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Heart and Soul Poetics: Reflections on the Alchemical Inner Journey, and Moving to Glastonbury

I'm so delighted to be moving to Glastonbury. Born in Staffordshire, and after living and travelling in London, Brighton, Suffolk and abroad - I now feel like I am returning to an even deeper sense of home, in myself, and in my favourite place on Earth. The Glastonbury  Tercentennial  Labyrinth,  in the churchyard of St John the Baptist I feel this way, so sure of my home and my direction, essentially because it was my inner voice that guided me to this point. In a time of great change a strong song broke out of my heart and called me to Glastonbury. I knew it was my soul speaking to me. I had known the message was there for years, but it was only through sitting and listening deeply that I finally accepted the call.  This spiral inward journey of the heart is like walking the labyrinth, or as the psychologist  Carl Jung put it,  'circumabulating the Self'. Our sensitive and feeling hearts seem to spiral around our souls, perhaps in order ...

Musings on Tarot, Psychology and Spirituality

Many people are afraid of the Tarot, and other forms of divination because of the messages they might find therein, for the Tarot are windows into the mysterious and wild unconscious after all. It was Sigmund Freud who made the theory of the unconscious mind widely famous. He discovered that his medical patients physical ailments improved through talking about their lives, and he related this to releasing suppressed psychic energy from their unconscious minds. Freud became known as the father of modern psychoanalysis. Freud believed that the unconscious mind is where we repress our desires, and anything about us deemed socially unacceptable. His rebel student Carl Jung expanded the theory further, in his studies of how the unconscious mind is also a bridge to spiritual and mystical experiences, and a greater collective reality. The unconscious mind is also a concept that has been interpreted by various myths of ancient cultures and practically explored by many shamans, thinkers and h...

The Gift of Freedom

May we share the gift of freedom with others, as well as ourselves by supporting the work of Amnesty. Online Tarot readings are provided on Skype, Zoom or e-mail. I love helping to provide a greater sense of clarity and harmony on any concerns you bring to the Tarot. Here are three simple steps to participate in the event: Donate what you can via https://www.amnesty.org.uk/giving/donate/give-now Then forward your email confirmation of donation to kestreltarot@gmail.com , to make your booking. In your booking email please include details of an intention, topic or question you'd like to explore with the Tarot.  Love and blessings, Kes x