Tarot: The Road To The Self Thursday August 31, 7-8:30pm Art Bar +Projects 1873 Granville Street free/PWYC Jonathan Stewart says most people associate tarot cards with fortune telling, but there’s much more to learn about them. “I still don’t actually know if I believe in fortune telling,” says Stewart, having first come across tarot as […]
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The queer history of tarot card readings
To some, tarot card readings are hokey carnival scams or sleepover activities, but for many LGBTQ individuals unwelcome in traditional religious doctrines, tarot readings were and are an inviting way to express their spirituality. Montreal author and professional tarot reader Oliver Pickle wrote She Is Sitting In The Night: Re-Visioning Thea’s Tarot about revamping a […]
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Neighbourhood Witch casts a spell on Queen Street
When Barrington Street’s book and spirituality shop, Little Mysteries, closed last August, it was more than a loss for the street. “There was an entire community without anything like it,” says Pamela McInnis, owner of Put Me On (1526 Queen Street) and a one-time Little Mysteries employee. “There’s a very spiritual community here, and there […]