Diabolical coming soon

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: August 28, 2009

Last year I contributed a chapter to Howlings, a book on Goetia and Liber 231, which was great fun. The publishers Scarlet Imprint asked me to contribute to Howlings II, which comes out on

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29th October, entitled Diabolical. My first contribution was about Andromalius. This time it is about the Testament of Solomon, the basis for working with spirits. As usual I will drink too much at the launch.

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Liber 777 updated

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: August 27, 2009
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Finally got the updates to Liber 777. I put in tabbed browsing for all the tables, which brought out loads of anomalies, such as the tables on Hell that were above Heaven. I also rationalised the Goetic sections which were a complete mess, and in the wrong places! At some point I will get round to getting more consistency within the tables, but I need a lie down before that.

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Rationalising Liber 777

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: August 24, 2009

I am now on my fourth attempt at rationalising the tables on Liber 777, and this time I think I have cracked it. Mind you, I thought I had cracked it previously, but as the months go by, and I look at the pages, I realise there are still serious problems. This time the penny dropped – I had included the Goetic powers in the Major Arcana when they should be in the relevant Minor Arcana pages. Blindingly obvious when you think about it. Read More »

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AE Waite and the Golden Dawn

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: August 19, 2009
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I am speaking with Mary Greer at the 100th anniversary of the Rider Waite Deck in London on the 5th December 2009. Kim Arnold asked me months ago if I knew anyone who could speak at the event, so I was a bit surprised to find myself booked. Read More »

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Tarot talk in Camden

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: August 4, 2009

Last week, the 29th July, I did a talk at the Gossip Girls Network in Camden on reading tarot  and palms. Its been a while since I did a talk, and a friend filmed me on my new camcorder, so no pressure then. Read More »

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software catching up with OOTK

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: July 31, 2009

Every so often, in a fit of madness, I think about writing software for tarot that reflects the way I read cards. Of course, I am not a programmer so it never gets far Read More »

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Tarot Masterclasses delayed

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: July 27, 2009

The Tarot Masterclasses are not happening as quickly as I expected. Problems are more technology related than anything else as I try to work on presentation and loads of other technical details.

I always try to do things in a new or different way, and the learning curve is steeper than I expected. So, it looks like I will do things in smaller, easier to attain goals. I am also having to think more about the content of the lessons – yes, the lessons are very different to what is already on Supertarot! So please have patience.

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Consciousness evolution in tarot readings

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: July 18, 2009

For many years I have regularly seen people who are rising in consciousness when they come for a reading. Now, a far higher percentage of my readings are to do with this phenomena – it happens every day.

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Supertarot Masterclass… Coming Soon

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: July 8, 2009

It is time to push the envelope out with Tarot, so I am about to launch a new series of Supertarot Masterclasses – for Free! There are Tarot courses out there for which you have to pay for, but I want to give something back to the Tarot Community.

There are new angles to explore, new ways of thinking, and I want to show you techniques I have learnt over 25 years of reading the tarot professionally, plus secret, never before shown methods of reading the tarot.

I am not going to do any kind of hackneyed set of 22 or 78 classes – that is so boring. I have a structure, but I think I will be digressing into other areas as and when the mood takes, and from feedback.

So, look out for the first lesson – subscribe to the rss feed so you hear about it first.

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What are the benefits of a good tarot reading?

By Paul Hughes-Barlow | Published: June 23, 2009

There is still an image of tarot readers giving some kind of gypsy reading about ‘what will happen to me?’. When I get that question I invariably reply ‘nothing’. It is what we do that counts, but when there is a crisis of confidence or an unexpected change of direction, then a Tarot reading is very useful. A good tarot reading is empowering and uplifting, and brings energy, insight and inspiration. I see this every day, but I still get such a good feeling when it happens for my clients.

Exploring and understanding exactly what happens in a good tarot reading is not easy to explain, but this is my best attempt so far.

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