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DESCRIPTION:The Pagan\, Polytheist\, & Animist Collective is hosting a Divi
 nation workshop for students\, faculty\, and beyond to share a bit of our 
 history and to help others who want to learn about tarot gain experience.\
 n\nDivination is a global tradition that differs based on the culture\, an
 d we will share one tradition with everyone. The 'divine' refers to the ot
 herworldly and the powerful\, but 'to divine' something means to pull mean
 ing from what is in front of you. Divination is the practice of using tool
 s to reach into the beyond and consult their power to help us with our que
 stions and troubles. This workshop will both provide a historical context 
 and a modern practical example of Tarot\, a European Divination tool that 
 is used throughout the world in Earth-Based Spirituality.\n\nTarot involve
 s a deck of cards with a major and minor arcana (set of cards). The most c
 ommonly used decks have 78 cards (22 major arcana\, 56 minor arcana). Ever
 y card is beautifully decorated based on what the card represents. Every t
 arot deck is different and has a ""personality"" and ""style"". Part of th
 e spiritual aspect of Tarot is communicating with your deck and making sur
 e you have good rapport with your deck. Tarot can be used in ancestor wors
 hip\, healing\, and rituals\, as well as being used for divination.\n\nTar
 ot and other divination tools have become popular in the modern age. The P
 PAC is hosting this workshop to educate on not only how to use tarot and d
 ivination\, but also to educate on the history behind why these practices 
 are taboo and misunderstood. Divination is not a game detached from the re
 al world. Capitalism has taken tarot out of its context and marketed it wi
 thout its spiritual history. The unique practices and traditions of divina
 tion represent folk traditions and religions from indigenous groups of the
  Mediterranean. Egyptians and the Romani are attributed with the creation 
 of Tarot--called ""Tarocchi""--in Italy. How the practice came to Italy is
  unknown but it is theoretically attributed to trade with the Middle East/
 Asia. It was a private practice until it was popularized in royal courts i
 n the middle ages. In the modern age\, the practices surrounding tarot and
  divination decks are as diverse as the people who use them!\n\nPresenters
 : Lynne Sionkiewicz (she/they)\, Pach Pacheco(they/them)\, Coda Letourneau
  (they/them)\, Eliza Brown-Lumen (she/they)
GEO:42.255067;-72.574155
LOCATION:Blanchard Hall\, Blanchard 227
SUMMARY:The History of Tarot: the Global Tradition of Divination in the Pas
 t and the Present
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.mtholyoke.edu/event/the_history_of_tarot_the_g
 lobal_tradition_of_divination_in_the_past_and_the_present
CATEGORIES:Trainings & Workshops
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