The Master Key, Week 1 – Day 2

Each day this week there are seven foundational points to meditate on. Here are today’s in my own words:

  1. The outside world is a reflection of the inside world. Inside me is potential for infinite power, wisdom, and supply of every necessary thing. That potential is awaiting cultivation.
  2. Harmony begins within my mind. Harmony of mind is the foundation of holistic health.
  3. Harmony of mind means controlling my thoughts and self determination.
  4. Harmony of mind results in optimism and affluence.
  5. The way I handle my outside world is a reflection of how I handle my internal world.
  6. There are numerous latent abilities in my mind. Abilities that, when manifest, will be powerful in the outside world.
  7. It is wisdom to take mental possession of my mind. When I do so, I will take “actual possession of the power and wisdom necessary to bring into manifestation the essentials necessary for our most complete and harmonious development.”

Again those are some big things to chew on. Consuming them and making them part of me are essential to manifesting powerful magickal workings.

Reading for a Friend

I was chatting earlier today with a good friend who needed a little bit of hope and inspiration… an injection of positivity! So I pulled out my Tarot of Vampyres because the deck was already thoroughly shuffled and began pulling cards for him.

In my first three card spread, I pulled Six of Skulls, Nine of Skulls, and Nine of Knives. The gist of my intuition was that the cards were suggesting he was or soon will be crossing paths with someone wise who will give him good advice (intelligent advice) for his next type of work. That person may be able to give him a personal recommendation because they likely have a relationship with the employer/company.

I then shuffled the deck a bit asking him to pick a number between 1 and 60. He chose 25 and I counted out the cards turning over the 25th card, the Four of Grails. I counted out 25 more and turned over the Two of Grails. The cards were talking about him crossing over into a new romantic relationship with someone of a fatherly demeanor. I asked him for another number. He told me 13 and said it would be his last card. I shuffled, counted to 13 and turned over Strength. That was a great ending card that told him he is empowered on his journey… he should walk with hope.

It was a really fun reading, I enjoyed being about to give my friend some words of encouragement!

The Master Key, Week 1 – Day 1

The first week of the Master Key course has around 6 or 7 statements each day to meditate on. Here are today’s seven in my own words:

  1. Much gathers more to it, while loss leads to greater loss.
  2. Mind is a creative force. Our life experiences are determined largely by habitual metal attitude.
  3. Thinking is important. All power depends on our method of thinking.
  4. You are a human “being” before you are a human “doing”.
  5. You cannot express power you do not possess. You possess power by becoming conscious of power, and become conscious of power when you recognize power comes from within.
  6. There is a world within, a world of thought, feeling, and power. Its forces are mighty.
  7. The world within is governed by mind. Since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control.

That’s a pretty large chunk of revelation to chew on! But it’s easily digestible and recognizable as truth. This week is foundational to magickal working!

The Master Key System

The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel

Today I began a 24 week correspondence course provided by The Mystic Dream Academy. I’ll be working though the material at my own pace during part of my daily devotional time.

“[He] who unhesitatingly throws himself on his own thought, instantly rights himself, stands erect, assumes a dominant attitude, and works miracles.”

Some men seem to attract success, power, wealth, attainment, with very little conscious effort; others conquer with great difficulty; still others fail altogether to reach their ambitions, desires and ideals. Why is this so? Why should some men realize their ambitions easily, others with difficulty, and still others not at all? The cause cannot be physical, else the most perfect men, physically, would be the most successful. The difference, therefore, must be mental – must be in the mind; hence mind must be the creative force, must constitute the sole difference between men. It is mind, therefore, which overcomes environment and every other obstacle in the path of men.

When the creative power of thought is fully understood, its effect will be seen to be marvelous. But such results cannot be secured without proper application, diligence, and concentration. The student will find that the laws governing in the mental and spiritual world are as fixed and infallible as in the material world. To secure the desired results, then, it is necessary to know the law and to comply with it. A proper compliance with the law will be found to produce the desired result with invariable exactitude. The student who learns that power comes from within, that he is weak only because he has depended on help from outside, and who unhesitatingly throws himself on his own thought, instantly rights himself, stands erect, assumes a dominant attitude, and works miracles.

— Forward, 1916

What Every Newbie Tarot Reader Should Know

It’s a great idea when learning anything new to immerse yourself like a sponge among qualified mentors. There’s a lot to glean from articles like these.

Mary K. Greer's Tarot Blog

Over 60 experienced tarot readers offer their best advice for what every Newbie Tarot Reader should know. Not everyone will agree with everything. Add ideas you think belong, in the Comments. Feel free to post this anywhere, so long as you include the source and contributors (listed at the end).

 The Rules

• There are no rules. All rules are made to be broken.

• You may hear and read a LOT about tarot, much of it contradictory. Listen, read, discuss, try, and decide for yourself. No one knows how you will read or work with the cards except you.

 Learning Tarot

• The more you know, the more options you have.

• Read books, Lots of books.

• PUT THE BOOKS DOWN!

• There is nothing wrong with books. Knowledge gained from them  gives you a fantastic starting point and framework and can lead to more assured reading.

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The Empty Package

There’s a definite emotional high associated to researching a new tarot deck and being able to add it to your collection. For me, I’ve been planning carefully so that I have the decks that fits my unique spread style. I have a Rider-Waite for my learning deck that doubles as a good tool for just general reading. I have Tarot of Vampyres which is great for my BDSM and Poly relationship spreads. I have an Arcana Playing Card deck for learning cartomancy which is an interest of mine. And I have a Hoodoo deck for my Black Lives Matter spreads and in order to have inclusive cards. I plan to get future decks to do LGBTQ readings and possibly an oracle deck or two.

Often times ordering decks means you also have to go through waiting with anticipation for new decks to arrive. For me that means checking tracking numbers and getting excited when they read “out for delivery” on the status update. Today though, I had a hiccup with my Hoodoo deck. They sent me an empty package! Not just empty, a flat piece of cardboard that was glued shut throughout. My excitement turned to disappointment and then slight disgust realizing I had to navigate customer service and then go back to waiting for my new deck to arrive.

The “empty” flat package that should of been a box of tarot cards.

I don’t have any wise spiritual platitudes on waiting. Waiting means learning something else until I can begin learning that tarot deck. Waiting means using something else until I can use those cards, perhaps making other videos instead of the videos I would record using that deck. My advice for waiting is to not stay still, keeping working with what you have. But I’ll still be checking the tracking status!

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