The Science Of Taot Cards

Throughout recorded history, man has sought explanations for the various phenomena that occur in every facet of nature, and when no obvious answer is forthcoming, still a theory is often proposed.  These explanatory theories, often taking the form of stories or chronicles, are usually linked to some sort of mysticism or divine intervention.  By ascribing that which he does not understand to the gods’ will at work, man avoids facing up to his own lack of knowledge in a given area, and also draws comfort from assuming that the universe does indeed function under the guidance of divine beings.  Thus the explanatory accounts that man crafts enhance his own security, quelling the fear of chaos that

Singer and Benassi (1981) described a positive correlation between environmental uncertainty in western countries and occult beliefs. Although it could be argued that they may be overreaching with this generalization which is not supported with data, there is truth to this correlation. Humans try to be rational, and logical, and think critically, but in uncertain situations, we look to our environment, the physical and social environment, to provide us with information. Therefore, superstitions and supernatural phenomenon seem possible if no logical explanation can be given, and if the feedback from the environment reinforces what could be occult beliefs. French, Haque, Bunton-Stasyshyn, & Davis (2009) conducted an experiment attempting to investigate whether they could try to create a “haunted” room, and if participants would experience more abnormal sensations. Participants were informed they may feel some abnormal sensations prior to entering the room. Majority of participants reported having three or more abnormal sensations in the 50-minute period they were in the room. These sensations can be a result of susceptibility, but the uncertainty of that environment, and the lack of information may create these sensations and can validate occult

Very little is known about the nature of the human mind. The mental and social life of humans is based on the mind, yet not much is known about it and the extent to which it can go. In all cultures there is a belief about the mind, the heart, and the soul, with a variety of notions about these parts of the human being. Psyche in its ancient sense is extended to limits that go beyond the human body in many of the existing cultures. Surveys that have been done in most countries of the West, Britain, and the U.S have consistently shown that a significant portion of the populations in these regions believe in the occurrence of psychic phenomenon and more than fifty percent believe that they have at one point or another personally experienced it (Sheldrake 102). Considering these beliefs and experiences, it is senseless to claim that the mind is only restricted to the brain. This makes the advocates of mechanistic orthodoxy make an assertion that since paranormal phenomena lacks a scientific explanation, it is non-existent. According to scientific education, this is regarded as superstition but there still calls for need of more study and research into this widespread phenomenon.

Humans want an explanation for everything that happens in the world around them and will look long and hard till the get one, but if one cannot find the answer one will simply make one up to fit personal needs. “ with the basis detecting patterns , someone who is inclined to supernatural beliefs has ample opportunity to see evidence foe significant chains of events where there is none” (Hood25).Humans do this with the concept of love, they search for different experiences and stories they have heard or felt in the past to justify the divine power that love has, but in reality it is just falling into what Daniel Kahneman states in his book Thinking Fast and Slow as conformation basis: the operation of associative memory contribute to generation… a deliberate search for confirming evidence (80). Being illiterate to the science of the world means humans will fall too easily to the awe factor of the brain,it makes life more interesting. Having this idea of love in the world gives humans a sense of hope in something and that love is the magic of this

Heidegger’s Experiment”, which they shared an item that could be used with magic. “This rose” said the doctor.”was given to me fifty-five years ago by Sylvia Ward”(Hawthorne 1). Tenaciously, it was the first object used to test if the magical water would work, and it did the rose surged back to life. Marcos questions Isobel about the cards, “I found them in a jewelry box in an antiques shop in Paris, years ago,”isobel says. “The women there wouldn't even sell them to me, she just told me to take them away, get them out of her shop”(Morgenstern 43). The deck of cards is a form of magic that magicians use, they were referred to as the devil, very malignant. These vintage items collected from both stories came from the past and brought along an sense of

The article The Myth of Certainty by Taylor Daneie talks about What it means to be a true Christian that lives in a healthy way. Daneie starts listing off a bunch of questions to get the reader to start thinking about their own life. She talks about being a respectable person and the challenges that a person faces in their life when they try to be a Christian. She talks about the doubts that she knows people have to face from society. A big part of her story was talking about what group a person fits in with and the contributions they make to that group. She says, “We belong to communities of belief which help shape, whether we are conscious of it or not, our views of the world and the actions in it” (Daneie p.21). Once people get into their groups and for their world view, it is tough to try and change them; nearly impossible to get them to change their mind.

The Gambling Experiment run by the University of Iowa was a fairly simple experiment. They placed four decks in front of a person, two of them were blue and two were red. They then asked people to pick cards from each deck one at a time. The card could either give the people money or penalize them by taking money away. Also the red decks had more penalties then earning while the blue decks were the other way around. They tested to see how long it would take for people to figure this out and it took about 50 cards for them to have a hunch about the pattern. After 80 cards most people were sure that the red decks were a minefield. The Iowa scientists also

Since the beginning of time, humans have searched for truth. Reality. Verity. Truth about why we do the things we do, how the Earth came to be what it is, how we have evolved, and where we started so long ago. It’s only when we find our truth, we want more, and we’re thirsty for more. We search for alternate certainties, different perspectives. Quickly we come to conclusions, which turn to rumours, theories… Ideas have been built up, until they are towering conspiracies, quickly turning to turmoil under the media’s sharp wit. I have been absorbed in theories on the deepest oceans, deaths, murders, untold truths that have been hidden away deep down.

Paganism, spiritualism, witchcraft – call it what you may, there’s no denying that the occult is ever-present. In Vancouver, one is particularly accustomed to the crystal shops and new age book stores hiding around each corner – a walk along West 4th in Kitsilano attests to that. With melting pot populations, cities tend to host unconventional ‘schools of thought’; and at the turn of the eighteenth century, two cities, New Orleans and Beijing (formerly Peking) became hubs for the supernatural. Though different in many ways, the similarities of New Orleans Voodoo and Manchu Shamanism are striking.

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Over many years, people have been inquisitive about abnormal behaviours within their societies and beyond. A typical question pertaining to these behaviours is, “why is he behaving this way.” According to DSM-IV-TR, abnormal behaviour is defined as a person who experiences behavioural, cognitive or emotional dysfunction, associated with distress and atypical in his cultural context (Barlow, Durand, 2009). However, the quest for answers and remedies has drifted people from scientific models to traditional ones. One of such models is supernatural.

The people might be intrigued because of what they assume they believe is hiding in the

Generally, Tarot is a form of cartomancy. In a psychic reading with Tarot, the advisor will make use of divination cards to gain insight into one’s past, present and future. The whole deck of Tarot cards is considered as a powerful tool that can reflect the reality through pictures.

The Enlightenment and the emerging of modern rationalism have paved the way to a worldview where the suspicion of witchcraft is not needed to explain the mysterious phenomena of this world. This is not the case in Africa. The belief in the existence of witches, evil persons who are able to harm others by using mystical powers, is part of the common cultural knowledge. Samuel Waje Kunhiyop states, “Almost all African societies believe in witchcraft in one form or another. Belief in witchcraft is the traditional way of explaining the ultimate cause of evil, misfortune or death.” The African worldview is holistic. In this perception, things do not just happen. What happens, either good or bad, is traced back to human action,

the paranormal with as much respect and analysis as physics or the chaos theory."13 The