Understanding Alchemy
Hermeticism is often misunderstood and thought of as a religion, but it is more of a philosophy. Within Hermeticism there are a few...
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Martin Knapp
Nov 51 min read
The Crucial Key To Changing Your Life
One of the most common themes I see over and over again in tarot readings, whether as a major theme or a hidden meaning, is the concept...
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Martin Knapp
Oct 214 min read
Getting Beyond Love, Career, and Health in a Reading
Love, money and health are by far the most common reasons for folks to sit for a reading. These are classic questions that people have...
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Martin Knapp
Oct 94 min read
Why Healing Shouldn't Be The Goal Of Your Spirituality
Disclaimer: This article is going to require you to put your thinking cap on. For those trying to achieve change in their life and can't...
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Martin Knapp
Oct 32 min read
Shadow work - clearing the heart chakra
Ah the heart... They say to follow the heart rather than the head. Traditional media and marketing spend a tremendous amount of effort...
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Martin Knapp
Sep 247 min read
Rituals and Invocations of the Shem Hamephorash
If a practitioner wants to get beyond divination with the tarot, especially if they already extensively study the Qabalah, then rituals...
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Martin Knapp
Sep 202 min read
Why People Seek a Mystical Experience
It's been a busy week in the world of tarot and mysticism. I met a seasoned wiccan this week, for which the work runs deep in her family...
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Martin Knapp
Sep 181 min read
Understanding Tarot - Choosing a Deck and Symbolism
It's important to choose a deck you are attracted to and inspired by, but if you are learning tarot, it is equally important to choose a...
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Martin Knapp
Sep 132 min read
Friday the 13th - a tarot reader's perspective
So what's true? Like most things in life, it depends on what lens you look at things through and what energy you bring to the table.
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Martin Knapp
Sep 102 min read
Understanding Tarot YouTube Series
I have been slowly creating a series on YouTube that better aligns learning tarot along with the hermetic qabalah. It can be tough for...
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Martin Knapp
Sep 75 min read
How Karmic Debt Affects Relationships
Relationship questions, they are a perennial favorite from seekers. The other massively "on-trend" topic in spirituality these days are...
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Martin Knapp
Sep 510 min read
Decoding the Three Great Esoteric Symbols
What's the meaning of the Pentagram? Where did the Hexagram come from, isn't that Jewish? What's with all the funny sayings and lingo in...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 304 min read
For those struggling as a Christian Mystic
Reposted from a removed post in Reddit November 2023. Apparently it was too controversial for Reddit. This article is inspired by a...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 282 min read
Letting Go Through Shadow Work
They say that a lot of life is a letting-go process. But WTF does that mean? I used to watch my mother scrounge through the self-help...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 265 min read
A Primer to Karmic Debt and Family Curses
Every now and then I get someone ask me about a "generational curse" or a "family curse" and how to clear it. By the time the person has...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 202 min read
A Tarot Reader's Take on Relationships
Working as a tarot reader often means talking to people about their relationships. Do they like me? Do we have a future together? Should...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 142 min read
The Fool & the Magician - Does Belief Matter?
It's an interesting question. Back during the heyday of the pandemic, I met people all the time who didn't believe in COVID. Yet they...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 121 min read
The purpose of life is you
Goals are good. Getting into a specific school, starting a specific career, or achieving a sports accolade. I though of this after the...
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Martin Knapp
Aug 103 min read
Starting a tarot reading session
I sit with clients for a reading about three or four times a week, on average. The rest of the time I am surfing the forums of reddit or...
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