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September 2026

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A young woman in a dark sweater holding up a round matte black scrying mirror in a wooden frame
Divination

How to Make a Black Scrying Mirror (and Actually Use It)

How to build one properly from frame glass and matte black paint, how to set up the room and sit with it, and what the psychology of staring...

Liv Amara Sonnborn · Tarot & Oracle September 07, 2026 15 min read
Wet tea leaves scattered in patterns inside a pale porcelain cup held by candlelight
Divination & Mediumship

How to Read Tea Leaves: A Tasseography Guide

The brewing that actually produces a readable cup, the traditional map of the cup, where the symbol list really came from, and an honest account of what your...

Liv Amara Sonnborn · Tarot & Oracle September 07, 2026 15 min read
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Ancestor Work

How to Host a Dumb Supper: Samhain's Silent Meal

Where the custom actually comes from, how to run the silence so it does not collapse into awkwardness, what to cook, and what to do with the untouched...

Selene Marlow · Astrology September 07, 2026 16 min read
Woman in a gray sweater holding a lit white pillar candle in both hands against a dark green wall
Anti-Scam

How Do I Know if I've Been Cursed? An Honest Checklist

There is no test for a curse, and nobody can diagnose one remotely. A practitioner's honest checklist: rule out the medical causes, then the ordinary ones, then how...

Leif Daniel Schmidt · Shadow Work & Consciousness September 07, 2026 18 min read