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Ouija Boards and Talking Tables

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The communicating with the spirits using written or spelled out words using a planchette has been around in one form or another since 1100 BC with the first recorded example of planchette writing, which was called Fuji and was found in China although other examples have also been found in Ancient India, Greece, Rome and medieval Europe. During the 1800 the planchette was sold widely as a novelty and on May 28th 1890 businessmen Elijah Bond and Charles Kennard patented a planchette with a board with printed letters giving rise to the first Ouija Broad / Talking table. An employee of Kennard, William Fuld took over the talking table production and in 1901, he  started production of his own boards under the name “Ouija” The Fuld name would become synonymous with the Ouija board, as he reinvented its history, claiming that he himself had invented it. Nowadays the Ouija board is sold by Parker Brothers as a toy or game. Although the Ouiji board in it current version as a new invention there is lots of urban myths surrounding the board with user claiming to have been possesed while christians even today will accuse uses of communication with the devil or his minions. Although sold as a game many user believe it to be a doorway to the inner self or to other realms. While some will give warnings against it use others see it as a bit of harmless fun. If you do deside to use one and expect to contact your higher selves

Tarot Cards

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Their has been much wrote on the subject of tarot and their are a million and one books on tarot cards their history, uses and meanings. Although Tarot have a mystical use they where created as a game like the Ouija board. In an attempt to mystify the tarot may stories of the origins have arisen about the origins of tarot, including that they are meant to be from ancient Egypt or brought to Europe by Gypsies. The fact is the tarot originated in northern Italy early in the 15th century (1420-1440). There is no evidence for it originating in any other time or place. Or that modern set of playing cards evolved from Tarot the fact is that tarot evolved from the Islamic Mamluk cards of the day. Tarot increases the pack from 52 to 78 with the introduction of the queen and the trump cards. Originally Tarot cards where called carte da trionfi (cards of the triumphs). And only changed to tarocchi about one hundred years after their invention to differentiate themselves from a new game of trumps which had become fashionable played with ordinary playing cards. The origins of this new name are unknown for sure but could come from German word tarock, or the French word tarot. The use of tarot cards as a tool for divination and magicks has been around since 1487 and even may be before, since the card where originally created during the Italian Renaissances a time when Hermeticism, astrology, Neoplatonism, Pythagorean philosophy where all on the

A personal view of Hecate

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Hecate or Hakate in my mind is one of the most important goddess and saying that very little is known of her. Even her origins are a bit of a mystery even her parentage is a mystery some say Perses and Asteria, others say Zeus and Hera or as Hesiod claims Uranus and Gaia where her parents. While other says she travelled from a distant land while some say she was not a god but the only Titan that kept their powers. It is said that Zeus held her in high esteem either through Fear or respect and she was giving dominion over the Heavens, the Earth, the Sea and the Underworld a honour that no other god or goddess had. Hecate has the control over life and death and Magicks and witchcraft basically she has control over every aspect of life and although she is a very very powerful goddess she can be very difficult to work with especial for men. Hecate demands loyalty from her followers she does have a tendency to turn men mad (can speck from personal experience) but her rewards are boundless. Hecate has many guises and is one of very few goddesses, who are in triple aspect; the image of Hecate can be a maiden, a mother or a crone although most modern depictions of her are that of the crone. For me she is more force than form a guiding light that has lead me to a greater understanding of myself and of Magicks. Hecate rule the in-between