TaraTheBard, Author at Storyteller Supply

Coping With the Shadow Work Cycle: Uprooting, Upheaval, Updating, With Tarot Spreads and Journal Prompts

TaraTheBard — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:44:36 +0000

There are thousands of instructional materials out there regarding how to perform, experience, and personalize shadow work. Most resources don’t describe what happens afterwards. This is based upon my personal experience and what works for me. It might not happen for you this way, or it might. I’m putting this out there as something for...

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Ending The Story with Style: Tips for Creating a Satisfying End to Your Roleplaying Game

TaraTheBard — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 11:02:17 +0000

Ending The Story with Style: Tips for Creating a Satisfying End to Your Roleplaying Game So you’ve been running a tabletop roleplaying game for your friends. It’s been a great adventure. Everyone has had a good time, but now it’s time for the story to come to a close. Regardless of whether you’ve only played...

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Interested in Storytelling Magic? Learn the Basics

TaraTheBard — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:39:23 +0000

When you wear an identity as a mantle, people will have their own ideas about what that word means. They will bring those ideas with them when they interact with you. These external beings, or those who are not you, may even be machines. However, you have agency to define your story and what it...

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Dolls and Divination: 3 Barbie Tarot Card Spreads for Empowerment

TaraTheBard — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:08:48 +0000

First: the bad news. There aren’t any official Barbie tarot cards, but a creative individual did create a Barbie tarot project based on the imagery of the Rider-Waite Tarot. For your Barbie tarot needs, I have suggested some decks at the end of this post, which focus on empowerment and planning, and/or capture the Barbie...

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A Storyteller’s Reimagining of Maiden, Mother, Crone

TaraTheBard — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:22:42 +0000

Like many people — especially young women — I encountered modern witchcraft largely on the internet. Ah, the 1990s. I didn’t know I was searching for empowerment, a means of breaking out of the boxes society put me in, or a way to classify myself that indicated I was already living outside of society’s intended...

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AI Generated Spells and Stories: Should You Use AI to Create Spells?

TaraTheBard — Wed, 17 May 2023 18:37:11 +0000

I’ve been writing, storytelling, and spellcrafting for decades, and many of you reading this have probably been doing at least one of those things for at least as long as I have. Maybe, like me, you’re also a human with an imperfect body telling imperfect stories and doing the best you can when you set...

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Is Manifesting Witchcraft? How I Manifested a New Job

TaraTheBard — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:29:39 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of non-witches ask: is manifesting witchcraft? From my perspective, manifesting in most belief systems (or even without a belief in a greater universal tie or gods) has similar components and accomplishes similar results. While it might sound odd for a witch to say, I don’t necessarily believe that manifesting creates some...

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Damaged and Damaging: A Poem

TaraTheBard — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 00:07:08 +0000

Content warning: negative body image of fat body Some people in this crowd are onions of firecrackers and water balloons with relief and sour taste I return to. They are so outcast, they are outcast from outcast, and their trauma becomes fingers wrapped around my neck and 3 am upchuck when I’m trying to sleep....

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I Went to a Séance at Bloody Mary’s in New Orleans

TaraTheBard — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 04:27:33 +0000

“I can’t just leave you here,” said my Mercedes-driving, smooth-talking Uber driver. There were smashing bottles, and a small crowd comprised of nervous tourists and locals hoping to offer them something more illicit than their fears. I was there earlier than my friends. My driver walked me to the door. I knocked three times, and...

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On the Witchy Aesthetic: Welcome!

TaraTheBard — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:43:40 +0000

I’ve heard a lot of complaints over the past few years about the “witchy aesthetic,” and I’m here to do one thing: discourage all the gatekeeping. So freaking what if someone just thinks it’s cool to wear moons on their clothes because it makes them feel badass? If they aren’t appropriating from a specific culture...

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