Benebell Wen
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Benebell Wen is an Author and also an Independent Metaphysician. This is her website on her metaphysical interests. She don’t take divination, craft, or any of the work she does in the esoteric lightly. For her, strict compliance to ethics isn’t a matter of professional code or integrity; it’s a matter of my own fate and personal karma.
Benebell Wen
1w ago
“When rationality runs dry, it’s Red that will reconcile this world, a hue vibrant and vital inside its brown.” And so opens Chapter 1, Zero, of Red Tarot: A Decolonial Guide to Divinatory Literacy by Christopher Marmolejo. This is going to be a tarot book like no other. I can tell already. :: hearts for eyes ..read more
Benebell Wen
1w ago
Winnie-the-Pooh is my childhood, and to date remains one of my favorite characters and accompanying series of stories. To see one of the most beautifully produced tarot tributes to Pooh come alive by Rue & Vervain is an incredible honor. The production quality of this box set is top tier, whether you’re talking indie or traditionally published ..read more
Benebell Wen
3w ago
Download the digital files to a text-driven 64-card I Ching oracle deck for a free companion tool to my book, I Ching, The Oracle (North Atlantic Books, 2023). This is a serviceable everyday personal divination deck that also doubles as an easy, accessible introduction to the I Ching. It makes for a great study tool ..read more
Benebell Wen
3w ago
Also known as the: 三皇文 (sān huáng wén); 三皇經 (sān huáng jīng); 三皇内文 (sān huáng nèi wén); Version transmitted to Ge Hong: 小有三皇文 (xiao you sān huáng wén) Is the Seal of the Nine Immortal Realms 九老仙部印圖 from the Secret Book of the Three Sovereigns 三皇內文遺秘, which is now canonized in the Daozang, or Taoist Canons, part of the ..read more
Benebell Wen
1M ago
If a digital file of templates for a living trust, last will and testament, and other common features of an estate planning kit would be of interest to you, then you can download one for free. See below. ESTATE PLANNING KIT CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE Last Updated 2024 March 8 THE DISCLAIMERS: This is ..read more
Benebell Wen
1M ago
It’s been a while since I gave an Etteilla deck-in-progress update. I finished working on Card 18, The Hermit, oft named The Capuchin (an order of Franciscan friars) or simply titled with the keyword “Traitor.” As I was drawing, I got to thinking about the qi in works of art, per the qi of their artists. That in ..read more
Benebell Wen
1M ago
I’m looking forward to many and different voices adding to the discussion “Social Media Witchcraft: A Community Conversation About the Things That Divide Us” via the hashtag #OcculTea. The hosts are kickstarting the conversation off with these videos from Ella Harrison, Polish Folk Witch, and The Redheaded Witch. “All members of the occult & witchcraft ..read more
Benebell Wen
1M ago
I saw an editor friend’s repost of this Vox article, “Everyone’s a sellout now: So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok?” by Rebecca Jennings. It’s about the pressure on authors today to have a preexisting popular platform before publishing a book, or any creative work product for that matter ..read more
Benebell Wen
2M ago
also known as the Wen Shi Zhen Jing: Sutra of Magical Spells and Aphorisms for Attaining Primordial Truth The more recognized naming convention for the sutra is the Guan Yinzi (闕尹子) or Wen Shi Zhen Jing (文始真經) attributed to the gatekeeper who Laozi encountered. The Guan Yinzi (or Wen Shi Zhen Jing) According to lore ..read more
Benebell Wen
2M ago
StaarCon, the Southeastern Tarot Artists and Readers Conference, based out of Florida, is relatively new on the scene, with its first conference in 2021 for which I was lucky enough to be a keynote speaker. Currently in the U.S. tarot conference circuits we’ve got the Readers Studio in New York founded by Ruth Ann and ..read more