Though often conflated in modern religious rhetoric, Lucifer, Diabolus, and Satan are distinct entities with different origins, meanings, and roles. In The Devil’s Arcana, each is honored with their own card, not as interchangeable faces of evil, but as powerful, mythic forces that illuminate the witch’s path. Understanding their differences is key to working with […]
Not all vessels serve the same purpose each time they appear. Some are shaped by the current flowing through them: love, offering, memory, grief. The Cup seen across the Sabbath decks is one such vessel. It appears in the Lenormand and in La Baraja del Brujo, its surface unchanged, its meaning deepened each time it […]
Lady of Disks (The Tarot) Beneath the full moon, where the earth’s wealth lies bare, she stands. Coins spill and shimmer across the ground but to her, they are no more than leaves in the cycle of seasons. She is the Lady of Disks: sovereign of the material, guardian of its flow, keeper of the […]
Not all power is born of choosing a side. Some is forged in the union of opposites through the mastery of both shadow and light, structure and surrender, the Left Hand and the Right. One such current winds through The Sabbath decks: a Serpent Staff, spiral-carved with wisdom and fire, passed from the divine hands […]
Not all mastery is born in clarity. Some are forged beneath veils through surrender, through tension, through the deep ritual of embodied becoming. One such current moves across the cards, a body caught in smoke and thread, then liberated through rhythm and movement the same figure glimpsed in two moments of the same rite. Initiate […]
Not all battles are fought in open fields. Some unfold within the self, struggles of will, fire, and direction. One such struggle moves across the cards of The Sabbath Tarot: a barren chamber beneath a darkened sky, where the element of Fire is honed from conflict into mastery. It appears across the suit of Staffs, […]
Chonta staffs and wands are sacred ritual staffs traditionally used in the shamanic practices of the Andes, particularly among Quechua, and often appear in mestizo curanderismo traditions of Peru. What is chonta? Chonta staffs are made from the wood of the chonta palm (also known as black palm, chontaquiro, Astrocaryum chambira, or Astrocaryum huicungo, depending […]
Not all journeys move in straight lines. Some spiral upward through victory, pleasure, and dissolution guided by unseen forces. One such ascent moves across the cards of The Sabbath Tarot and The Sabbath Oracle: a mountain path, a gathering of vessels, a cosmic throne where the figure of the Goat presides at each stage. 6 […]
The Crossroads is a space of liminal power, of paths diverging and fates unfolding. In The Sabbath decks, the Crossroads appears in The Sabbath Tarot and in the Lenormand each adding a new layer of meaning to this ancient motif. 6 of Vessels (The Tarot) At the Crossroads, in a clearing where the forest breathes […]
Not all sacred spaces remain static. Some evolve, not only through the hands that shape them, but through the forces that move unseen through their walls. One such space moves across the cards of The Sabbath decks: a shadowed altar room, bare stone, where power is transformed step by step. It appears in the Tarot, […]