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Decoding the Three Great Esoteric Symbols
What's the meaning of the Pentagram? Where did the Hexagram come from, isn't that Jewish? What's with all the funny sayings and lingo in...
Martin Knapp
Sep 5, 202410 min read


For those struggling as a Christian Mystic
Reposted from a removed post in Reddit November 2023. Apparently it was too controversial for Reddit. This article is inspired by a...
Martin Knapp
Aug 30, 20244 min read


Letting Go Through Shadow Work
They say that a lot of life is a letting-go process. But WTF does that mean? I used to watch my mother scrounge through the self-help...
Martin Knapp
Aug 28, 20242 min read


A Primer to Karmic Debt and Family Curses
Every now and then I get someone ask me about a "generational curse" or a "family curse" and how to clear it. By the time the person has...
Martin Knapp
Aug 26, 20245 min read


A Tarot Reader's Take on Relationships
Working as a tarot reader often means talking to people about their relationships. Do they like me? Do we have a future together? Should...
Martin Knapp
Aug 20, 20242 min read


The Fool & the Magician - Does Belief Matter?
It's an interesting question. Back during the heyday of the pandemic, I met people all the time who didn't believe in COVID. Yet they...
Martin Knapp
Aug 14, 20242 min read


The purpose of life is you
Goals are good. Getting into a specific school, starting a specific career, or achieving a sports accolade. I though of this after the...
Martin Knapp
Aug 13, 20241 min read


Starting a tarot reading session
I sit with clients for a reading about three or four times a week, on average. The rest of the time I am surfing the forums of reddit or...
Martin Knapp
Aug 10, 20243 min read


Hermetic Qabalah Tarot - The Fool
I've read tarot for some thirty years. Through that I have long struggled to find more spiritual interpretations of tarot decks. In...
Martin Knapp
Aug 7, 20244 min read


The Wisdom of Ages
Remember... any transformation of consciousness is a threat to the Ego, which is heavily invested in the status quo. The folks who are...
Martin Knapp
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Building Awareness, Spiritual Connection and Meditation
At the beginning of the spiritual journey we spend a lot of time and space gathering accoutrements in the hopes of building awareness and...
Martin Knapp
Aug 5, 20241 min read


Hermetic Astrology
A craftsman, who, as god of fire and spirit, crafted seven governors; they encompass the sensible world in circles, and their government...
Martin Knapp
Apr 18, 20243 min read


Spiritual Symbology
Talismans and amulets are the material manifestation of spiritual symbology. Talismans are purported to bring power and skill, while...
Martin Knapp
Apr 15, 20242 min read


Manifestation
Manifestation only occurs from possibilities. It is up to you to create the possibilities that could come into your life. Simply working...
Martin Knapp
Mar 8, 20241 min read


Shadow Work - Building Emotional Awareness
If you’ve talked to me about tarot readings before, I’ve undoubtedly mentioned the “Energetic Signature” reading. This is because when I...
Martin Knapp
Feb 25, 20243 min read


Shadow Work - the authentic person
“Being authentic” is thrown around a lot these days. It’s a practically a war cry for marketers and influencers to gain an audience....
Martin Knapp
Feb 25, 20242 min read


Understanding Spiritual Reality
I don’t talk much about traditional dogmatic religion, but it’s necessary to set the stage for the theme of this post. If there is one...
Martin Knapp
Feb 21, 20242 min read


Banishing Negative Energy, Entities & Spirits
Plenty of people have seen ‘shadow people’ out of the corner of their eye. Other times you get a feeling that ‘something’ is around you....
Martin Knapp
Jan 30, 20244 min read


On Meaning and Nothingness
I was having a quick chat with a tarot client this morning who was asking for an additional reading, and it reminded me of something I...
Martin Knapp
Jan 5, 20242 min read


The Connection between Tarot and the Angelic Choirs
Angels are around us all the time, but it’s not often that we listen to them . It took me years to realize this. The problem for me is...
Martin Knapp
Dec 30, 20233 min read
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