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ALEXANDRE’s Brief Tarot Reading/Demonstration shows us how truly mysterious Tarot cards can be and how connected he is with this mysterious artifact.

This is not for the faint of heart as ALEXANDRE describes precisely what the cards communicate to him without “sugar-coating” messages, demonstrating his natural, and often eerie ability in phenomenal clarity.

Using the Medieval Tarot illustrated by Lo Scarabeo in Italy, ALEXANDRE touches the mysterious and the unknown.

These 78 cards recall the magnificence of the princely courts and pastimes of courtiers, the battles of the Crusaders, the solitary study of philosophers, the discussions of theologians, and the daily work and beliefs of the common people.

ALEXANDRE begins with a basic four card reading with the Minor Arcana cards in which one card remains face down until the very end (the "Crown" card) and is revealed in a mystifying way. A sometimes thought-provoking revelation.

After this first step with the participant, ALEXANDRE digs deeper and follows with a Reading/Demonstration using the Major Arcana cards, and this time the climax is often dissonant to those not accustomed to the mysterious arts. In the end the participant will walk away with a reminder of their chosen Major Arcana card brought about in a fascinating fashion.

At some point during this Tarot Reading/Demonstration, ALEXANDRE’s "spirit guide" may manifest through the use of a pendulum, suggesting the possibility of a spiritual world teeming with the curious from the other side. After all, as a spirit being named “Gina” once told a friend through a Ouija board, “It’s fun for us, too.”

So how does the Tarot work? The most honest answer is we are not sure, but there are theories. Keep in mind that this is also true of many things in science, from physics to medicine.

Despite these theories, Tarot practitioners do agree on this: it works! This means there are many Tarot readers who are pragmatists, who want to use the Tarot to help themselves and others, with or without an explanation that satisfies the modern rationalist mind.

Some explanations of "how it works" involve references to Jungian archetypes or to Qabalah, or to consistency with elemental dignities, or to other similarities with astrological symbolism.

For ALEXANDRE these may be interesting contexts in which to view the Tarot and may (or may not) enrich your experience of it, but they don’t explain the core experience of a Tarot “experience”, which is receiving information that is not available to us on a rational level.

Some people explain this experience by saying it involves contact with the "universal unconscious," or the "universal mind," or the "higher self" or some type of "synchronicity" between the questions or life situation and the cards drawn.

ALEXANDRE is a skeptic and has been schooled in linear, analytical thinking, but his experience has led him to other explanations for certain paranormal phenomena.

He sometimes experiences the Tarot as a spiritual intuitive—even psychic—tool. This does not mean it cannot be used for meditation and for psychological self-understanding, it is excellent for these, but for him, its mysteries goes further.

Perhaps the Tarot helps us contact the spiritual dimension of the Universe. Beyond that—and he feels this is the most important part—the Tarot may give us a common language with which to communicate with that dimension, it may gives us a way to receive information from a dimension unavailable to us through our everyday consciousness. You may choose to call this dimension the universal unconscious, higher self, deeper self, Goddess, Spirit, etc, but it could help us contact the spiritual dimension of the Universe ... it may furnish us with a common language with which to communicate with that dimension.

Some come to this conclusion after developing their psychic/intuitive skills apart from the Tarot or any other divinatory tool. When ALEXANDRE began playing with the Tarot, the sensation was of a child recklessly riding a bicycle.

He came to this special Tarot Reading/Demonstration after having read and studied the Tarot for a number of years. Those who came before told him that messages from "Spirit" frequently arise or appear in symbolic language. When first developing these skills, a person needs to learn to understand, and then interpret, this symbolic language.

This has been a brief explanation of how ALEXANDRE works with the Tarot. It’s not an explanation that everyone must accept, but rather offered to people who may be interested in his underlying assumptions with his approach to the Tarot.

The spiritual dimension is not biased towards “systems”. It is not biased towards using Jungian archetypes or Qabalah with your Tarot cards. As long as the deck is consistent within its own framework, and ALEXANDRE believes to a certain extent inspired, it will work. But even more importantly, “spirit” will work with whatever speaks to you most vividly.

When you find the path that suits you best, you have found the clearest language in which to share it with.

If you've read this far, have your own deck of Tarot cards, and can get ALEXANDRE on the phone, ask him for one of his fascinating Tarot demonstrations.

You will never be the same....