Tarot and magick

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 04 Aug 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Yami Yugi	04 Aug 2003
I have just begun studying magick and i was wondering if anyone could give me some tarot spells or a site to find them.

HeidiAussie	04 Aug 2003
Hi Yami Yugi, There are a couple of tarot/magic books out there (try "Tarot Spells" in Amazon and the Advanced Topics in Tarot series). General disclamer ;) - many people on the net will not/do not like to, *give* out spells (many do, but not much where I hang out). The general attitude tends to be -"Well you really should develop your own" with a side serving of "you learn more that way" lol. More success is usually gained by getting more specific, eg. "I do tarot and want to incorporate it into my spell work/rituals. *Insert general aim of spells desired here (if there is an aim)* What do you all think of this? Suggestions for improvement/extension? What kind of tarot spells do you do? and how?" A good website, really a meta-site for MANY things magical is www.witchvox.com excellent, excellent, excellent site! Also we would welcome you on the newsgroup alt.religion.wicca.moderated Don't be fooled by the 'wicca' bit, we have - Wiccans, Witches, witches, Pagans, pagans, Christo-Pagans, druids, Norse, shamans, various "native" religions (eg. Maori, American Indian, etc), Christians, fundy Christians (but VERY POLITE fundy Christians!), atheists (that would be me:)) and much, much more! :+) The moderation keeps the spam out and the signal to noise/flame ratio higher than most. New members always welcome! "Gee, um, that got a bit big" Cheers, Heidi Aussie

Yami Yugi	04 Aug 2003
Um i dont get the newsgroup thing what an i supposed to do with that address?

HudsonGray	04 Aug 2003
You can sign on a news group just like for a bulletin board. They should have info on how to register over at that URL I'd think. Another you might want to check out is -- http://63.251.4.142/~admin24/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi There's adults over there, same as Witchvox. So many other sites are full of 15 year old Carmed/Buffy/Willow wannabe's. Hard to find a site that's adult level sometimes, but this one qualifies. Same as www.triplemoon.com, though they're not as active as they were a year ago.

MystiqueMoonlight	04 Aug 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Yami Yugi I have just begun studying magick and i was wondering if anyone could give me some tarot spells or a site to find them. What do you want these spells for? I don't want to sound obtuse, but if you have just started to study magick what good would a spell be to you? I often see people ask "can I have a spell for this" or "I need a spell for that" with very little knowledge of the impact an unexperienced caster may effect on themselves. There are a couple of books which give Tarot spells.....IMO they are silly and dangerous. It's like giving a book of modern medicinal anectdotes to somebody who has no qualifications but wants to practice medicine. How far into your studies are you? :)

Teranar	04 Aug 2003
I'm forced to agree with MystiqueMoonlight in asking how far you are, because I've heard of far to many people going astry with simple things... I've never done it with tarot cards, but thats because I stopped trying to use objects after the candle incident. I do advise extreme caution in this realm - be sure you know EXACTLY what you're doing.

WolfSpirit	09 Aug 2003
Greetings Yami Yugi :) A book you might like is Tarot & Magic by Donald Michael Kraig. It touches on different magical uses of tarot. It does give a few basic spells you can easily adapt for your own use and, more importantly, it also tells what kinds of spells NOT to use. It may not answer all questions but I find it very interesting for basic knowledge, as the writer says himself you will like to read other authors as well to get a different view as well.

Artemis Sans	10 Aug 2003
Yami, I'm in the same boat as you : ). I have that Kraig book, and it's helped me get a good start, but I'm still too inexpierienced to actually try a spell. Read the book to get a general idea of the nature of spells, and make sure you and your cards have built up a major repport. (My Thoth and I are still getting aquainted. ) Good Luck! PS- If anyone has any advice for the fledging astral projector, I'd love to hear it! Thanks!

genna	10 Aug 2003
I agree with the above.Read a lot more before trying any spells.

Ross G Caldwell	12 Aug 2003
Hi Yami Yugi - Quote: Originally posted by Yami Yugi I have just begun studying magick and i was wondering if anyone could give me some tarot spells or a site to find them. I don't know where to find any spells using tarot cards, but I can think of a few. They can be complex or simple - better to start with simple. I'm sure you can think of ways to use candles and incense, music etc. in your spell-casting. So what about the cards? Say a spell of your devising, or someone else's if you really like it, over the appropriate card or configuration of cards, and put them in the deck. Then give the deck to whomever you want to work the spell on. That way they get a deck and some magic! Or, depending on what you want to do, find the appropriate card and write your spell on it (make it a nice short poem or powerful statement of what you want - spend some time on this, making it reflective in every way for what you want - i.e. number of lines, letters, words, incorporate your desire in the phrase in some clever way). Then at some appropriate time, put the card where it can work for you, utter the spell, and leave. Better to have the spell not clear to the intended recipient. Just a clever mystery for them. If it is for love, you could choose The Lovers, or the Two of Cups, and use that. The Lovers might be too obvious, but a Two of Cups isn't so on the surface. For money, plain and simple 10 of Coins is of course good. Or Ace, if it is for a good job, for money. You might put it in a cash register, or carry it in your wallet, or place it with your spell on it wherever a lot of money flows. If you hide it well, you can go pick it up later, "charged" with that flow. You might have to lose a card, but of course, magic is never "free". Everything is an exchange. Since every card means something, it's easy to think of how to turn it from reading passively to using actively. Ross

tabbycat	12 Aug 2003
An easy way to read newsgroups is at Google groups - Google ate up all of Usenet and what used to be Dejanews. Go to the Google main page, click on the Groups tab and then click on the links until you find the newsgroup you want. I'm very partial to rec.arts.s-f. composition myself, but that's wa-a-y off-topic for this forum! Jilly

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