nord_drache
I have always been into pen & paper RPGs, weird stuff, the paranormal etc. My parents never had any issues with any of my interests - even being raised a Lutheran. This tolerance I was taught by my mom an East German widow, while my dad's relationship with God was always on his terms, as a close Pastor friend recalled. In the mid 80s in a gaming magazine- I saw an adaptation of the Tarot for game purposes. Curious I got a Rider-Waite deck but I was never comfortable with it and gifted it to a close friend in college.
I've always seen the validity of much of the esoteric and arcane while being a Lutheran. There is a quote that I may be paraphrasing that I hold true - " There is more upon this earth under God's eye than man can comprehend."
20 years ago a close friend of my wife and I gave me a set of rune stones she had made. I used these occasionally and was quite surprised how bang on things were. During this time I found a divination book and added dabbling in the I-Ching through dice.
Between then & now - I lost my dad and mom and over the last 8 years I've been dealing with grief & depression. Strangely enough last summer I saw the Alchemy 1977 deck and purchased it. During this time my issues with stress at work came to a head and my sister a very active member of our church suggested I see a psychic - which I did in December. To keep a long story short - she said in a past life I read the cards amongst other things and that my card was the Ace of spades,and my fate number 11 and indeed saw with me -an old soul - a crowd of spirits (of passed friends & loved ones).
Well here I am now falling deeper into the mysteries of the cards, and maybe in the readings my mom is coming through.
(Hope I wasn't to long winded )
Jim
I've always seen the validity of much of the esoteric and arcane while being a Lutheran. There is a quote that I may be paraphrasing that I hold true - " There is more upon this earth under God's eye than man can comprehend."
20 years ago a close friend of my wife and I gave me a set of rune stones she had made. I used these occasionally and was quite surprised how bang on things were. During this time I found a divination book and added dabbling in the I-Ching through dice.
Between then & now - I lost my dad and mom and over the last 8 years I've been dealing with grief & depression. Strangely enough last summer I saw the Alchemy 1977 deck and purchased it. During this time my issues with stress at work came to a head and my sister a very active member of our church suggested I see a psychic - which I did in December. To keep a long story short - she said in a past life I read the cards amongst other things and that my card was the Ace of spades,and my fate number 11 and indeed saw with me -an old soul - a crowd of spirits (of passed friends & loved ones).
Well here I am now falling deeper into the mysteries of the cards, and maybe in the readings my mom is coming through.
(Hope I wasn't to long winded )
Jim