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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [A list of opinions on ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [esoteric practices such ]
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[ ]11-12 [ ]Essay/Report [as tarot cards and ]
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[ ]College [x]Misc [astrology. ]
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Dizzed: 07/94 # of Words:2,000 School: co-ed public State: NY
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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ACCUPUNCTURE: this ancient oriental medical form is one of the few things
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available to help you on the market today that I have no qualms or
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arguments about, its simply application of stimuli to nerves to reduce pain
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or stress on other parts of the body that correspond in the 'wiring' of the
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human body. My only caution here is to always go to accupuncturists whoi
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are otherwise medically qualified as well, in case an error is made you
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still have the usual malpractice suit option (though I'm told errors with
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this skill are rare).
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ASTROLOGY: One of the oldest concepts in Esoterica is the design of a
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personal horoscope based on your birth information and the location of the
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planets and stars at it. I believe that the basics of astrology work, the
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determining of personality traits according to birth time and period are
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fairly accurate, but very general. On the other hand I would not put any
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scope into truly predicting the future via this becuase the whole theory
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behind it doesn't work any longer if they are using the present day
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calendar and symbols. The original basis of astrology was not 12 but 13
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Astrological constellations, which were the predominant sign for each Lunar
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month (13 signs, 13 moon cycles to a year). The missing sign is the Snake
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or serpent (dependant on where in the world you were born) and it was the
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13th house of the system, fitting, if I remember correctly, on one side of
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Scorpio. If anyone is claiming true accuracey and results using Astrology
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they must be ignoring the current calendar and co nverting back to the
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classical one. I don't doubt there are some who do just this, but they are
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not the majority. Never believe Mass-marketed horoscopes in books,
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magazines or newspapers...they pay no attention to the time you were born
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or actual day and thus lack the information on your ascendency sign. Again
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don't put all your faith into this nor your hard earned dollars that you
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can't afford to lose. Remember Hitler had an astrologer he followed
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dilligently, and so did Napoleon, neither got the result they wanted or
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expected accordingly.
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BIO-RHYTHMS: this one pretends to be on the verge of science, and has
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fooled the scientific elites several times. In actuality bio-rhythm's are a
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diffrent for of Numerology linked with erroneous Astrology theories and
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anatomical information. Quite frankly I don't know anyone who's managed to
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have a completely accurate result from this, except a hypocondriac who got
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sick whenever it said their health was going to be at a low level. Not
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worth spending money on in any event unless you've come into a winfall
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inheritance (and if you have I'll take it off your hands and put it to
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better use willingly!).
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CHANNELING: this I've looked at in depth and believe it is probably the
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worst thing to arrise in our New Age Movement. Channeling, for those of you
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who have no idea what it is, is the trading of your body temporarily so a
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dead being of some sort (or enlightened being from another plane of
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existance) can express its opinions to the world thru you. I have problems
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with this subject because it reminds me far too much of the false mediums
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and spiritualists of the 1920's who hoaxed so many people out of so much
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money by promising to contact dead relatives for bereaving widows and
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widowers. Modern day channelers instead promise contact with people you've
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never heard of for the most part, who claim to be from Atlantis, or Moo, or
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various other pre-Christian era locales and times that have advanced in
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their stage upon the road of enlightment to the point where the want to
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help others by presenting a theory of Love and sharing...including usually
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sharing your funds with the person doing the cha nneling in amounts ranging
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from $100 to $1500 for an hour or so of this conversation. Quite frankly I
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haven't seen much from any of the channelers in any way of true enlightment
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being given or even accurate prophecies about anything except their own
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popularity and growth as a new-wave religion. I truly believe that it is
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possible that there are honest, for-real people who can channel the spirits
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of the dead and other-world beings, but like I believe in most things in
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this field, if their asking more than a simple re-imbursment for their time
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and possibly travel time (say $25-50 for an hour) I would stay clear of
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them and keep the cash. I also believe that there are a heck of a lot less
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real channelers then there are money-grabbing fakes (sort of looking at the
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New Age euivilant to Evangelical preachers here as far as I can tell).
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CRYSTALS & THEIR USES : I've been looking at what a lot of people are
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claiming you can do with crystals and what I know can actually been done
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with them and there is a H U G E diffrence between the two, with good
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reason. Again the money-making scheemers have entered this field and are
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making a bundle on what they can sell off quartz and other stones for, to
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the point where there is becoming a shortage of quartz available in nature
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in the US (many are importing the stones from other countries and or
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strip-mining for them in little-known spots in the poorer states of this
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country). I've used crystals, in the right hands they are a wonderful way
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of focusing energy from yourself and others to produce a result or to store
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them in a battery. <I have a rather large Amethyst Quartz stone I wear, set
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on silver jewelers wire, that acts as a battery, healing device and misc
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spell recepticle>. I firmly believe that no one needs thousands of crystals
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to improve their existance...else wouldn't the Goddess have placed them in
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easier locales for everyone to get at? Never pay more than $25 for a piece
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of rock, unless its pure gold or truly the most beautiful stone you've ever
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seen that you want as a conversation piece in your home. The most I've paid
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myself was $12 for the one crystal I wear, and I buy on the average maybe
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one new stone every six months or so because an old one becomes lost,
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misplaced or given away to a friend who truly admired it (I won't part with
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the Amethyst but I will part with other stones). It is not only crytals
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that have uses, one of my favorite stones is Hematite, a polished stone
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resembling a dull silver-color that acts as a great grounding stone as it
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tends to absorb and disipate energy as fast as you can concentrate it - and
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that if you actually buy it costs between 10 cents and a dollar, based on
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size, and is now often made by craftsmen into hand-made jewelry (a set of
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earrings costs about $7 from an honest dealer). For those who are
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interested I'm go ing to throw together and E-mail dump a file list of what
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I utilize particular stones for - but don't go out and spend lots of cash
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on them, its not worth blowing your paycheck over, something I've seen some
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gullible New-Agers do. Pick up a stone here and there, not just for what I
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say it can be used for, but for their beauty to your eye as well...in fact
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the more that you have set in jewelry instead of ugly paperweights or dust
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collectors the better you'll be doing. Remember whenever you buy any
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crystal or stone that it is just a piece of rock that takes on properties
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that you mentally associate with it, thus a nice piece of jewelry is a good
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way of ensuring it has at least some value even if you drop out of the
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Esoteric scene.
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HERBOLOGY: the practice of utilizing natural herbs and plants goes back as
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far as history itself, and herbology was the basic study from which science
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has built botany, agriculture, pharmacology, medicine and such. I have a
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strong belief that the study of this is one of the most inspiring things a
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person can do, for it shows how little modern science has really learned
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about the properties of nature and our relationship with all life in the
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universe. There are so many medicinal herbs that have been ignored or left
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unknown by modern medicine. For example, in NH and northern MASS grows
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Feverfew, a leafy green plant, the leaves of which when chewed or brewed
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into a tea, act as remedy for many forms of migranes (especially those
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caused by severe eyestrain - like sitting in front of a terminal for 20
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hours or more). Learning, using and cultivating these various plants is a
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worthwhile endeavor, and anyone spending money and effort in this field of
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Esoterica is doing so with my applause (we d o some of this here at Shadow
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Weaver Grove, but even with three of us working at it its a huge project!).
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HYPNOSIS : the great wonder field developed by Sigmund Freud and his
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contemporaries, I have found this field to be both a wonderful tool and a
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dangerous weapon. Never let yourself be put under trance state by anyone
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you do not trust totally as they might take advantage of your state for
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manipulating your subconscious in the wrong way (EX at least one case I've
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heard of of a hypnotist doing weight-loss and stop-smoking work who was
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including in the hypnotic suggestions a catalyst so that the patients would
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then make sure to brag about who they went to and urge friends and
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relatives to try out his service - thus a pre-programmed advertising
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addition!) or actually, if you're female, take physical advantage of you
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while you're in the suggestable relaxed state (there have been at least 2
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cases of lawsuits against hypnotists in MASS for this practice). Avoid
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Hypnotic learning tapes and videos, most of them include subtle suggestions
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to buy all the tapes they produce, and some include other c onsciousness
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manipulating messages. I had one friend who was using such and became an
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insomniac due to suggestions on the tape, just so the producer could sell
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them a relaxation and sleep-inducing tape. In other words, my advice
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dealing with the subject is to be real careful about who you work with, and
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never let someone experiment with your subconsciousness for 'the fun of
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it'.
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NUMEROLOGY: This is a complex field that very few people truly understand.
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Like Astrology it takes into account personality traits and potentials in a
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persons life, but don't expect it to work miracles like predicting the
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lottery or any such thing. There are very few people who claim this skill
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that have actually studied its sources and uses properly, so I'd avoid it
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until you can take the time to sit down to a few years study in the
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Quballa, the tree of life and its related sources. Don't waste big bucks on
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this, especially on people who do it mail order, all you'll get is garbage
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in=garbage out.
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PALMISTRY : one of the older forms of divination, it works on the belief
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that you can perceive something about a person through the wrinkles and
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natural muscle structure of their hand. Quite frankly this section of the
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field is full of frauds and fakes out to make big bigs...If you pay
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ridiculous sums for this you get the rip-off you deserve. There are a few
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people who doi this accurately and are not fakes, but like channelling, it
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is a very limited few. Anyone who offers to do this thru the mail or from a
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distance is almost 99 and 95/100% a Fraud, as a true reader has to not only
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see your hand but be able to touch it to get some psychometry off of you
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and to carry on dial.ogue to better define what they are perceiving. If you
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find them at a carnival or side show don't even begin to believe you're
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getting the reality.
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SUBLIMINAL RECORDINGS: Very similar to Hypnotisim, these tapes utilize the
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fact that you can mereg words on one track of a tape and mix it with music
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on other tracks to induce you to perform certain things (Quit smoking,
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etc.). Avoid these, they are just as bad as the Hypnosis tapes and far more
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efficient in the long run because they've had 35 years to experiment and
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get the process right!
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TAROT CARDS : My first introduction into the world of the Esoteric was
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through this, the oldest surviving means of applying you sub-conscious in
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evry day activities. I have a firm belief in the benefits of a deck, as it
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takes the mind of the user, applies the sleeping parts of their instinct
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and insight (as Jungian psychiatrists will tell you) and produces answers
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to pressing questions in their lives and the lives of others. Most people
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place a huge amount of ancient hocus-pocus and fear into the cards and
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thats what they get back from them. I look for viable paths open to take
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dealing with the subject question at hand and follow them thru almost as
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you would flow chart a computer program, but without knowing where the
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chart is going until its complete. Some of the best decks on the market
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include the Brabra Walker Deck (a bit harsh on its imagery but efficient!),
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The Hanson-Roberts (AKA Fairytale deck, its imagery taken from classic
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fairytales of the medieval and renesance eras), The Morgan's Deck (created
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in the 1960's style with simple line drawings and no suits or trumps and a
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really good sense of humor on its making by the author) and the Mythic Deck
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(Designed on the images of Greek Myths and the classic ideas behind them,
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very good for someone who knows mythology and well-packaged with a very
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informative guidebook). When buying a deck always choose one that has
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images on it you like and can deal spending many hours looking at, as you
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will in order to learn its value as a tool. A really nice varient on the
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market just recently is the 'Stargate' deck, unique in that the cards are
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written on on both sides, but useable by beginers with a few weeks of
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practice (Its almost totaly Jungian, but with no Archetype beings, only
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dream-work forms). You can spend quite a bit or very little for a deck,
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though again I keep myself to my $25 rule, and once you become real
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proficient with one deck then branch out into others (and not before or
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you'll simply become a collector of an odd form of artwork and not a Tarot
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reader). Always avoid taking a reading you do just for yourself as being
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pure fact, there are 1) always variables that might not be shown and 2)
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your emotional state can influence the cards, if you're depressed the
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reading will usually only make you more so. Avoid any deck that claims to
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be the ultimate or end-all be-all deck, there is no such thing for you
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unless you become advanced and skilled enough to design your own working
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deck (it took me 4 years before I was ready to start one, and its not yet
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ready for public consumption). Each person lives a diffrent life, thus
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experiences a diffrent reality, and though two may be similar they cannot
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be identical in all the details and the philosophies that arise from them.
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Think before you put your total faith in one reading...often getting a good
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second opinion is an excellant option. When it comes to finding someone
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else read for you, the best choice is someone who you can trust to keep the
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informati on confidential, either someone in your life you do trust who
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reads or a 'stranger/acquaintenc' who is far enough away as to not be
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influenced by the problem or your life-choices. Remember Tarot is a tool to
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make decisions with, not simply the fortune-telling toy it is presented as
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by many. It can help you follow trains of thought and where a
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situation/focus , might lead but it can't make random prophecies about the
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futuire or help you to win the lottery. If anyone is interested in entering
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into the occult/esoteric world, the Tarot is my advice as a starting point
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of learning. Once you've got a deck and begin to understand it then you
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should seek out someone who is experienced to help you refine yourself in
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their useage (and Tarot is one of the few accepted forms of Esoterica,to
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the point that many community colleges and adult education programs include
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a study of them as a psychological tool). Anyone who'd like a reading
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should contact me thru this bbs's mail, and if you live nearby (within
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MA/NH/RI and sometimes CONN) and could make the trip or arrange transport
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for me and maybe buy me dinner or something I'll sit down with you for a
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prolonged session of workings and discussion <I live in Billerica MASS and
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have access to local trains into Boston and the general vicinity there of).
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