BONUS: Why Tarot cards are not evil
Inner Work: A Spiritual Growth Podcast
Josephine Hardman
4.9 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
I've sometimes heard from people that the Tarot is evil, and that using Tarot cards opens us up to negative forces and energies. I have also met people who are afraid of using the Tarot for these kinds of reasons. Is there any veracity to this?
In this bonus episode of INNER WORK, I address the belief that Tarot cards are evil. Join me for a discussion of:
- religious references and thoughts on Tarot cards & "divination"
- why Tarot cards - and other healing tools & practices - have been condemned throughout history
- powerful ways of using the Tarot that don't involve fortune-telling or divination
- the Doreen Virtue situation (and her ban on Tarot cards)
As always, everything in this episode is my personal opinion.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Inner Work, a spiritual growth podcast, a place to explore our spiritual concepts, |
| 0:19.3 | tools, and practices to deepen your healing and awakening. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm your host, Josephine Hartman, a certified intuitive healer and a Kashik Records practitioner and teacher. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm honored that you're here and happy to serve as a guide or companion on your path for a little while. To check out my services |
| 0:40.0 | and courses, please visit josephinehardmann.com. I often cover the tarot in this podcast and we are |
| 0:52.0 | in the middle of a new tarot series, in fact, on the suit of wands. |
| 0:56.8 | I felt it was important to put out a bonus episode on why tarot cards are not evil, |
| 1:04.2 | particularly since I have sometimes, not very often, but sometimes heard this from people I meet, from clients, even from family |
| 1:14.1 | members at certain points in my life. This podcast is a place where I hope we can respect each |
| 1:21.8 | other's beliefs and opinions and not be dogmatic about anything. And also understand that we might disagree, |
| 1:30.1 | which is okay. We are human and we won't always think or feel the same way. I do think I have |
| 1:37.8 | to take a stance, though, on this belief that tarot cards are evil or the work of the devil or that they will open you up to |
| 1:47.6 | these dark energies. In my experience and perspective, this is inaccurate and a misconception. |
| 1:56.7 | Let's talk about why, because I don't want anyone out there to miss out on the transformative, |
| 2:02.8 | healing, consciousness, raising benefits of working with the tarot. |
| 2:09.9 | So first, where does this misconception come from? |
| 2:13.9 | If there's a belief that the tarot is evil, there's typically some religious context or perspective that is driving that belief. |
| 2:24.3 | For example, let's take a look at the Bible. |
| 2:27.3 | And before we do this, I want to be clear that I am neither for nor against religion as a whole, that I think we all |
| 2:37.3 | have the right to choose what to believe and what makes sense to us that the tarot as a spiritual |
| 2:44.5 | tool is not going to resonate with everyone, and that's all right, and that religion is not bad in and of itself. |
| 2:54.1 | So turning to the Bible for some actual references that have been used to condemn tarot cards. |
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