>> Tarot First Steps
>> Psychic Development 
Course Starting Dates for 2008:
Thursday 3rd April
Monday 16th June
Thursday 25th September
Course fee: £170.00
Because of the confusion of myth, history, and supposition that surrounds the Tarot, the absolute origin and meaning of the cards is probably always going to remain an enigma. There are many different ways we can view and interpret the Tarot. Subsequently any understanding of them will be influenced by one's personal beliefs. My own perspectives have evolved through many years of extensive study of the cards and associated practices, combined with the practical experience of delivering several thousand hours of professional consultations.
Tarot is a hugely diverse subject, many aspects of which merit individual consideration. The purpose of this course is to give the novice a basic introduction to the wide potential contained within these mysterious cards. Over this introductory course we will:
Learn about some of the philosophy and history surrounding the Tarot.
Examine the cards individually and collectively.
Have the opportunity to undertake experiential work with them.
Explore the creative possibilities of using the Tarot in our own lives.
Course Outline
Week 1
Introduction Evening. A chance to get acquainted with the tarot, with the course, and with each other.
Week 2
Archetypes & the Major Arcana. The archetypes are considered to be fundamental to the Major Arcana. This is a very brief introduction to this complex and ethereal concept.
Week 3
Personalities & the Court Cards. Utilising two common methods of Personality Typing to help familiarise us with the characteristics of the Court Cards.
Spread No 1 - The Overview.
Week 4
Elements & Numbers. The final building blocks. Combining the qualities of the element with the energy of the number helps us to interpret the number cards.
Spread No 2 - The Celtic Cross.
Week 5
Number Cards. Finishing off by learning about the last cycle of cards from 5 to 10.
Spread No 3 - The Snapshot.
Week 6
First Readings. Developing the storytelling method of reading. Fitting the content to a context.
Week 7
Putting it all together. An opportunity to put into practice everything that you have learned over the past six weeks.
Questions & Answers.
Some course materials will be provided but you will need to bring along notepads and pens, and of course, your own cards.
Please note:
Tarot is a much more complex subject than people tend to imagine, because of the limited class times students should be prepared to do some study at home to get the most out of the course. There are so many different decks available these days that choosing your first Tarot pack can often be a fairly bewildering experience. Some questions arise quite frequently:
Is there a difference between a Tarot deck and divination cards?
What traditions do different Tarot packs relate to?
Do they have to be given to me?
Counter staff at Mysteries will be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
This course is based on the imagery established by the Rider-Waite deck, therefore my advice is to choose a pack that stays close to these guidelines. There are many decks available, all with very different design and colouring. Have a look for yourself and see what appeals to your own eye.
Recommended Decks:
Any Rider-Waite; Hanson-Roberts; Morgan Greer; Robin Wood; Aquarian; New Palladini; Mythic.
Reading suggestions:
The Tarot - Alfred Douglas
Tarot for Beginners - P. Scott Hollander
Learning the Tarot - Joan Bunning
Complete Illustrated Guide to Tarot - R Pollack
The Tarot Companion - Tracey Porter
Tarot & the Journey of the Hero - Hajo Banzhof
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot - A.E.Waite
The Easy Tarot Guide - Marcia Masino
All students who have paid in full for classes are entitled to a 10% discount on all purchases over £5.00 made at Mysteries for the duration of the course.
As well as teaching the Tarot classes, Neil is a Tarot consultant here at Mysteries. With a firm emphasis on the 'here and now', incorporating elements of Archetypal Psychology, Spiritualism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Kabbalah, his pragmatic approach can shape a clear way forward thus helping clients to map their own futures. By applying his deep knowledge of the Jungian approach to Tarot, it becomes a powerful tool that can empower self-discovery and transformation.
Neil is available for consultations at Mysteries on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
Please telephone 0207 240 3688 to enrol in this class.
Steve is a Priest of Avalon, a Clairvoyant, a Shaman, Ceremonialist, healer, teacher, exorcist and composer and singer of sacred music.
This is a seven week introductory course to working with spirit, Designed to help you consciously tread your own spiritual path, and to let you free to walk it with love.
Course Starting Dates for 2008:
Monday 31st March
Thursday 19th June
Monday 8th September
The course price is £150
Week One
1. Journeying to the spirit World to meet your Spirit Guides
2. Working with your Spirit Guides in this World.
3. Working with voice, vision, feeling, sounding and breathing techniques - the art of ritual and ceremony.
4. Prayer and the imagination gateway.
5. Working with Psychometry Grounding and Centering.
Week Two
1. Shamanic journeying to the Lower World.
2. Working with your Power Animals.
3. Journeying to the Lower healing and information.
4. Chakras and Breathing, forms of Clairvoyant readings.
5. Grounding and Centering.
Week Three
1. Shamanic Journeying to the Higher World
2. Working with your Wise One.
3. Walking in Paradise and connecting with Divinity.
4. Reading the Aura by spinning the Chakras.
5. Grounding and Centering.
Week Four
1. Working with the six directions, power animals, spirit guides and angels/Divinity.
2. Journeying to the spirit worlds through your body, the Axis Mundi/World Tree.
3. Your DNA, your soul, the circle of your soul lives past, present and future live.
4. Clairvoyant readings and the Chakra.
Week Five
1. Journeying to the Spirit of Questions
2. Journeying to the Spirit of your Project.
3. Defining your life’s/soul’s path and working with it.
4. Mediumship and asking the ancestors.
Week Six
1. Journeying in the Middle World.
2. Journeying through another persons Chakras to the Middle World.
3. Healing in the Ancient Temple of Avalon
4. Clairvoyant Readings with your Spirit Guides.
5. Grounding and Centering.
Week Seven
1. Building the Astral Temple.
2. Journeying to the four directions for inspiration, knowledge and gifts.
3. Connection to Spirit initiation.
4. Readings in any way that suits you. |
