Topics
Tarot, alchemy, myths and the wheel of the year: the symbols of tradition read as inner work.
Tarot & divination
Major and minor arcana, spreads, runes, I Ching and geomancy as symbolic languages.
Alchemy & Hermeticism
The stages of the Work, the Emerald Tablet, alchemical symbols and inner alchemy.
Mythology & deities
Gods and myths of ancient traditions read in a symbolic and initiatory key.
The wheel of the year
Seasonal feasts, trees, stones, flowers and winds as symbols of sacred time.
Featured articles
Justice, Strength and Temperance: the cardinal virtues in tarot
Justice, Strength and Temperance in the major arcana: the legacy of the cardinal virtues, the missing Prudence, the different order in decks and their meaning.
The alchemical bestiary: raven, swan, peacock, pelican, phoenix
The birds of alchemy as signals of the stages of the Work: raven, swan, peacock's tail, pelican and phoenix explained through their images and meanings.
Amaterasu and the heavenly cave: Japan's myth of light regained
Amaterasu in the Kojiki: her birth from Izanagi, Susanoo's offences, the retreat into the cave, the sacred dance, the mirror and the sun's return.
Autumn equinox: the scales, the harvest and the descent
The autumn equinox as a threshold: the sign of Libra, Saint Michael weighing souls, the harvest, the modern name Mabon and a practice of reckoning.
The Empress and the Emperor in tarot: two faces of power
The Empress and the Emperor, arcana III and IV: sceptre, shield, eagle and throne. How to read creative fertility and structuring order together.
The Emerald Tablet: text, history and Hermetic meaning
The Emerald Tablet read line by line: its Arabic origins, the Latin translations, the sense of «as above, so below» and its central role in alchemy.
Dionysus, the twice-born god: ecstasy, mask and rebirth
Dionysus in Greek tradition: the double birth from Semele and Zeus, Zagreus and the Titans, Euripides' Bacchae, the theatre mask and an initiatory reading.
The compass rose: names, myths and symbols of Mediterranean winds
The Mediterranean compass rose: the names tramontana, scirocco and mistral, the Tower of the Winds, the bag of Aeolus and wind as a symbol of spirit.
The I Ching, Book of Changes: hexagrams, lines and consultation
The I Ching explained clearly: yin and yang, the eight trigrams, the sixty-four hexagrams, changing lines, and the coin and yarrow-stalk methods.
The Mercury of the philosophers: the shifting spirit of the Work
The Mercury of the philosophers is not common mercury: who Mercurius is in alchemical texts, why he is twofold and what he means for inner work.
Inanna's descent to the underworld: the seven gates
The Sumerian poem of Inanna's descent into Ereshkigal's realm: the seven gates, the garments left behind, death, Enki's rescue and the fate of Dumuzi.
Holed stones in folklore: the stone with a hole and the threshold
Holed stones in European tradition: pebbles pierced by the sea, Pliny's serpent's egg, the Men-an-Tol in Cornwall and the symbol of the hole as a passage.