Context for Chaos

In this provocative third segment, Barbara Moore pulls back the curtain on the privileged, rich white men of the Golden Dawn whose cryptic shorthand made early tarot texts nearly impossible to decode. She recounts a life-changing encounter with the late Rachel Pollack, who shattered Barbara's world by creating a bespoke spread on the spot and proving that the rules are all made up. While others claim psychic gifts, Barbara identifies as a master of patterns and structures, arguing that a solid foundation actually sets intuition free. Things get a bit catty as we critique the cluttered “Pinterest” spreads that often box readers in with confusing, irrelevant designs. Discover why your struggle with a reading might not be your fault, but rather the result of a poorly built map.

We explore why critiquing these modern flaws is essential to legitimize tarot and reclaim its status as a tool for truth-telling.

In this second installment, Barbara Moore strips away the velvet curtains to expose the huckster era of 1-800 psychics and the enduring stigma of the fortune teller. We trace the lineage of modern tarot back to the pioneering women like Eden Grey and Rachel Pollack who rescued the cards from unintelligible occultists. Barbara reveals the startling truth that tarot's supposed ancient Egyptian roots were actually a 15-minute fabrication by an 18th-century Frenchman. You’ll hear why the oldest members of the community still struggle with labels that once felt exploitative and charlatanly. She also shares her bold, late-career critique of the misogynist attitudes found in the foundational works of figures like Arthur Waite.

Ultimately, we explore the liberating secret that while the history is all made up, the human magic remains undeniable.

Join us for a kickoff to our five-part interview with tarot legend Barbara Moore. From a fateful college party to designing world-class decks, Barbara reveals how tarot serves as both a practical plumber for life's messes and a mystical poet for the soul. We dive into the grit of the 90s, when readers traded purple robes for business suits to distance themselves from huckster stereotypes. Discover how Barbara’s background in art history and mythology transformed 78 cards into a vibrant, interdisciplinary map of the human experience.

This introductory segment is your gateway into the rarely discussed world of spreads and the evolution of modern tarot.

In this deep-dive follow-up, Mark Horn invites us to move beyond spiritual bypassing and engage the internal backtalk that creates our own resistance. We explore the secret of the Devil card’s loose chains and how to conduct a 49-day housecleaning of the soul through the ancient technology of the Omer. From the streets of Havana to the God channel found on a meditation cushion, this episode is a map for finding the spiritual gold hidden in your everyday human life.

Read Mark’s book Tarot and the Gates of Light to find your own practice and build your own tradition.

What if the solid world you touch is actually light moving slowly enough for your senses to grasp?

With Mark Horn we venture into the quantum realm of the soul, where ancient Kabbalistic maps align with modern physics to reveal a reality without separation. Discover how the human body is not a prison to be escaped, but a divine vessel designed to hold the descending fire of creation. Before we dare to climb the Tree of Life, we must first clear the energy centers of the self to ensure we can receive the light without being overwhelmed. Explore the power of your own free will as a sacred spark, echoing the first moment the divine said, "Let there be light."

Listen to Mark Horn move beyond the labels and step into a reality where every card is a gate and every breath is a prayer. In this segment explore the ancient dangers of the mystical garden where only the most prepared can walk among the angels and return in peace. Through a 49-day ritual of purification, we learn to strengthen the vessels of our lives so the lightning of revelation does not shatter us. From the sacred rejoining of masculine and feminine to the balancing of dual energies, this journey offers a map for those seeking harmony.

Discover how the tarot acts as a cosmic transformer, stepping down the blinding light of the infinite into a power you can finally hold.

We invite you to step into a 49-day desert wandering where the Minor Arcana become mirrors for the ancient, hidden energies of the Tree of Life. Discover the secret Jewish roots buried within the world’s most famous tarot deck and the woman who bridged two mystical worlds to bring these teachings to light. This is a journey of clearing spiritual blockages to prepare the heart for a personal revelation that transcends ordinary sensory experience. When the colors are heard and the voices are seen, will you be ready to receive what has been waiting for you at the summit?

Join us as we move beyond reading the label to finally take the medicine of true spiritual liberation.

Listen in this week with Mark Horn to discover how a physical connection to a lost love transcends death and proves that we are never truly alone in this universe. We explore the convergence of Buddhist practice and Kabbalistic secrets, finding that the void and infinity are one and the same. This is more than a story, it is an invitation to stop reading the label and finally take the medicine of spiritual liberation.

Join us as we count the Omer through the mirror of the Tarot and step into a home that finally has room for all of who you are.

Journey with us from the streets of 1960s Brooklyn to the temples of Japan as Mark Horn reveals how a technology for the soul can illuminate the path back home. Explore a world where the Fool’s leap of faith and the Page of Cups’ ancient whispers offer more than just stories — they offer a path to liberation. We delve into a life shaped by a profound karmic love and the realization that some connections are written in the stars long before we arrive. Beyond the dogma of organized religion lies a deeper experience of reality waiting to be observed through the simple act of breathing.

Step through the gates of light with us and discover the universal truths hidden within the cards and your own heart.

In this conversation, author Meg Jones Wall reveals the radical transformations in her life since 2023. We dive deep into her upcoming book, The Devils We Know exploring the 15th archetype not as a boogeyman, but as the tender, scary parts of ourselves we often hide away. Meg unpacks the Devil work of living in the gray areas, challenging listeners to abandon the false safety of binary thinking and religious dogma. By trading defensiveness for curiosity, she argues that we can finally move our shadows from the unconscious into the light of awareness. Listen in as we discuss the nature of evil, the depravity of power, and how to reclaim our humanity from the labels of monsters.

Join us for an alluring exploration of why the cards we fear most often hold the keys to our most profound liberation.

Read Meg’s current books Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation and Tarot Spreads.