Tarot Class

I gave my tarot pip class today. I've done better presenting other classes. I could have done a lot better in this go around. However, I did enjoy Lon DuQuette's comment, "Post graduate work made accessible to beginners."

Jason's Nice Gesture

I received a surprise call from friend and mage Jason Miller wishing me good luck at tomorrow's Tarot class. It is very nice to hear from friends that are not obligated to call in situations like that and even more so as he related how busy he is with the new kids and his upcoming classes.

Thanks Jason, that was a classy move.

Oh, and it was really cool to be mentioned in his new book Sorcerer's Secrets in the acknowledgments.

Simplicity

I am a bit of a pain in the workplace. I am always irritated. I once told some that she was what politicians were talking about when they speak of cutting waste in government. I am calmer now than I was then but still. I get away with it because I work hard, do an excellent job and really care about the over all department, our services and the tax payer. That can get you a long way in government work.

Regardless, I don't like that I am so cranky there. I have prayed and meditated. I've worked various magicks all having some impact but never the final blow the solved the problem outright.

Then I started working with the elements in the simple pattern that I devised and hinted at in the intro to my tarot class I posted. People actually smile when I enter their offices. We laugh and have a good time.

It would appear, simplicity works.

The Tarot Pips

I will be speaking on a unique interpretation of the tarot pips. The intro to those lectures follows below.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

The Enchanted Cottage
30 H Street
Bakersfield, California at 12:00 PM
(661)323-9929
http://www.enchanted-cottage.net

And

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Spirit Fusion Festival
At The Fresno Discovery Center
1937 N Winery Ave Fresno, CA 93703
Fresno California
Time to be Announced

Intro:

The tarot has been designed to be a perfect representation of the universe. It contains cards called the Major Arcana that represent the big concepts like astrological signs, planets and the three mother elements, fire, air and water. These huge things appear in twenty-two cards which actually represent a minority of the tarot. It is the major arcana that gets all the attention. It like focusing on the president’s power and not realizing that your area of the country is shaped by the influence of its congressional representatives.

With all due respect to astrological signs and planets, the average person’s daily life and actions are defined by the interplay of fire, air and water. Those elements and earth are revealed to us in the pip cards. There are 40 of them, if you count the aces, as compared to the 22 major arcana. Those forty cards represent only four ideas that spring forth from the aces. There are an additional sixteen cards of the tarot called court cards. These too are related to the suits and these too hold the same pattern of four ideas. Together, the court cards and the pips represent 71% of the entire perfected universe. Seventy-one percent of your life is comprised of four ideas. The idea that life is complicated is an illusion. Difficult, yes. Complicated, no.

The Elements

Of late, I've been in a study and think mode rather than get in the temple and work mode. As a result this space hasn't seen much activity.

On the upside, I am working on doing some elemental evocations and that should liven things up a bit.

At some point over the last month or two, I've begun playing with the interchange of the elements and the tetragrammaton. I have some good ideas but I think it is time to learn about the base elements. I will move on to sentient forms of the astral elements. Perhaps I will get a far as the specific but that seems to be a reach at this stage of my development.

You Saved My Life Twice

So said my brother-in-law to me tonight. Truth be told, the first time I helped with that exact intention. Though only My Gal and my dad know that. The second time, I just did what anyone else would have done. Frankly, it wasn't even the slightest bit heroic. All I had to do was get out of bed and drive.

What surprised me is that I had nothing to say to that except something lame about he could have called 911 just as easily.

So, what does that say about humans that such moments are difficult? What does it say about me that they are?

"If you had my head, these are the thoughts you'd need to entertain" - My Gal

Off Topic

I do try to keep politics off the blog but sometimes I fail. If you wait towards the end of this, you'll be cracking up. I hope.