The Library · Free Tarot, Lenormand & Kabbalah Guides, Articles & Charts
The Library is the free reading room of Global Spiritual Studies · nearly four hundred free articles, in-depth guides and printable reference charts on Tarot, Lenormand, Kabbalah, Druidry and psychic development, written and edited by the school's own teachers. It is where you read your way into a tradition · no account, no email, nothing to buy.
Start with a tradition guide, keep a free chart beside you, or browse the whole Tarot, Lenormand and Kabbalah blog below · and when a subject calls you deeper, the same teachers who wrote these pages teach the courses.
Start with a tradition guide
Five in-depth guides · one for each living tradition. Each gathers the foundations of Tarot, Lenormand, Kabbalah, Druidry or psychic development in one place and links on to the deeper articles that follow.
How to Read Tarot Cards · Complete Guide to All 78 Cards
Meanings for every card, plus spreads and reversals worked through from the beginning · the doorway to every free Tarot article in The Library.
Start reading Tarot → LenormandLenormand Card Meanings · All 36 Cards & How to Read Them
Every one of the thirty-six cards, its keyword and how pairs combine in a line · the anchor for all our Lenormand articles.
Learn the 36 cards → KabbalahKabbalah Tree of Life · Complete Guide to All 22 Paths
The Ten Sephirot, the Twenty-Two Paths and how the diagram is read · the most consulted of all our Kabbalah resources.
Explore the Tree of Life → Druidry & Celtic WisdomDruidry · A Complete Guide to Celtic Wisdom
An introduction to the Ogham, the eightfold year and the sacred animals of the Celtic path · from the authors of the DruidCraft Tarot.
Begin with Druidry → Psychic DevelopmentPsychic Development & Energy Healing · A Complete Beginner's Guide
Intuition, the chakras, dreams and the subtle body, one step at a time · where daily inner practice first takes root.
Begin the practice →Eight more guides to explore
Focused reference guides on the chakras, the Minor and Major Arcana, the Visconti-Sforza deck, creating your own Tarot deck, dream interpretation, dream and shadow work, and Sefer Yetzirah, the foundational text of Jewish mysticism.
Chakras · A Complete Guide to the Seven Centres
Root to crown, with the colour, theme and body-region of each centre and how they come into balance.
Open the guide → TarotThe Minor Arcana · Complete Guide to the 56 Cards
Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles · the four suits and the everyday stories they tell.
Open the guide → TarotThe Major Arcana · Complete Guide to the 22 Trumps
From the Fool to the World · the twenty-two trumps and the soul's journey they map.
Open the guide → Tarot HistoryVisconti-Sforza Tarot · Complete Guide to Bembo's 78 Cards
The oldest surviving deck, hand-painted in Renaissance Milan · its imagery read panel by panel.
Open the guide → Tarot CraftHow to Create Your Own Tarot Deck · The Complete Guide
From first spark to printed cards · choosing a theme, drawing the images and producing your own set.
Open the guide → Inner WorkDreams, Shadow Work & the Inner Journey · A Complete Guide
Reading night symbols, meeting the hidden self and mapping the descent that leads toward wholeness.
Open the guide → DreamsLearn Dream Interpretation · The Complete Guide
What the symbols mean, why dreams repeat, how to keep a journal and what kind of dreamer you are.
Open the guide → KabbalahSefer Yetzirah · The Book of Formation
The foundational text of Jewish mysticism, explained · the ten, the twenty-two, the thirty-two paths, and how it became the Tree of Life.
Open the guide →Free charts to print and keep
Free divination guides and charts to keep beside you while you read · one printable page each, covering Tarot, Lenormand, the Ogham, the chakras and more · with the complete Sefer Yetzirah edition alongside them. The charts are free to view and print, nothing to sign up for.
Free Minor Arcana Chart
All fifty-six Minor Arcana cards, upright and reversed, on one printable page.
Open the chart → Free chartFree Kabbalah Tree of Life Chart
The Ten Sephirot and Twenty-Two Paths mapped on one printable diagram.
Open the chart → Free chartFree 22 Paths of the Tree of Life Chart
All twenty-two Paths with their Hebrew letters and Major Arcana cards on one printable page.
Open the chart → Free chartFree Lenormand Cards Chart
All thirty-six Lenormand cards and their keywords on one printable page.
Open the chart → Free chartFree Ogham Alphabet Chart
The Ogham tree alphabet, letter by letter, with meanings · a printable Celtic reference.
Open the chart → Free chartFree 7 Chakra Chart
The seven chakras, their colours and their meanings on one printable page.
Open the chart → Free chartFree Dream Symbols Chart
Common dream symbols and their meanings, gathered into one printable reference.
Open the chart → Free chartFree EFT Tapping Points Chart
The Emotional Freedom Technique tapping points, mapped on one printable diagram.
Open the chart → Free editionFree Sefer Yetzirah PDF Edition
The twenty-two Hebrew letter correspondence table free on the page · the complete Book of Formation edition sent to your inbox.
Open the edition →Most consulted references
The guides and references our readers return to most often across Tarot, Kabbalah, Buddhism and energy work · a good place to begin.
Sexual Symbolism in Tarot
A card-by-card exploration of how the deck speaks about love, intimacy and desire · one of the Library's most-read references on the theme.
Read the reference → KabbalahThe 22 Paths of the Kabbalah Tree of Life
The 'Path Notes' correspondence table · all twenty-two paths matched to their Tarot trumps, a reference readers return to again and again.
Read the reference → Tarot CraftHow to Create Your Own Tarot Deck
The step-by-step reference on designing, illustrating and printing an original deck of your own.
Read the reference → BuddhismBuddhist Symbols & Their Meanings
The eight auspicious symbols and the wider language of Buddhist iconography · one of the Library's most-read guides.
Read the reference → BuddhismOm Mani Padme Hum · Meaning
The six-syllable mantra explained syllable by syllable · a question readers ask again and again.
Read the reference → Energy BodyThe 7 Chakra Chart
The seven chakras at a glance · one of the most requested printable references we publish.
Read the reference → KabbalahThe Kabbalah Tree of Life Chart
The Ten Sephirot and Twenty-Two Paths on one printable diagram · the companion to the Tree of Life guide.
Read the reference → For OrganizationsOnline Courses for Organizations
Group licensing that brings our Tarot, Kabbalah and energy-work courses to teams, schools and communities · one place for shared, guided learning.
Read the reference →About The Library
What can I study in the Library?
The Library gathers nearly four hundred free articles, in-depth guides and printable charts across Tarot, Lenormand, Kabbalah, Druidry, Buddhism and psychic development. You can read your way into a whole tradition · start with a complete guide such as How to Read Tarot Cards, follow it into more focused pieces, and keep a reference chart beside you as you practise. Nothing here asks for an account or an email.
Where should a Tarot beginner start?
Begin with How to Read Tarot Cards · Complete Guide to All 78 Cards, which covers the cards, spreads and reversals from the very beginning. Keep the printable Free Minor Arcana Chart to hand while you learn, and branch into the Minor Arcana and Major Arcana guides as your reading deepens.
How is Lenormand different from Tarot?
Lenormand is a thirty-six card oracle read in short, direct combinations rather than the layered, single-card symbolism common in Tarot · its cards pair and chain together to make plain-spoken sentences. The Lenormand Card Meanings · All 36 Cards & How to Read Them guide walks through every card and how pairs combine, with the Free Lenormand Cards Chart as a quick reference.
Are the printable charts free?
Yes · every chart is free to view and print, with nothing to sign up for. The shelf includes the Minor Arcana, the Kabbalah Tree of Life mapping the Ten Sephirot and Twenty-Two Paths, the seven chakras, the Ogham alphabet and more · each on a single page.
Who writes and reviews the guides?
The articles, guides and charts are written and edited by the teachers of Global Spiritual Studies · published authors and working practitioners in Tarot, Lenormand, Kabbalah, Druidry and psychic development. The same teachers who write these pages also teach the school's classes.
How do the free guides relate to the courses?
Each tradition's guide is the free doorway to its courses. The written guides teach the foundations; the courses carry you further with recorded video lessons, live Q&A sessions, PDF handouts and a community forum · taught by the same people who wrote the guides.
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The Goals of Spiritual Psychology · Awakening, Healing, Individuation, Self-Actualisation, Realization and Illumination
Spiritual psychology names six overlapping goals: awakening, healing, individuation, self-actualisation, realization and illumination. The Spiritual Psychology Library sets them side by side with their traditions, key figures and practices, explains rational and imaginal modes of knowing, and offers a reflection on which goal is yours.
Spiritual vs Transpersonal Psychology · How Seven Approaches Compare
Spiritual psychology is the broad umbrella; transpersonal psychology is the academic field that grew out of humanistic psychology in the late 1960s. The Spiritual Psychology Library compares seven approaches, from Jungian and Psychosynthesis to integral and positive psychology, and answers whether transpersonal psychology is legitimate and whether Jungian psychology is spiritual.
Sophrology · What It Is, Where It Comes From and Three Exercises to Try
Sophrology is a mind-body method created by Colombian neuropsychiatrist Alfonso Caycedo in Madrid in 1960, combining breathing, gentle movement and visualisation. The Spiritual Psychology Library explains its roots, compares it with mindfulness, yoga nidra, meditation and hypnotherapy, weighs the evidence, and offers three exercises in the style of sophrology.
Shadow Work vs Inner Child Work vs Parts Work · Which Is Which, and Where to Begin
Shadow work, inner child work and parts work are three related ways of meeting disowned parts of the self. The Spiritual Psychology Library compares Jung's shadow, the inner child, Psychosynthesis subpersonalities and IFS parts, suggests where to begin, and offers a first exercise from each.
Spiritual Awakening vs Spiritual Emergency: How to Tell the Difference
A spiritual emergency is a crisis in which a process of spiritual awakening becomes so intense that it overwhelms a person’s ability to cope. The Spiritual Psychology Library sets out the Grofs’ idea, compares awakening, emergency and psychosis, paraphrases David Lukoff’s questions, and explains Steve Taylor’s research on awakening after turmoil.
Dark Night of the Soul: Meaning, Stages, How Long It Lasts and What Helps
The dark night of the soul is a period of spiritual desolation in which prayer, meaning and the felt presence of the sacred seem to withdraw while the longing remains. The Spiritual Psychology Library traces it to St John of the Cross, compares it with depression, awakening and ego death, and sets out the stages, how long it lasts and what helps.
What Is Spiritual Bypassing? Meaning, Examples, Signs and a Self-Check
Spiritual bypassing is the use of spiritual ideas and practices to avoid facing painful feelings, unresolved wounds and unfinished psychological work. The Spiritual Psychology Library traces the term to John Welwood (1984), sets ten familiar phrases beside the healthier move, lists the signs, and offers a twelve-statement self-check.
The Best Online Spiritual Psychology Courses in 2026 · Degrees, Certificates and Free Ways to Study
The best online spiritual psychology course depends on whether you want a degree, a certificate or personal study. The Spiritual Psychology Library compares the routes, from Philip Carr-Gomm's live professional training and the Alef Trust Psychosynthesis certificate to transpersonal psychology degrees and free university courses, with a simple way to choose.
Druidry and Psychology · How Nature, Myth and Ritual Do Psychological Work
Druidry and psychology meet in the idea that nature, myth and ritual can do psychological work. The Spiritual Psychology Library pairs six Druid practices with what each does psychologically, follows Philip Carr-Gomm's bridge between the grove and the consulting room, meets the Druid psychiatrist E. Graham Howe and Jung at Bollingen, and answers whether Druidry is a therapy.
Subpersonalities · Examples, the Five Phases and How to Dialogue With Your Inner Community
Subpersonalities are semi-autonomous parts of the personality, each formed around a need. The Spiritual Psychology Library's guide sets out twelve common subpersonalities, James Vargiu's five phases of the work, how they differ from IFS parts, the shadow and alters, a dialogue practice, and the inner community in Philip Carr-Gomm's course.
Soul vs Ego · The Ego, Personality, Soul and Self Chart Across Four Traditions
The ego is the sense of being a separate “me” who must defend, compare and keep score; the soul is the deeper, lasting centre of a life. The Spiritual Psychology Library sets ego, personality, soul and Self side by side, shows what Psychosynthesis, Jung, Vedanta and Buddhism call each layer, and offers a five-minute practice.
What Is Psychosynthesis? · Assagioli’s Egg Diagram, Disidentification and the Will
Psychosynthesis is Roberto Assagioli's psychology of the whole person. The Spiritual Psychology Library's guide explains the egg diagram layer by layer, the key practices of disidentification, the will, subpersonality dialogue and the ideal model, how it compares with psychoanalysis, Jungian analysis and IFS, the evidence, and where to train.
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