Jinpa Smith 12/23/23 Jinpa Smith 12/23/23

a missed solstice

The Winter Solstice has always been important to me but the year I moved to Portugal, somehow, I missed it. I remember I had planned walk to a waterfall to dip my toes in the freezing water. I would have said a prayer for the new year’s light. I

Jinpa Smith 10/19/23 Jinpa Smith 10/19/23

Why I am giving up opiods

Jinpa Smith 10/8/23 Jinpa Smith 10/8/23

'The first fairytales were feminist critiques of patriarchy'

fairytales and patriarchy

Jinpa Smith 9/10/23 Jinpa Smith 9/10/23

Perspective

Everyone has a story

Jinpa Smith 8/25/23 Jinpa Smith 8/25/23

interview

Jinpa Smith 7/19/23 Jinpa Smith 7/19/23

the sound of a question

Sometimes we do not stop the flow of our thoughts long enough to allow the questions to float to the surface.

Jinpa Smith 7/15/23 Jinpa Smith 7/15/23

Jungian Psychology and Tarot

The bridge between formal science and spirituality gets ever more solid, wider and accommodating, and the interconnectedness of all disciplines, therefore, easier to discuss without the need for justification.

Jinpa Smith 7/7/23 Jinpa Smith 7/7/23

the story of your life

Which plot would your life be? ‘Rags to Riches?’?‘The Quest'? Maybe ‘Overcoming the Monster’?

Which would you like it to be?

Jinpa Smith 7/4/23 Jinpa Smith 7/4/23

brainz. magazine

I’ve been accepted as a contributor to Brainz Magazine!

Jinpa Smith 7/1/23 Jinpa Smith 7/1/23

inherited stories:the juniper tree

She is told a story that she is to blame for something terrible. She believes it, as we do as children, and it colours her life. Yet, she still buries the bones of the lie and triggers a transformation.

Jinpa Smith 6/29/23 Jinpa Smith 6/29/23

time

We were watering the garden when the roof was on fire.

Jinpa Smith 6/26/23 Jinpa Smith 6/26/23

Tarot and the question of symbolism

Over the last few years, I have been more and more drawn to what is called an ‘open reading’. in tarot. This means that we rely less on fixed or inherited meanings when we read, and more on the patterns or stories that present themselves.

Jinpa Smith 6/22/23 Jinpa Smith 6/22/23

to rage or surrender?

I am struck by the idea of ‘raging against’ something. It seems it is not the done thing anymore. These days it is all about acceptance and grace. Usually, it is acquiescence, at least, that is called for, and at best, we strive to open our arms willingly to the changes that come our way, breathing, and bowing our heads in a wise and humble manner. Is there still a place for raging?

Jinpa Smith 6/8/23 Jinpa Smith 6/8/23

my own liminal

I often discuss thresholds, and the liminal, and rites of passage, with the people I talk with.

And suddenly, here I am, laboriously writing with one hand, catapulted, without warning, into my own in-between. In the space of weeks I have had the foundations shimmy away from under me as my relationship ended abruptly, and then my arm broke, and I now am forced to manage my life in the rawness of necessity. I am having to walk the talk like never before.

Jinpa Smith 6/2/23 Jinpa Smith 6/2/23

Tarology, by Enrique Enriquez

Tarology