magickstar
Glandeuse Pinéale
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- 12/9/08
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Well DOG may try to wipe his ass with them but I prefer to play with my tarot cards, especially when I have consumed large quantities of cannabis or, if I am lucky, mushrooms. I wanted to start a discussion on a tarot forum about the difference in tarot readings when under the influence of entheogens, but wouldn't you have guessed it - they are illegal substances, so I have to pretend that my best readings are done completely straight - discussion is banned.
So, instead I have brought the discussion here. I am hoping that some of you will either use tarot (or other divination tools), or at least be curious enough to talk about it.
I am still a novice reader. Until recently, I have used the cards exclusively for my own self exploration and development. In the last few months I have branched into reading for other people. I've received some very encouraging feedback for the readings I have done. I do NOT engage in the silly practice of "fortune telling". The cards are like 78 doors that open to the self, or 78 personal counsellors and, as such, I feel they are perfectly suited for use when baked on weed or tripping on mushrooms. (I can only speak for these two substances as that is the limit of my experience.)
As a complete non-smoker I enjoy eating cannabis and find that this way the effects are on the edge of psychadelic, lasting many hours. During these sessions I absolutely love to just play with the cards, look at the pictures, communicate with the characters, walk into their landscapes, interact with the symbols, explore, share, learn. The colours sing, the symbols leap out at me, deeper levels of meaning, connections and synchronicity become apparent.
Now, beginning reading for others, I want to share my deeper experience by reading when under the influence, yet most taroists will throw their hands up in horror at this. To quote something I read on the subject: "If you have just been taking drugs, or are under the influence of alcohol it will cause mind fog and a cloudy energy field which makes it almost impossible to get a clear psychic reading." This is contrary to my experience. I tried a reading last week when I was baked and the girl I was reading for had been smoking a fair bit too. The synchronicity in the cards, the meanings we unearthed together (I believe reading the cards is a shared experience between reader and querent - not a superior directive from the reader), the genuine helpfulness of the cards she drew convinced me that there was no mind fog from the weed.
So what do you all think? Would you use the cards when under the influence?
So, instead I have brought the discussion here. I am hoping that some of you will either use tarot (or other divination tools), or at least be curious enough to talk about it.
I am still a novice reader. Until recently, I have used the cards exclusively for my own self exploration and development. In the last few months I have branched into reading for other people. I've received some very encouraging feedback for the readings I have done. I do NOT engage in the silly practice of "fortune telling". The cards are like 78 doors that open to the self, or 78 personal counsellors and, as such, I feel they are perfectly suited for use when baked on weed or tripping on mushrooms. (I can only speak for these two substances as that is the limit of my experience.)
As a complete non-smoker I enjoy eating cannabis and find that this way the effects are on the edge of psychadelic, lasting many hours. During these sessions I absolutely love to just play with the cards, look at the pictures, communicate with the characters, walk into their landscapes, interact with the symbols, explore, share, learn. The colours sing, the symbols leap out at me, deeper levels of meaning, connections and synchronicity become apparent.
Now, beginning reading for others, I want to share my deeper experience by reading when under the influence, yet most taroists will throw their hands up in horror at this. To quote something I read on the subject: "If you have just been taking drugs, or are under the influence of alcohol it will cause mind fog and a cloudy energy field which makes it almost impossible to get a clear psychic reading." This is contrary to my experience. I tried a reading last week when I was baked and the girl I was reading for had been smoking a fair bit too. The synchronicity in the cards, the meanings we unearthed together (I believe reading the cards is a shared experience between reader and querent - not a superior directive from the reader), the genuine helpfulness of the cards she drew convinced me that there was no mind fog from the weed.
So what do you all think? Would you use the cards when under the influence?