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To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.tarot,alt.divination From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Subject: Cleansing Your Tarot Deck (was Re: Tarot) Date: 16 May 1997 13:33:49 -0700 49970516 AA1 Hail Satan! on alt.magick.chaos! rouque@geocities.com (Rouque) writes: >Someone did something rude to me. In the same day, she began using a >new deck of tarot cards. Every reading she did for me came up with >cards meaning and/or pointing to trickery and deception, which didn't >make much sense for my question. When I left her, I did another >reading for myself, for the same question, and came up with completly >opposite results. I then found out (by other means than the tarot) >that she had been lying to me. horrors! >It seems that she has 'tainted' her cards with negative energies, and >therefore, will never get a clear reading again, unless she admitted >her guilt (which that seems unlikely). Anyway, does anyone know of a >technique for cleansing the cards? or can some one point me in the >direction of a solution? to cleanse a tarot deck there are countless ways to go about it depending on what kind of background you have (one way to look at this is that it isn't the *cards* which need the cleansing but your connection with them or even you that needs the refit). some who see the world in terms of 'perfect quaternistic elementals' enjoy some purification ritual involving what symbolize for them the essentials of one or more of these elements: fire/air/water/earth. passing them quickly through flame, sunlight, incense, breath, fresh or saltwater are possibilities. due to ease and the preference for understanding tarot in terms of the intellect, incense is popular ("smudging"). alternatively you might try burying the deck in the soil for a while. if you think of yourself as a 'nature-worshipper' then taking the deck on some sort of pilgrimmage to a 'power-point', some nexus in cosmic energies, can also effectively 'initialize' (like a computer disk) the deck of unwanted energies. possible spots include crossroads, forests, the beach or waterfalls ("negative ions"), the desert, or a mountaintop. magical containers or restitutive agents are also popular. place the deck in a special box, bag or wrap it in fabric (often silk). not only is this something which could be done once to enact a cleansing, but many keep their decks from 'unwanted influences' via this method whenever they are not playing cards. I like to keep mine in some old jeans fragments. alternatively, if you don't like enlisting 'natural' or 'elemental' sources for your deck-cleansing, then you might get some nonmaterial entity to do it for you: a spirit, daemon or god. perhaps what has been called 'the angel of the deck' (HRU?), or perhaps creating a telesmic image (a kind of imp, designated subset of spirit or consciousness, there's a name for it which escapes me presently) will suffice. in this way you could even make an agreement with the entity to cleanse it on a regular basis, perhaps in exchange for some of your blood, effluvia, prayers, offerings of chocolate, for some service to it in return, etc., etc. there are also human authorities to be considered. some powerful mage or witch or priest or priestess could be consulted to do the job for you (perhaps in trade for something, compare this to the previous paragraph ;>). and there is also technology of a mechanical sort: items which generate some sort of electromagnetic or other type of field, a huge magnet, x-ray machine, or perhaps a microwave (?) might be good bets here, as well as those which could spin the deck widdershins (turntable, kiddie-merry-go-round, etc.). but the best way to get and keep your deck clear of unwanted energies is to treat it with very diligent respect and kindness, perhaps playing music to it or petting it when it's feeling low, or taking it out playing with it when it gets ansy or restless. talk it up, treat it as the prized friend it is, and study with its assistance when you are able. it'll love you forever. tyagi -- see http://www.hollyfeld.org/~tyagi/nagasiva.html and call: 408/2-666-SLUG!!! ---- (emailed replies may be posted) ---- CC public replies to author ---- * * * Asphalta Cementia Metallica Polymera Coyote La Cucaracha Humana * * *
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