The Hanged Man
The Hanged Man can be seen to symbolize many profound qualities, among them submission (particularly to the will of God or the creative force), martyrdom, sacrifice and even the spent sexual force...
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‘Know Thyself’ is an axiom that has been in use since the time of the Delphic oracle, and its meaning has resonated throughout myriad approaches to philosophy, esotericism and occultism since that...
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‘Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous’ Confucius
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Of all my blogs, on a range of subjects about the occult, the mind and the human potential, the greatest response I have received so far came from a piece discussing the important relationship between...
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It is at once humbling and liberating to know that you are but one light in a vast and glittering sky. It is also easy to be beguiled by the light of others, to allow yourself to be eclipsed by those...
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It is important to be happy. This point is so obvious as to be easily forgotten or disregarded. Our own happiness makes those around us happy, just as our sadness sweeps them in its wake. Be brave...
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Never underestimate the human capacity to survive; to adapt; to stand up to change and to itself change as a result. It is precisely through our experience of transition that we come to discover...
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The Moon presents us with a profound image which pulls at the imagination while sending a shiver down the spine, a not-too dissimilar effect from that of the celestial sphere from which the card takes...
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