Michelle Embree
Book of Keys is my Tarot Work.
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An Imagination of Tarot History– Part Three
Islamic Mysticism is known as Sufism and practitioners are called Sufis. It is a belief and practice by which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge [19]. “The first stage of Sufism appeared in pious circles … Continue reading
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An Imagination of Tarot History– Part Two
At this point I imagine the Kipchaks as practitioners of what modern times might call shamanism and likely also Tengrism, to be engaged in forms of mysticism that would include divination and forms of ‘vision questing’. I also imagine that … Continue reading
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An Imagination of Tarot History- Part One
The first note I ever took on the History of Tarot was from Rachel Pollack: “No one knows.” Being more fascinated by the potential to create future through Tarot Philosophy than in the history of and development of that Philosophy, … Continue reading
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THE BUNNY SUIT AND OTHER STORIES
The Bunny Suit and Other Stories (Stone Hole Press 2017) by Carolyn Michaels Kerr is that book; the one you want to give to everyone you know. These seven, interconnected stories offer the reader companionship and humor on a search for … Continue reading
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KOOK TEFLON: Talking Across The Veils
Kook Teflon is in a continous state of motion. She is a dollmaker, videographer, photographer, and muscian among other more esoteric callings. She is a Hoo Doo Practitioner, a Rootworker and a Witch who does readings and is even trained to … Continue reading
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SPIRIT OF THE SWEETGRASS: A talk with Casey Leigh
There is a rhythm to a reading from Casey Leigh. She is methodical and thoughtful in what she brings into the space of her reading work. I recommend the experience very much. Casey read for me one beautiful afternoon and … Continue reading
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Navigating: A Tarot Talk With Meghan Guidry
Meghan Guidry’s essay, Mourning The Unknowable: A Daughter Comes To Hold Her Vanishing, Remote Mother As A Myth, tells a story about the levels of communication that we may establish through the making of personal mythos. This is a story about telling … Continue reading
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Love Each Other & Destroy Culture: Keith Backhaus Talks To Me About Rituals, Writing, and Making Books
Keith Backhaus was teaching conjure magic under the guise of facilitating a workshop for writers. I found him listed in the catalog alongside the title: DIScourse: Mysticism, Allegory, and the Adversarial in Writing Practice. I read the title again … Continue reading
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Bread And Story: Savannah Reich Talks To Me About Making Theater At your House
This conversation between Savannah Reich and myself actually begins in 2010. This conversation begins because of something that happened in a room behind a record store called Static Age in Asheville, North Carolina. It was a one act play titled Fanciness VS. … Continue reading
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