I previously showed the above in a #54321tarot tag. Whether you get the coins or cards, if you’re interested in the 72 angels correspondences, there’s a free download from me at the very end of this walk-through.
The download is so you can do a direct comparison between the 72 angels and tarot correspondences per Christine Payne-Towler’s Tarot of the Holy Light and the tarot correspondences per Frater Setnakh.
I’m compounding several different topics into one video and probably should have done separate videos for each topic, but for me, they’re all related to each other, and so I guess from that personal perspective, it makes sense for me to be presenting them in one bundle.
Upfront, let’s clarify: I’m not teaching, I’m sharing. I wanted to learn more, went out and attempted to learn more, and this video and companion blog post is just me passing on to you what I’ve learned.
Dragon Gods of the Earth 土地龍神
Image Source: 香港古蹟行腳.
Dragon god(s) (土地龍神, tǔ dì lóong shén ) are personifications of the land, where mountains and rivers meet, and thus from a feng shui perspective, reveal dragon veins (龍脈, lóong mài).
Rituals (such as 化胎, Huàtāi; in Hakka, it’s pronounced Fā Tói) can be performed to harness the qi or powerful essence from these dragon veins to bless a home and bless lands that the Hakka now occupy to ensure good harvests, prosperity, safety, protection, and good health.
What’s distinct about Hakka dragon spirits veneration is its association with the earth rather than water. Traditionally in Chinese lore, dragon spirits/gods 龍神 and the Dragon King 龍王 are associated with the temperaments of the seas.
This blog post is an addendum and continuation after what I discuss in the video linked above.
The Akashic Records is very much a Western conception, right? The Theosophists of the 19th century formulated a mash-up of Eastern and Western esoteric traditions and from that mash-up came its most popular legacy– the Akashic Records.
Most of us get that the “Akashic” part was inspired by the akasha, a fifth element or essence found in various Asian traditions, associated with the sky, space, aether, and in Buddhism, even a state of mind. But what about the “Records” part?
But first, I’d like to start with the discussion on akasha and godhead.
Guan Luo Yin 觀落陰 is a practice of wu shamanism 巫術 found primarily in the South Pacific. While methodologies will differ, one approach is as an astral journey to the underworld to see the spirits of those who have passed on; another is as a method of “remote viewing.”
Some traditions conceptualize the descent as beginning from the entrance to a cave at the base of a mountain (associated with the Kunlun Mountain). Others conceptualize it as a palace with many floors descending (as opposed to ascending the way floors of a building are constructed in the physical earthly world).
This video serves as an introduction to the practice.
For a ballpark sense of how many videos are now unlisted, as of this posting only 129 of 405 total videos are publicly visible in the general Videos tab and thus only those 129 videos are searchable on the YouTube platform.
This video lecture course is an overview of the eight trigrams (八卦, Bā Guà). It is part of a companion course series leading up to the release of my third book, I Ching, The Oracle.
My goofy mnemonic for remembering the order of the trigrams
Timestamps provided in the video description box (you’ll have to watch on the YouTube platform). Apologies, the editing and audio are a bit choppy. The timing of the slides and voiceover narration are off in a few places.
Let’s make it unambiguously clear that nothing herein is science or evidence-based medicine.
For the last three years, J and I have been routinely applying this multi-purpose antiviral treatment (in addition to getting vaccinated, boosting up the wazoo, and making prudent judgment calls with regard to masking). I sincerely believe this treatment oil has kept us Covid-free throughout the pandemic.
Oh, and not to mention, it’s great for my scalp, controlling dandruff, and promoting hair growth. Just a totally random incidental benefit. =)
You can convert the basic recipe into a mouth wash. Historically a myrrh mouth rinse was used after tooth extractions because the myrrh oil kills bacteria and sanitizes.
The base recipe also makes for a fantastic cologne. I get so many compliments about the scent when I wear this as a cologne.
Psychism vs. Psychology: Transcending the Binary Bias in Tarot
For the 2023 Masters of the Tarot Conference held at the Omega Institute, the theme is magic, mysticism, and neuroscience.
My presentation will be on practical reading methods for transcending innate binary bias. We’ll be talking about what that binary bias is in both neuroscience and the world of tarot and how to bridge the binary through assigned correspondences and guided imagery, a tempered method for bilateral cognitive stimulation.
Due to the layering of images to create animation effects, you’ll need to view the slides in Slide Show.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING: Along the upper row of tabs, click on “Slide Show.” Then click on the icon “From Beginning” to start the animation.
You will have received a printout copy of the above downloadable handout. Here are the digital files in case you want additional copies, or you would like to integrate this information into your personal working journals.
7/18 REVISION: Please re-download the handout with the correct correspondence table. Recall there was a typo between the Water and Air columns under “Physical Body” correspondences.
This is a compilation of notable sources I found discussing brain lateralization, with bullet point summaries of the contents of each resource.
“Tarot’s Chinese sister, the I Ching.”
– Rachel Pollack, A Walk through the Forest of Souls
HOMEWORK
As an additional bonus step, and to further symbolically bridge the binary, combine your two card readings from the workshop to yield an I Ching hexagram reading. As Rachel Pollack notes, the I Ching is “Tarot’s Chinese sister.”
Begin by identifying the corresponding Ba Gua trigrams to the two tarot cards you pulled during the workshop.
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The first card you had pulled, reading elemental correspondences per Body, Mind, and Spirit, will be the Lower Trigram (left most column).
The second card you pulled, for the guided imagery exercise, will be the Upper Trigram (top most row).
Here’s an alternate version of the table for your archives:
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Use the below cross-reference table to identify the six-line hexagram that your two tarot cards form:
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Here’s the I Ching cross-reference table found on your workshop handout. It’s the same as above, but without the hexagram images.
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Once you’ve identified the resulting hexagram, look up its short form oracle message in the below download:
The above book of short form oracles summarizing the meaning of the 64 hexagrams is excerpted from my forthcoming book, I Ching, The Oracle, published by North Atlantic Books (September, 2023).
Continuing from what I said in the video chat, if this is something you seriously want to do, then start by getting that three-ring binder. Though I think organizing it into eleven sections is sufficient, I noticed you can’t buy packs of just eleven binder dividers. They come in sets of 12, so that’s fine. Having a final “Miscellany” tab is always a good idea anyway.
