, I know there are many other possibilities! Here are some tips: 1.

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Carl F. Neal, author of Incense Magick. Fifteen years ago when I first began to make natural incense, some of the ingredients were very difficult to locate. In 2012, life is a lot easier for natural incense makers. While we have always been able to get certain aromatics at the grocery store, I was surprised when I recently toured my favorite grocery store’s bulk food section and discovered everything you need to make quite a variety of natural incense. Binders (the “glue” that holds incense sticks and cones together) have always been the most difficult ingredient to find, but no more! Although guar gum has long been available at

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One of the continued challenges of ritual design is simple: coming up with a good ritual. This has to take in several considerations: Theory/philosophy: Does the ritual you're designing match your understanding of magick? Does it have something that counters your magickal philosophy or it is completely in harmony with what you know? Theatricality: Even the simplest ritual—perhaps burning incense while you meditate—involves some level of theatricality. Drama—the building and releasing of emotional tension—can add or subtract from what you're doing. Let me give an example: In some Wiccan traditions, calling the Goddess and God into your ritual circle involves lighting a