Spiritualism and the Paranormal

I came across this while researching Tarot decks. I couldn’t resist laughing remembering the TV commercials featuring this Caribbean-accent woman with her catch phrase, “Call me now!” Aeclectic Tarot has a listing for it here , but doesn't have much to say about it. [UPDATE] It was on sale on e-Bay, but they have since sold out. Ms. Cleo's Tarot Power Deck

As a card reader, or anyone who gives advice or guidance for that matter, you have to keep in mind that main focus during a reading is the person you are reading for, the client. I doesn't matter how trivial you think of the subject. You don’t matter! Your client is paying you to give them insight. If you don't keep that in mind, you tarnish your credibility and erode the trust with your client. They may even stop the reading or ask for their money back. What’s worse, they tell their friends about how awful you were. Keeping focus on the client’s concerns is especially crucial with a "cold" reading sessions. These are readings with clients that you have not read before – They are complete strangers. But, you run the gambit with new clients. They may never had a reading before. They might be scared or apprehensive – They don’t know what to expect. Or, they have had a reading once before. They might already have someone they go to regularly and they wanted to just g...

[ The following story is a first-hand, cautionary account about the Ouija board and does not promote it’s casual use. It is NOT a game. It is NOT a toy. If you decide to use the board, please take spiritual precautions such as saying a prayer before use. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! All names are fictitious to protect the identities of those mentioned. ] During one summer when I was in middle school, my cousin from New York, Wilma, came to visit with her mom. They were staying at another aunt’s house in Port Orchard, Washington, where our Auntie Pat ran a berry farm. The early  part of the season was raspberry season, so my cousins and I would stay at Auntie Pat’s to pick berries. Considering that I have over twenty cousins around my age, this was free labor for my Aunt Pat. And, it was a good time to bond with the lost of them. In addition, it was a good time to get to know Wilma. Previously, I had met Wilma briefly when they first immigrated to the US in the late 1980’s be...

I've decided to create a blog dedicated to the app, "The YiJing Oracle". There will be posts in the new blog about the YiJing, the app and some sample readings with interpretations using the app. Please, join me here .

[This offer is now expired] !!! 40% OFF !!! MARCH 29th through APRIL 1st Screen capture may differ from actual product.   The YiJing Oracle is selling for over 40% off this weekend only!  Get your copy during this promotional weekend before it sells again at its usual price. Don't miss out on this great app and offer! Please, rate the app and give any feedback that you find will be useful. FEATURES Short and Concise Now, you don't have to read pages upon pages of fanciful and cryptic text to gain an understanding of the interpretations. What you get is plain information that you can easily apply. As I told someone once, you don't have to read about dragons in the sky or about rulers long since past. Honestly, what do they have to do with YOUR concern?! Categories Equals Shorter Texts Categories make for the shorter texts. Each hexagram interpretation has one category in mind, so the text gets right to the point. You don't have to ...

I happy to announce that The YiJing Oracle which I mentioned in a previous post ( The YiJing Oracle: An Android App for Divination ) has been released on Google Play! You can buy and download your copy here: Features A few of the key features to set it apart from the competition are: Stalks, Coins or User Input - Some apps only give you the option of using coins, when the yarrow stalks are more traditional. Now, you have the choice of using either. If you want to actually split the stalks or cast real coins, you have an additional option of inputting the results in the app. It will take care of getting you the right interpretations. Instructions - No apps that I've come across tell you how to use the yarrow stalks or how to tally up the coins. In the Documents section, you can read all about it so you can input the values from real-world coins and stalks! Shorter Texts - Now, you don't have to read pages upon pages of text to understand the interpretation of e...

What is the YiJing? As I mentioned in a previous entry, I Ching or YiJing , I’d present the Android app that I have been working on for the past few months. Click the link above to learn more about the kind of fortune telling or divination the app deals with. Goals Several years ago I was inspired to create an app dealing with the YiJing after learning how to use it. There were several things I wanted to accomplish with the app to make the YiJing easier and more accessible, yet insightful, to the uninitiated. Make casting the lines easier, quicker and more convenient Although casting the lines using three coins is the quickest and most convenient, splitting the yarrow is the older of the two. I enjoy the time I spend counting and splitting the stalks, but it would take more than 10 minutes to cast all the lines. In addition, if you were not careful you could miss a stalk or two and it would throw off a reading and you would have to either restart or try to see where you made...

I’m currently writing a soon-to-be-released app for Android devices dealing with the I Ching or YiJing . But, the friends whom I’ve talked to are unfamiliar with the YiJing. (I’ll be using YiJing instead of I Ching because YiJing is based on Pinyin , the ISO standard for transliterating Chinese.) Summary The YiJing is a book also known as The Book of Changes , The Classic of Changes or the Zhouyi (“Joe-Yee”). It is one of the oldest Chinese texts and dates from the Shang Dynasty . It contains a system of fortune telling and is primarily used to tell the future. It consists of a collection of comments on, and interpretations of, a set of 64 symbols or hexagrams consisting of six lines. Each line is either “Yin” or “Yang”, represented by broken and solid lines. The YiJing can be consulted by opening a version to a random page and reading the interpretations. But, the more common method is to randomly generate the lines that compose a hexagram. The hexagram is built from the b...

I met Toni when I shared a booth with her and another psychic at Northwest Women’s Show at the CenturyLink Event Center (formerly the Qwest Event Center). Ever since then, she and I have kept in contact over the past few years.   Toni Ever since she was a child, Toni has been clairvoyant .  When she was young, she would receive impressions by touching someone or something that they own. For example, when she was about nine-years old, she and her parents were moving out of their apartment in Gardena, CA . At the same time, the new tenants, a husband and wife, were moving in. The man had a treasure chest that he wanted to part with, so he offered it to Toni. When Toni touched the chest as the man was giving it to her, a flurry of images entered her mind. She tried telling the man that he would be dying, but her mother was so embarrassed that she ordered Toni to be quiet and to go inside the car. Sadly her prediction came true - the man died in the apartment within t...

At a party a few months ago, I met up with a fellow diviner. It all began when we were all sitting at my friends Jason and Peter's dining table. We started talking about what we were doing, or planning on doing with our lives. My fellow diviner, Denise, mentioned a few projects that she had in mind… and she mentioned that she was thinking about taking her Rune reading pro. At that moment, the old thought came back, "Is this a sign that I should start working on getting a Tarot business up and running?" I had done a lot of research. I, with my former partners, called around for what divinatory services that others offered, how much they charged, etc. But, all that information was just sitting there… somewhere. "Maybe, I should dig it all up?" I asked myself later. I mentioned to Denise at the party that I knew of a book that dealt with that particular subject. Although Professional Tarot  (ISBN: 0-7387-0217-X) by Christine Jette is specific to Tarot card r...