A quick heads-up before I get to my idea: Assuming all goes well at my post-op check-in (š¤š»), I plan on opening my books to my tarot reading waitlist next week.
Iāll be opening space for my seasonal tarot readings, and perhaps some other fun options for both new and returning clients in May and June.
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Iāve set-up a bit of a bed-based workspace for myself while I recover from my appendectomy. Iāve been trying to move around as much as I can safely, but Iām a bit sore. Today I decided to crack open a book I knew would distract me from the discomfort and likely inspire meā The Phenomenon of Man (a.k.a. The Human Phenomenon) by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. It did both.
Iāve written a tiny bit about my appreciation for de Chardinās work, but I donāt believe Iāve shared just how much some of his ideas have shaped my approach to spirituality in general and tarot specifically. Like, isnāt this tiny snippet from The Divine Milieu just ::chefs kiss:: so good?
āā¦ We must not forget that the human soul, however independently created our philosophy represents it as being, is inseparable, in its birth and in its growth, from the universe into which it is born.ā
Amen.
I love a good tarot book, and Iāve been heavily influenced by many tarot practitioners and theologians along the way, but the work thatās most informing my own tarot system at this point isnāt directly related. My particular brand of mysticism draws inspiration from de Chardin to Tool and a whole lotta ground in between, and Iād bet more of us find that to be true than the current āspiritual aestheticā might lead us to believe.
Anyway, I was reading this book and thinking about how much Iād love the opportunity to read non-tarot shit like this with other people who are looking to broaden their idea of tarotās utility both for individuals and the whole.
For example: I spotted The World while reading the Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley in the reprinting of the 1959 edition of The Phenomenon of Man, describing de Chardinās belief in the supreme importance of personality (emphasis my own, 1950s language is not):
āA developed human being, as he rightly pointed out, is not merely a more highly individualised individual. He has crossed the threshold of self-consciousness to a new mode of thought, and as a result has achieved some mode of conscious integrationā integration of the self with the outer world of men and nature, integration of the separate elements of the self with each other.ā
Did you pick up on The World, too? Or maybe another card comes to mind for you? Or it makes you think of something else entirely?
All of this is to say: Iād like to read The Human Phenomenon/The Phenomenon of Man with other nerds, and I was wonderingā¦
A few things to know about this rag-tag nerdy bookā¦ Club? Cauldron? Salon? Circle? Rhombus? Whatever:
It will be virtual, probably consisting of some interaction here on Substack, along with a moonthly-ish Zoom discussion if folks are interested.
It will be free (tips/subscriptions welcome).
The pace will be slow. Thereās a lot going on. I donāt know about you, but I donāt want more things to in my life that make me feel like Iām falling behind.Ā
It will be for curious, open-hearted earthlings who are interested in real conversations with other curious, open-hearted earthlings.
What say you? Let me know in the poll above, and/or feel free to reply with a comment.
Until next time,
sara
P.S. Iām giving Substack Notes a whirl, and I welcome you to join me there. I appreciate the quality of posts Iāve encountered there so farā though I donāt know that Iād count mine among themā¦
Notes is a new space on Substack for us to share links, short posts, quotes, photos, and more. Iām not sure how often Iāll post, but you can count on more #deepthoughtswithsara like the one above. ;)
How to join
Head to substack.com/notes or find the āNotesā tab in the Substack app. As a subscriber to full stop., youāll automatically see my notes. Feel free to like, reply, or share them around!
I've got an idea...
iām late (poll closed) but interested