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Sammy and Kristen discuss the number 2 and 12 Tarot cards, The High Priestess and The Hanged Man. They discuss each card separately and how they relate together as a pair. The receptive nature of these cards are helpful in understanding what this podcast tries to cultivate in the realm of dreams and self-reflection of our personality types.

Kristen and Sammy continue on their Tarot journey with cards of The Magician and Justice. They mainly explore the dichotomies of the law of nature and the law of man; where are they separate? Where do they intertwine? What parts of our personality get confused or misled with this process and how do the cards call us back to it? Sammy and Kristen provide dreams, experiences, and lore to play with these topics and further understand how personality can strengthen through the oracles.

References;

Alan Moore Interview; 'Shwep' Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oddcast-episodes-the-secret-history-of/id1546258521?i=1000713695129 --OR-- https://open.spotify.com/episode/30TlXgkIJrD9aFsOBbt7um?si=bPlOpHleRXKHysd5LCaP3g

The Way of the Tarot; Alejandro Jodorosky

The Mythic Tarot; Juliet Sharman-Burke

The Tarot; Paul Foster Case

Over the past two weeks, Sammy and Kristen have gathered thoughts, impressions, dreams, and stories on the two major arcana cards of the tarot; The Fool and The World. The strange mystery of endings and beginnings started to work on the hosts in a way that surprised them, puzzled them, and made them laugh. Both of these cards have a magic that feels outside of our personality types, which is quite rewarding even if it's accessed for only a brief moment in time. Using the imagery of the famous Rider/Waite deck, Sammy and Kristen start to dream about these characters and the world they exist in.

Resources;

'The Way of the Tarot' - Alejandro Jodorosky

'The Tarot; A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages' - Paul Foster Case

'The Mythic Tarot Workbook' - Juliet Sharman-Burke

Kristen and Sammy begin a discussion on the Tarot, a famous and mysterious oracle that has struck a chord within many individuals and cultures across the world. Oracles have been referenced many times throughout this podcast, but the hosts set an intention to make these cards the focus of the next several months. Today's episode is a general history of the cards, reflections on personal relationships and experiences, and shared curiosity around the magic present within the images. The hosts plan on letting the cards 'work' on their psyches, allowing a new process of channeling the ancient images of Tarot with the ancient symbol of the Enneagram to merge and comment on our human experience.

Links to an Enneagram network;

Enneagrammer;

https://www.enneagrammer.com

House of Enneagram; https://www.youtube.com/@houseofenneagram

What It's Like To Be You

https://www.youtube.com/@theenneagramschool

The Enneagram School;

https://www.theenneagramschool.com

Kristen's Mess;

https://www.inkstoryrebel.com

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Continuing on the theories from the previous episodes of the Transcendent Function and the Collective, Sammy and Kristen share what happened when they combined the two in their own psychic and dream experiences. This episode gets at the heart of the ‘I AM’, religious connections, being a part of yourself, being a part of the world, and the masks we all wear that inform us of what kind of God we are encountering daily.

PLUGS:

LAST CALL for your spot on John’s retreat (MAY 23-25, 2025) at https://www.johnluckovich.com/experiencing-essence 

Subscribe/follow The House of Enneagram on podcasts or YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@houseofenneagram

Sammy and Kristen have a casual discussion about what the ‘collective’ and symbols from the collective could mean in dreams. They start to ponder what it means to be an individual within the collective, being impacted by events in the outer world and making choices in life. This discussion brings up personal dreams to reflect on and start the hosts on their journey in understanding how personality and the collective intermingle.

PLUGS:

Reserve your spot for John’s retreat (MAY 23-25, 2025) at https://www.johnluckovich.com/experiencing-essence 

Attend Eva Rider’s ‘The Alchemical Tarot’ class online (MAY 10, 2025 - recording’s will be available) at

https://reclaimingsoul.com/the-alchemical-tarot-workshop/ 

Subscribe/follow The House of Enneagram on podcast platforms or YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@houseofenneagram

Kristen is joined by Enneagram teacher and author John Luckovich to talk about his upcoming retreat in New York City called ‘Experiencing Essence’. The two discuss what essence is, how to cultivate it, and the many ways we are already relating (or lacking relation) to this substance within us. 

Essence is the seed of consciousness at the core of our being. When we make efforts to be present, it is Essence that either shows up—or remains obscured. While everyone's Essence is unique, it expresses itself through nine fundamental qualities that shape the distinct character of each Enneagram type: Power, Harmony, Integrity, Love, Value, Depth, Insight, Truth, and Freedom. True growth requires direct connection with these qualities. Where the ego goes wrong is that we try to find Essence through the Instinctual Drives, confusing Being and Function. We will explore what it means to “live in two worlds”." - John Luckovich

Get more information about this retreat and reserve your spot (MAY 23-25, 2025) at https://www.johnluckovich.com/experiencing-essence

Buy John’s book on the Instinctual Drives and the Enneagram at https://www.amazon.com/Instinctual-Drives-Enneagram-John-Luckovich/dp/0578784971/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=john%20luckovich%20enneagram&qid=1629613426&sr=8-3

Episode art by John Luckovich

Kristen and Sammy discuss Carl Jung’s piece on ‘The Transcendent Function’. They read a few excerpts and describe how they see personality type impacting this method, but also how accessing this space allows the ‘machine’ of type to be more regulated by its compensatory counterpart; the unconscious. Letting this theory be a part of the conversation with Enneagram type can give more flavor or color to our individual struggles, rather than just working with type as a description of qualities and behaviors.

Today, Sammy and Kristen discuss the appearance of animals in dreams and how they could be the messengers of our instinctual natures. The girls mainly focus on the objectivity an animal’s nature can provide to our instincts, rather than getting stuck in the neurosis of the subjective personality’s relationship to instinct. The many facets of self-preservation are discussed, as well as the different centers of intelligence in the Enneagram. Some personal dream examples are used to articulate the potential pivots of our autonomy and choices in life when we receive the message of a dream animal. The conversation also goes into the direction of imaginary worlds, oracles, and feminine initiation.

Resources;

• ‘Descent to the Goddess’ by Sylvia Brinton Perera

To continue the idea of ‘Type Ensouled’, Sammy and Kristen reflect on their own dreams and how they’ve correlated with their personality and life experiences. We use the power of stories and myth to amplify the purpose of our personal enneagram types. To be able to ‘catch the thread’ of our human and soul path became a fun and interesting attempt to play with the creative energies that are present.

“Storytelling is at the heart of life... In finding our own story, we assemble all the parts of ourselves. Whatever kind of mess we have made of it, we can somehow see the totality of who we are and recognize how our blunderings are related. We can own what we did and value who we are, not because of the outcome but because of the soul story that propelled us.” - Marion Woodman