http://www.thespiritedlife.com The official website of Paul Quinn: author, teacher and intuitive consultant Sun, 23 May 2010 15:00:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Note: If you have trouble viewing this blog entry in its entirety, please access it through Firefox.) The following is a replay of a conversation I recently had with my friend Joe Plugger, who has a knack for asking all the right questions ... JOE: Hey, Paul! PAUL: Hey, Joe! JOE: You haven’t blogged ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=693 I picked up my first Tarot deck in 1998. About two years after my initial gung-ho immersion in the cards, I did a reading asking whether it was time to “hang out my shingle” and invest in a Tarot website, flyers, ads, business cards—the works. In response, the cards didn’t ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=565 When my godson, Rob, was 4 years old, he was fascinated with bones. His mother had introduced him to a local shop that sold fossils and other geological artifacts, and Rob got hooked. He acquired a few tiny bird skulls, a few small shark teeth, and various delicate pieces ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=555 Of all the Court cards in the Tarot, I’ve always felt particular affinity with the King of Cups: tactful, sensitive to people’s needs and trustworthy; the King stays calm and centered when the waves get rough. Let me tell you right now that my inner King of Cups abandoned me ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=548 A few months ago I was asked to do a Tarot reading for a man (I’ll call him Ray) serving time in a federal penitentiary for a gun violation. A few weeks before he was scheduled for release, a cellmate had lunged at him with a knife. The violent struggle  ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=394 There’s a wonderful secondhand bookstore in my neighborhood that I’ve browsed and shopped for at least seven years. The frequency of my visits qualifies me as a Regular Customer. Yet every time I walk in, the proprietors regard me as if they (A) have never seen me before and (B) ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=375 In stories of angelic visitations and interventions, heavenly emissaries appear in many forms.  At their most spectacular, angels make their presence known as shimmering, radiant light, leaving awestruck beholders forever transformed.  Operating at subtler levels, angels have shown up in human form to provide critical interventions for people in peril, ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=363 “…an essential connectedness and unity underlie all the levels of reality.” -  John Stewart Bell, physicist A dozen years ago I was strolling the busy French Quarter in New Orleans when I noticed the slow approach of a small, mule-driven flower cart. The man seated on the cart kept it close to ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=327 I recently flew to Denver for a conference. Arriving late afternoon on a gray day, I rolled my suitcase to the airport’s ground transportation area and was dismayed to learn that taxis into the city were nearly $70. Hoping to make the trip more economical, I decided to ride in ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=292 When I saw the first proposed cover design for my forthcoming book, Tarot for Life: Reading the Cards for Everyday Guidance and Growth, I did not like what I saw. It was far too flat and conservative. A stately font and somber colors betrayed the vitality promised in the title. ... http://www.thespiritedlife.com/?p=274