resources and articles

Enlightenment to Go

by David Michie

Many people around the world are making the choice to awaken, beginning an inner journey which, though less easy to measure than a road or rail trip, and with a destination more difficult to define, is nevertheless just as real. For most of us it begins with a heartfelt yearning for greater purpose and contentment, the recognition that ‘there has to be more to life than this’. ... read this article

The Big Questions

by Paul Fenton-Smith

When consulting the tarot seeking answers to life’s big questions, it pays to spend some time wording your questions clearly. Ambiguous questions usually lead to confusing answers. When most of us say we have only one question, we in fact have only one issue. ... read this article

An overview of Mindfulness-Based Stillness Meditation

by Ian Gawler and Paul Bedson

From our collective experience as students, practitioners and teachers we have formulated a gradual approach to meditation utilising attention. We have called this meditation path Mindfulness-Based Stillness Meditation (MBSM). We wholeheartedly recommend that MBSM becomes your main meditation practice. In itself, MBSM is a complete practice with many benefits. It is also a very beneficial foundation for practising the other styles of meditation using intention and inquiry. ... read this article

His Calling Card:
A glimpse of the emotional baggage Mr Right may be carrying lies in his calling card

by Paul Fenton-Smith

The tarot presents four basic types of men, including their positive traits and their shadow sides. While a potential partner may present as a focused, generous man who is an excellent role model to his children, his shadow may contain a greedy, self centred tyrant or an Olympic grade sulker whose currency is petulance. Take a look below and see if you recognise anyone you know. ... read this article

How to get any Aussie bloke to open up and talk (No... really!)

By Marty Wilson and Daniel Gregory

While writing our book What I Wish I Knew at Eighteen, we talked with over 50 men – including some not exactly known for being chatty like Father of the Year, Wayne Bennett – and discovered that Aussie blokes do open up under the right circumstances. We’d like to pass on a few tips to get anyone – even grumpy old dads and granddads – to open up and pass on some of their Conversational Wisdom. ... read this article.

What does the shape of your face reveal about you?

By Patrician McCarthy

The Eight Common Face Shapes have specific features associated with the face shape; it’s a more precise “package” than the Five Element face shapes. You won’t always see such exact face shapes and features, but when you do, you’ll be intrigued at how accurate the personality traits fit those faces. ... read this article.

Tarot without the cards

By Paul Fenton-Smith

You don’t necessarily have to have tarot cards to do a tarot reading says Paul Fenton-Smith, author of the newly revised and updated The Tarot Revealed which is published this month ... read this article.

Questions about love

By Paul Fenton-Smith

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we are reminded of the importance of being loved and understood by someone special. February 14 offers a chance to be grateful for that person who has loved and supported you throughout the year ... read this article.

The Five Elements

By Patrician McCarthy

In Mien Shiang, we use the Five Elements to describe individual personality types: fire, earth, metal, water and wood. This is determined by skin tone, the shape of your face and other features ... read this article.

The Joys of Tea Leaf Reading

An article by Lindel Barker-Revell about reading tea leaves
I was delighted, recently, when speaking to Felicity, who is over eighty years old, and she began to reminisce about tea-leaf reading in her younger years, pre-children, fifty to sixty years ago. Felicity told me that it was quite the normal thing when women friends gathered together for afternoon tea, to all look into each other’s tea cups. ... read this article.

The mystical side to Tibetan Buddhism

By David Michie
In Buddhism for Busy People I’ve tried to provide a down to earth introduction to Tibetan Buddhism for fellow Westerners. The emphasis is on offering readers practical tools to help make everyday life happier and more fulfilling. There is, of course, another more mystical side to Tibetan Buddhism which I didn’t write about, mainly because I didn’t want it to distract readers from the brilliant coherence of Buddhist psychology ... read this article.

'Dukkha'

By Sarah Napthali
As my children grow older, I am aware of my love for them increasing with each passing day. This sublime feeling of adoration however is tinged with what Buddhists call ‘dukkha’, often translated as suffering or pain.... read this article.

Reading Tarot

By Paul Fenton-Smith
"Don't you have to be psychic to read the tarot?" is a question I'm often asked. The tarot is such a carefully designed system that you don't need intuition to read the cards. If you learn the card meanings, you can give practical and accurate tarot readings without intuition. In fact you don't even need a tarot pack ... read this article.

The One Hundred Age Areas for Women

By Patrician McCarthy

Take another long look in your mirror and find one or two markings, such as a bump, line, mole, protrusion, indentation or unusual colouration. Then refer to the chart on the left to see if those markings correspond to an age in your life when you experienced disharmony or a significant change in your everyday life ... read this article.

About the tarot

Interview with Paul Fenton-Smith, author of Tarot Masterclass
The tarot surfaced in its current form in fourteenth century Italy as a game called Tarocci. The French adaptation of the word was Tarot. Modern Italian playing cards still display the symbols of the Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles which are found in tarot cards ... read this article.

Advice from a psychic intuitive

Excerpt from Questions From Earth, Answers From Heaven by Char Margolis
The greatest energy and healing force in the universe is love, and its power can transcend the barrier between this world and the next. So you can use the power of love, coupled with your thoughts, to connect with your loved ones on the other side ... read this article.