Will AI replace Tarot Readers?

Picture this: You go see a Tarot Card Reader. Upon entering the room, you notice it’s empty apart from a chair for you. Facing the chair is a screen, surrounded by a red curtain. A friendly voice asks you to state your question. After a few seconds, cards appear on the screen, are shuffled and then three selected. A movie […]

Why not astrology in psychotherapy?

In an opinion post on Scientific American, the author points out the increasing use of Tarot Cards, Astrology and other alternative methods that are finding their way into the rooms of psychotherapists across America. The article quotes a few psychologists who don’t have an issue with it and to paraphrase them, if they are working through an issue while meditating […]

Sex Drive and Spirituality

Could our sex drive be related to how energy within us has the ability to awaken? That it is a pointer towards something deeper within us, a drive to understand our purpose and where we are all going? Throughout history, sex has had a deep relationship with all things spiritual. There are two sides to this story. The first is […]

The Gospel of Thomas – Metaphysical and esoteric Interpretation

The Gospel of Thoma is a gnostic text written sometime in the early 3rd century. It consists of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus and is interesting because it casts Jesus in a different light – there is no mention of crucifixion or rising from the dead. Indeed, they are written by ‘Judas Thomas the Twin’ – a claim that the […]

Druid Wheel of the year

Eight festivals or special times of the year are celebrated by Druids and these mark out the Druid Wheel of the year. They are celebrated at the same times of the year as many pagan paths such as Wicca and shamanism. All are inherently related to the wider concept that we are part of the universe. There is a natural […]

The Pendle Witch Trials

To put the Pendle Witch Trails into context, imagine it’s 1612. Witch trials are sweeping through Europe. The shadow of the bloody crusades, finished nearly 200 years ago, still cast their shadow over a continent. Europe is in an era when the power of Rome is being challenged by the Reformation. Christianity has split into Roman Catholic and Protestant. Religious […]

The Cathars, crusades and the Holy Grail – What really happened.

The Cathars is a term used to denote people who practised Catharism, a term not used by the Cathars themselves. Catharism was a form of Catholicism but their beliefs differed from that of the Roman Catholic Church. Their history is centered around the 12th-13th century but historic documents from Catharism itself are nearly non-existent due to purges carried out by […]

The Nanny State

If you didn’t know what ‘The Nanny State’ meant, you’d be forgiven for thinking it almost sounds endearing. As if Nanny is somehow watching over you, keeping you safe in your childlike state, unaware of the big meanies out to get you in an ever more dangerous world. A quick search of the news throws up many examples of Nanny […]

Johnson & Johnson fined €515m for ‘fuelling opioid crisis’

Remember Johnson & Johnson? That stalwart that lurks in your kitchen cabinet with marketing names like Listerine, Aveeno, Johnsons Baby Lotion, Actifed, Band-Aid, Benylin and Clean & Clear among many more? That Johnson & Johnson that was recently ordered to pay nearly $4.7 billion to 22 women because its Johnson Talcum Powder was judged to have caused cancer? That Johnson […]

Veganism marches on – but is in danger of being over processed

Ask any vegan why they have chosen not to consume animal products and you’ll invariably get a reply firstly, about animal welfare and secondly, about our health – and in the broadest terms, our health includes the health of the planet we live on. Veganism, for the moment, is inextricably tied up with these two branches. And therein lies the […]