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Walking the Labyrinth
Here is an exercise that links the Labyrinth walk with the Tarot.

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20241 min read


Pallas Athene & Abrahadabra
The 11 letter Greek name "Pallas Athene" and the 11 letter Hebrew magickal word "Abrahadabra" share something in common. In their...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20242 min read


The Labyrinth Walker's Tarot
The Tarot trumps knit together in 11 pairs around an empty center. There is no need ever to symbolize this "23rd trump" although some do....

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20242 min read


Ma'at
The Black Feather of Ma'at is the counterweight of the heart. This is the path of finding that weight, and sitting with it. Ma'at waits...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20242 min read


Ethics
Ethics is definable as the field concerned with actively determining right action from the natural state of things. This distinguishes it...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20241 min read


The Week of Justice
It's Friday, and the time of Justice is now. Justice is about recovering the balance. Many things in our lives get out of whack in...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 24, 20241 min read


The Hanged Man and the Hermit
In our metamagick system, we view the Trumps of the Tarot in eleven pairs. This is derived by folding the series over on itself - a...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20241 min read


Odin
The myth of Odin holds that he hung for 9 days and 9 nights on the World Tree Yggdrasil before sacrificing one of his eyes and receiving...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20241 min read


Enochian
The magickal methodology known as Enochian stems from the scrying experiments of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley around 1583 and 1584. The...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20242 min read


The Light that Casts no Shadow
knocking out a ring on the solid oaken Door the gateway through Love of salvation into the World calling out a prayer to the sun light...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20241 min read


The Great Work
The Great Work is the name given to the mission that an adept finds themselves involved in which will carry them through the stages of...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20242 min read


Week of the Hanged Man
It's Friday, and the time of the Hanged Man is now. This is an inversion, a flip, a suspension. This is a vision of the ocean of true...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 17, 20241 min read


Death and Strength
In the metamagick system of paired Tarot trumps, Death is paired with Strength. This might seem strange at first, because Death is felt...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 10, 20242 min read


Life is Death is Life
On the theme of death is life is death is life it is worth considering the dynamics of the pentagram. Spirit, the quintessence, animates...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 10, 20241 min read


The Bardo
Enter the Bardo of Light Upon the Chariot of prayer Remember the word of guidance that maps the domains of the Work of the soul. OM MA NI...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 10, 20241 min read


Life is a River
Let's call life a river. Before birth, you stand at one bank, after death you stand at the other. There are different approaches to...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 10, 20242 min read


Remember Mortality.
Remember mortality. Remember that we will die. When this card appears, it means death. Yes. Death means death - it's inescapable. But! It...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 10, 20242 min read


The Week of Death
It's Friday, and the time of Death is now. Death is fermentation, Death is release, the Death card in the Tarot does not necessarily...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 7, 20241 min read


Nothing's Broken
Assemble living fragments. Like the ocean assembles fish. Like the sky assembles birds. You are an environment. You are an occasion. You...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 3, 20241 min read


Temperance and the Chariot
In our system, based on the Athbash pairs of the Hebrew Alphabet, the Temperance card is paired with the Chariot. What is more, these are...

Peter Duchemin, Phd
Oct 3, 20241 min read






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