We don’t fear losing life, as much as we fear losing things, like a job, identity, or our homes. This has consequences for how we think magically.
The simplest lesson in cartomancy
How to read playing cards so you won’t loathe your fortunetelling business.
A dead, beautiful thing
On what happens when we wash a dead thing.
Broke, coerced, and bedevilled
How is it possible that the cards fall on the table just perfect?
THE STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE
The surface and the story behind the surface. Read for both.
THREE NEW BOOKS
A month ago I wrote here about finalizing three book manuscripts and a deck of cards. Since I like to… Read more THREE NEW BOOKS
WORK AND FUN
What happens when you don’t qualify ‘wok’ and ‘fun’.
Fashionable English Lenormand in 1887: The gift of Kamekichi Tsunajima
Card enthusiasts know it well. Perform a google search, or use the search engine of a museum, and voilá, before… Read more Fashionable English Lenormand in 1887: The gift of Kamekichi Tsunajima
What you say, not what how you say it
An example of the kind of feedback I give students.
MAGIC AS A COIN, A HORSE, AND A WHEEL
I like to talk often about my weariness with causality and the need to explain everything and justify everything according… Read more MAGIC AS A COIN, A HORSE, AND A WHEEL
