http://noumenal.net The Esoteric and Paranormal Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:33:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've received any spam from Noumenal.Net, please be aware that my email address associated with this website has been used in a "joe job" and is being used to send spam. I have not, nor would I ever, send spam to anyone. I am presently making an effort to ... http://noumenal.net/updates/133/if-youve-received-spam/ I'm in the middle of a major re-design, so bear with me. While I'm getting Noumenal Net in order, why not head over to the Noumenal forums and check out the conversation?  Noumenal net will be up and running by this afternoon. Pay no attention to how it looks now. ... http://noumenal.net/updates/130/redesign/ I ran across this little announcement today in the Poughkeepsie Journal, about a class being taught in the East Fishkill Public Library called, "Brush up on your Tarot Skills". Its pretty much expected that the Christians would crawl out of their self-righteous woodwork and start hollering about the class corrupting ... http://noumenal.net/divination/122/tarot-game-or-divination/ It took me several hours after receipt of Tahitimas by Poesboes before I realised that the back cover is... uh... mine. It is, of course, just like me to take so long to figure something like that out. I was pleased to see it though - its an old Noumenal.Net ... http://noumenal.net/reviews/book-reviews/120/cd-review-poesboes-tahitimas/ The Lunatic Tarot by Evan Yi Feng comes in two editions: a large portfolio edition (about 5x10), which lacks borders or titles - the corresponding Rider-Waite card is pictured on the back - and a smaller edition which is set up more like a standard tarot deck. For collectors, ... http://noumenal.net/reviews/tarot-reviews/118/review-the-lunatic-tarot/ This was perhaps the most famous psychic occurrence to have my involvement. The date would have been about 1960, in St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic cemetery in Leytonstone, London. A friend had told me that come darkness each night from the depths of the cemetery would glow a large cross, so for ... http://noumenal.net/paranormal/116/the-shining-cross/ To see a world in a grain of sand, Heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. When William Blake spoke these prophetic words about infinity in the palm of your hand, and his reference ... http://noumenal.net/divination/112/wild-flowers-in-the-palm/ Those mass-produced velveteen bags just won't do - not for my tarot cards. Nor for my runes, stones, and other magickal goodies. But I can't sew worth a damn, so I look for good quality bags at an economical price, which are lovingly hand-sewn. Not always easy to find - ... http://noumenal.net/divination/tarot/111/the-best-tarot-pouches/ I can’t smell White Shoulders without thinking of my childhood, the hours I spent playing in my grandmother’s chest of drawer, splashing myself with her perfume, trying on her scarves, putting too much of her rouge on my cheeks. Scent is a powerful mnemonic, capable of evoking strong ... http://noumenal.net/magick/110/scents-and-magick-a-mnemonic-practice/ I’ve been reading Tarot for over twenty-five years, but my experience with runes is just a few years old. I resisted exploration of the runes for a long time, even during the 80s when those cheap rune sets seemed to be the fashionable accessory for every would-be witch. But ... http://noumenal.net/reviews/book-reviews/108/book-review-futhark-a-handbook-of-rune-magic-by-edred-thorsson/