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Andy Matzner, author of The Tarot Activity Book (2013), is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and tarot card reader. His book features creative activities with the tarot for mental and emotional wellness, designed to help facilitate self-awareness and personal transformation.
The approach to the tarot we’re adopting today is that of a tarot life coach and counselor. How can we work with the tarot archetypes in a way that brings out our creativity?
In this episode of Sightsee the Tarot, I share with you one of the activities from The Tarot Activity Book: working with a tarot card as your teacher, mentor, or guide.
Read my book review of The Tarot Activity Book by Andy Matzner: benebellwen.com/2017/03/15/review-of-the-tarot-activity-book-by-andy-matzner
Order a copy of the book on Amazon: amzn.to/2NlPX6F
SIGHTSEE THE TAROT
About the Series
“Sightsee the Tarot” is a series on my channel through which I take you on a tour of tarot books, spreads, techniques and tips, different decks, and more.
Check out the Series Page for all episodes: tinyurl.com/sightseethetarot
BENEBELL WEN
benebellwen.com
Decks Pictured in the Opening: Tarot de Marseille; Rider-Waite-Smith 1911; Thoth Tarot; Pagan Otherworlds Tarot by Uusi; The Incidental Tarot by Holly DeFount; Golden Universal Tarot; Ostara Tarot; Spirit Keeper’s Tarot
Andy Matzner, author of The Tarot Activity Book (2013), is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and tarot card reader. His book features creative activities with the tarot for mental and emotional wellness, designed to help facilitate self-awareness and personal transformation.
The approach to the tarot we’re adopting today is that of a tarot life coach and counselor. How can we work with the tarot archetypes in a way that brings out our creativity?
In this episode of Sightsee the Tarot, I share with you one of the activities from The Tarot Activity Book: working with a tarot card as your teacher, mentor, or guide.
Read my book review of The Tarot Activity Book by Andy Matzner: benebellwen.com/2017/03/15/review-of-the-tarot-activity-book-by-andy-matzner
Order a copy of the book on Amazon: amzn.to/2NlPX6F
SIGHTSEE THE TAROT
About the Series
“Sightsee the Tarot” is a series on my channel through which I take you on a tour of tarot books, spreads, techniques and tips, different decks, and more.
Check out the Series Page for all episodes: tinyurl.com/sightseethetarot
BENEBELL WEN
benebellwen.com
Decks Pictured in the Opening: Tarot de Marseille; Rider-Waite-Smith 1911; Thoth Tarot; Pagan Otherworlds Tarot by Uusi; The Incidental Tarot by Holly DeFount; Golden Universal Tarot; Ostara Tarot; Spirit Keeper’s Tarot







![Three Mysteries of Taoist Scriptural Tradition
The opening paragraph of Chapter 3 in my book I Ching, The Oracle makes reference to the three major Taoist texts referred to as the Three Mysteries. This video is an introduction and overview of the three texts.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:12 What are the Three Mysteries?
01:00 What is the School of Mysteries?
01:50 Xuan and the Mysterious Lady of the Nine Heavens
02:52 Mystery 1: The Zhouyi [I Ching]
03:44 Mystery 2: The Laozi [Tao de Ching]
05:31 What are the Core Values of Taoism?
06:30 Mystery 3: The Zhuangzi
13:50 “Three Mysteries, Three Essentials” (Buddhist Principle)
14:12 3 x 3 x 3 Cube of Space; Lo Shu Square
16:10 “Xuan” Word References in the Three Mysteries
WORD LIST:
Mystery; the Occult; Darkness (玄, Xuan)
School of Mystery (玄學, Xuan Xue)
Three Mysteries (三玄, San Xuan)
I Ching (易經)
Zhouyi [the I Ching] (周易)
Tao de Ching (道德經)
Laozi (老子)
King of All Scriptures (萬經之王, Wàn jīng zhī wáng)
Five Thousand Characters (五千言, wǔ qiān yán)
Zhuangzi (莊子)
Inner Scrolls [of the Zhuangzi] (內篇, Nèi piān)
Outer Scrolls [of the Zhuangzi] (外篇, Wài piān)
Addenda Scrolls [of the Zhuangzi] (雜篇, Zá piān)
Hui Shi (惠子, Huìzi), 370-310 BC philosopher
Línjì Yìxuán (臨濟義玄), 9th c. Chan Buddhist master
Three Mysteries, Three Essentials (三玄三要, sān xuán sān yào)
I CHING, THE ORACLE (BOOK):
Amazon, https://a.co/d/bktPXJi
Penguin Random House, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724023/i-ching-the-oracle-by-benebell-wen/
North Atlantic Books, https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/i-ching-the-oracle/
I CHING, THE ORACLE Free Companion Course: https://benebellwen.com/i-ching-the-oracle/a-companion-course/
I CHING Practicum Worksheets: https://benebellwen.com/i-ching-the-oracle/i-ching-worksheets/
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![Holistic Tarot Book Pre-order Trailer
Pre-order Holistic Tarot today through any major bookseller, like Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Holistic-Tarot-...
Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, Holistic Tarot offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the use of the tarot deck for tapping into subconscious knowledge and creativity. The tarot deck has been used as a divination tool for more than two centuries; while the tarot is still most commonly thought of as fortune telling, the true power of the tarot lies in its ability to channel a clear path for our deep intuition to shine through. Consulting the tarot can help clear creativity blockages, clarify ambitions, work through complex decisions, and make sense of emotions and relationships. Whether used for simple decision-making or an understanding of your lifes purpose, learning tarot can be an indispensable tool for being more mindful of the factors that can assist or weaken your efforts toward success.
In Holistic Tarot, author Benebell Wen provides a complete guide to using the tarot to foster personal development. Wen gives a comprehensive overview of the history of the tarot and a wide array of theories on its use (including its relationship to Jungian archetypal psychology and traditional Chinese divination practices) before digging deeply into one of the best-known tarot systems, the Rider-Waite-Smith. Beginners will find a complete guide to working with the tarot, including choosing and caring for a deck, how best to learn and remember the attributes of the major and minor arcana, the interpretation of cards and spreads, the role of meditation in a tarot practice, and how to use the tarot for improving relationships, professional development, and personal resilience. More advanced practitioners will appreciate nuanced theoretical discussions of the tarot as well as practical advice about reading others tarot cards and setting up a practice. Containing over 500 illustrations and detailed information on each card as well as numerous spreads, Holistic Tarot is a complete compendium of tarot study that every practitioner should have in his or her library.
Deepest gratitude to the quiet internet heroes who generously offer their creative works royalty-free, which made my little video possible. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
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Tarot Decks Featured in the Video: The Anna K Tarot by Anna Klaffinger; Rider Waite by U.S. Games; The Golden Tarot by Kat Black
Images: The Tarocchi Players by Giovanni da Vaprio; Holistic Tarot Cover Design by Susan Quasha and North Atlantic Books Holistic Tarot Book Pre-order Trailer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gWYMfRN5dK4/mqdefault.jpg)

