The Mystic Faerie Tarot is a thing of beauty, in my opinion. First, the art is unquestionably lovely; Linda Ravenscroft did an amazing job. Second, the cards feel like old friends but are different enough to be engaging. Third, the treatment of the Minor Arcana is really unique. Each suit tells a little fairy tale. This is so helpful for beginners, as once they learn the story they can easily learn the card meanings. The visual and story-telling cues make it easy. Here are a few of my favorite cards--shown extra large because I like them so much: [caption id="attachment_4173" align="alignnone" width="540" caption="How sweet is this?"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_4174"

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Elissa Al-Chockhachy, author of Miraculous Moments. Death is a sacred passage from this world to the next.  The more I work with the dying as a hospice nurse, the more assured I am of life after death.  The dying are often seers.  Sometimes they share visions of deceased loved ones who have come to help them transition from this world to the next.  One dying woman told her son a few days before she died, “It is far, far more beautiful than we ever imagined.”  Occasionally, bereaved family members report a look of awe and wonder in their dying loved one’s face as they take the last breath.  These visions, seen by dying individuals,