Indi Latrani @indi@awoo.space

It was roughly three days ago when I really actually realized "Oh wait, most people DON'T grow up just drenched in an animist worldview."

This probably explains why my magic/esoteric studies have always taken such a weird, sometimes frustrating path.

@literorrery What if I just flip the script and say everything has that ineffable spirit? ;)

@Oneironott I mean, last night's experience also included Coyote, so, well, dunno what else I should've expected. ;)

@typhlosion I swear to gods I meant to type 'plight' there instaed of 'blight' and now I don't know what to feel. XD

@typhlosion Also consider the blight of everyone who called themself a witch before... roughly 2015. ;)

@CharlotteOfOz@mastodon.social *vibes sent, support hugs offered*

@starkatt Yup yup yup. It took me ages to find my first deck because I had that same feeling about RWS and everything similar to it. Oddly enough, the first one I had, which was a perfect fit at the time, now feels a bit disconnected from where I am too. Haven't actually found one that sits just right with where I'm at now.

@typhlosion For me I use Tarot for broad life-path "ask the universe" stuff, ogham for personal spiritual matters, and runes when I want to annoy @Fuego. ;)

@Fuego @typhlosion I have a few stories about my decks acting up. :)

@typhlosion @Fuego I'm a big proponent of different divination methods for different purposes, personally. And then different decks even for different purposes too!

@typhlosion @Fuego I went for a long time just looking at the pictures and then going back to the book descriptions, but it never clicked at all until I started digging into the numerology that @Fuego presented there (Though I feel like thoes two pages gloss over the 1/2/3 stuff way too much)

I think the single best tarot lesson I ever had was the parts of Alan Moore's Promethea that tour the Major Arcana and then the Tree of Life.

@Fuego @typhlosion I'm gonna differ here but from a somewhat oblique angle. Decks DO have their own opinions/flavors to them that should be taken into account (otherwise, why did you choose that deck, and not just use a random number generator?). Like, concretely, a Thoth deck is gonna present things in a different way from a stock Rider-Waite-Smith

That said, you'll get a lot farther knowing the numerology and letting the pictures 'color' that, rather than just looking at pictures (or words!)

*pokes at learning French in Duolingo, messes up une/un constantly* This gives "down with gender" a whole new meaning for me. ;)

It was on the large homestead of an awesome hippie couple in Santa Fe. The back yard had chickens, carrier pigeons, an herb garden and a two-story treehouse. I went through two years of math in one year. We built a stone circle in the back, and another one up in the mountains on a field trip. The whole thing was infused with a low-key alternative spirituality that probably would've driven my parents nuts if they knew about it.

How much different would my life be if the deeply, awesomely weird alternative school I went to for 7th grade didn't shut down the next year, landing me in catholic school for the next 5 years instead.

@vahnj *sympathy* My meds did basically nothing for my phone anxiety. x.x

LB: This has also started to make me examine just how much that mindset has permeated into my brain without me wanting it too? It's like "Wait but I want to know how many people thought my stuff was cool! ...Wait why do I want that again?"

@PrincessOfCats It did occur to me that once I'm off of morning dilation, I could use that time for something like this. ;)

Though honestly I might prefer to do more of a structured morning ritual/devotional (which would probably still include a few mins of meditation)

@MinUmbra Oh sure, do it after the week is over. ;)

I've been having to sit on my paws to not read the REST of your stuff all week too, augh. ;)