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Home Sweet Altars Part II

Someone, a dear colleague friend, called me “devout,” did I tell you? I’m still processing that. At first, I thought of some kind of overdone piety. Some part of me stepped back. And then I thought of the years of Catholic liturgy. The years of Wiccan and other Earth-centered worship. The years of Quaker meetings. […]

Interior Traveler – The High Priestess

Today, I thought I’d talk about a particular card that’s been coming up for me. I hope, by way of discussing the way I look at the cards, this card in particular, and divination in general, to illuminate the way I use divination. I am not a Tarot expert. I have been reading since 1991, […]

The Role of Divination in Discernment

There are many tools of discernment. Prayer—reflecting on and asking for clarity and nonattachment to outcome—is central for many forms of discernment. It is the foundation of my practice of discernment. Prayer is the fundamental tool. You cannot make a well-discerned decision if you have decided from the beginning that you know the right answer. […]