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New Tarot Grimoire
A new system of Tarot Grimoire is now appearing My book, The Tarot and the Magus marked a significant change in ways that I am only starting to understand now. This section starts the beginning of an investigation of the new system of Magic based upon the Tarot, a...
Magical systems and the Tarot
Magical systems - how many can you associate with the Tarot? The list below is impressive, but not complete. Kabbalistic connections The serendipitous structure of the Tarot allows us to develop various protocols. Here is a list of magical practices associated with...
A.O. Spare, fortune telling and the Tarot
Cartomancy and Tarot A.O. Spare had a unique perspective on Cartomancy and Tarot, including the intriguing idea of developing different decks according to the use or application. While the narrative below deals with ordinary playing cards, there is no reason why the...
Magical uses of the Tarot
Magical tarot helps you do magical rituals. The problem is that the Kabbalistic structure of the Tree of Life kills the magical powers of the Tarot. When the Tarot is divorced from the Tree it has tremendous potency, but few practitioners and magicians have developed...
Book of Thoth: Tarot as Living Beings
Seeing the tarot as living beings is the thread that runs through the Book of Thoth. For all the obsession with "divinatory meanings" in the tarot community, it is remarkable to note that this phrase is entirely missing from Aleister Crowley's Book of Thoth....
Abramelin and The Heart of the Master
The Knowledge and Conversation with one's Holy Guardian Angel is relatively unambitious - I regularly say hi to neighbours as I walk down the street, but I have never had a conversation as such. Abramelin is probably the greatest influence on modern magical practice,...