On youtube I saw an intriguing piece of storytelling recently about a teacher who one morning in high school gave all her pupils an unexpected test to make. She placed the exam forms face down in front of the students on their tables, just as she would always do, and once everybody had received their …
Some of the 78 cards in the traditional way of Tarot reading have a pretty bad reputation. One of them is card number 13, which in fact as one of the only cards does not carry a title, but with the image of a skeleton leaves very little to our imagination.In our western world’s matter-oriented ways …
The year is 2117; the day January 17. 82-year old Luther is in his rocking chair on the porch of his self sustaining, solar pannelled house overlooking the organic vegetable garden. A few feet away his grandson Oliver sits at the picknick table . Oliver is preparing a presentation he will be giving at the …
With the American presidential election in progress this very moment, I find it hard to choose a suitable subject to blog about. To be very honest I am a bit gloomy about it all. What is happening right now under our very noses is such an example of poverty in human development, that I feel …
On the Nan Yar- Who Am I card 5 of Challenges in relation to the summer solstice and full moon. 5 is the number of what matters, the quintessence of the matter, the core value. In Anthroposophy it is also seen as the number of man. As center number of the numerals it serves as …
Description of the featured Nan Yar – Who Am I card: the 4 of Challenges: Patterns The downside of the number 4, as number of balance, is that balance can get us stuck in habits that not always serve us as much as we assume they do. Stepping out if that box can indeed be …
Since the beginnings of the evolutionary path of humanity, Kings and Queens have been symbols of paternal and maternal power, with the quality of their rulings determining how their peoples thrive. In the Tarot-based Nan Yar – Who Am I personal development cards, the Kings and Queens are also used as Archetypes of supreme power; …
While it can seem nice, to mutter and moan openly about things one doesn’t like, there’s a catch to living in a free country and being able to say what you think. That catch being that merely complaining about something, without doing anything constructive about it, makes you a conspirator in what you are complaining …
In all 4 suits, Challenges, Insights, Gifts & Tools, the Knights are all about knowing what you want for yourself, while asserting yourself and obtaining your goals peacefully, without letting the dragons get the better of you. I had to smile when I drew this card in the early hours of this morning, …
Animal Kingdom has a lot to teach us. A lion or a cat for instance teaches us that some good tongue smacking, having a heartfelt yawn and stretching the limbs after a nap , is important to get the energies flowing. It makes me wonder how many people in our Western World in fact jump …
