The use of ritual, incantation, potions, music – sensual devices, essentially – connects us at a level that shuts out our ‘thought police’ who guard those personal borders that define us and separate us from the wider reality we inhabit. We use spells to protect, to influence others, to invoke such higher powers as can put a thumb on the wheel of fortune for us.

My hypnotherapy training is now almost complete and I’ve been hugely encouraged by just how well it sits with Tarot, confirming all that I had long suspected about just how much hypnotism plays a part in face to face readings – readers need to be very aware of just how much they can influence through [...]