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My special guest for this episode, Thomas, uses the tarot as a mirror to redirect light back into the hidden corners of the mind, guiding

currents through the wilderness of life and helping terror readers find their own way more easily.

He's been reading tarot for over 20 years, but he's not too proud to admit that he's been

reading it well for the last four or five years. Thomas is the host of an Instagram series of

tarot talks and the author of Tarot Tableau, The Fool's Journey, which introduces a new method

for reading the tarot. His latest area of focus and development is ancestor and past life

exploration. You can connect with Thomas directly by visiting his

website, www.hermitsmirror.com. And I will also have a link to his Instagram in the show notes

if you want to connect with him that way. I hope you enjoy this conversation.

So let's start at the beginning and can you share a little bit about your background and what led

you to spirituality and spiritual pursuits? Sure, absolutely. So I usually start this story with my mom and my older

sister. So growing up, we weren't really part of a religious tradition. My mom's father was a

pastor. So that was just sort of there. But it wasn't like part of the day to day. And my father

wasn't as involved in the church as he is now.

And he later became.

So my mom, she had lots of like psychic dreams or very vivid dreams.

And she would read coffee grounds for people.

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