Changes in the natural world shaped by the shifts of sun and moon replace a physical structure to serve as sanctuary for our seeking. Learn more →
Changes in the natural world shaped by the shifts of sun and moon replace a physical structure to serve as sanctuary for our seeking. Learn more →
A mentor is one who has walked a bit longer or further along the seeker’s path. As a mentor, Carolyn Cushing offers support for how to travel, but the seeker determines their own unique soul path. Learn more →
Carolyn Cushing works in collaborative intuitive way with seekers and the Tarot. In both sessions and e-readings, she and the seeker are active, working with the symbols and the images on the cards to engage intuition. Learn more →
All sessions are on Wednesdays. They will run about 75 – 90 minutes. To accommodate the range of time zones of participants, times of the first two session will alternate. If that works, the pattern for the following session will be the same.
First sessions will be recorded in their entirety. Second sessions will begin with a private/unrecorded sharing circle and continue with a group discussion that will be recorded only for sharing with other Exploratorium participants.
An offering of $54 enrolls you in the Exploratorium. Invitations will be made at each session to offer sustaining funds for the facilitator / any guest presenters or make gifts to the fund to prepare and place a headstone for Rachel Pollack (suggested sliding scale of $9 – $30 per session).
How can I get a Shining Tribe deck and companion book? At the moment, the Shining Tribe is out of print, but—good news!—Weiser is bring out a new edition by spring of 2024 with a color palette close to Rachel’s original paintings. There are copies of the Shining Tribe published by Llewellyn still circulating, if you want one sooner. Check your local metaphysical shop or do a web search.
Do I have to have a copy of the Shining Tribe to start participating? You actually don’t. You’ll get information about the deck from presentations and you can use another deck for the experiential activities between sessions. You will want one eventually, but you don’t have to have one to get going.
Are any other resources/materials needed? Rachel’s The Body of the Goddess will inform the sessions and activities. If you can get a copy—it’s hard to find—I recommend snapping it up. But not at all essential for everyone to have.
Let me know your questions! Email me using the contact form on this site to get through spam filters.
Carolyn Cushing is a soul care practitioner, seeker of justice, and poet. Through Soul Path Sanctuary, she offers spiritual mentoring, Tarot sessions, and online and in-person offerings to attune to the wisdom of the seasons and lunar cycles. For over 20 years, Carolyn has taught Tarot and facilitated ritual in Western Massachusetts., on-line, and at Tarot conferences across the United States including the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. Her Tarot practices and writing are included in The Gaian Tarot Companion Guide and Tarot for Troubled Times. She is cofounder of the Massachusetts Tarot Society and completed the Spiritual Direction Internship at the Spiritual Life Center in 2010.
Carolyn has collaborated with many Tarot luminaries and most extensively with Rachel Pollack. In 2021, Rachel said of Carolyn’s work with the Shining Tribe Tarot: “[Her] interpretations are brilliant, wide-ranging, deeply felt. I think she may be the Tribe’s foremost interpreter (and yes, I’m including myself in the group of everyone else). Thank you, Carolyn, both for the message about how we keep moving through such difficult times, and for using my cards to discover it.”
The Soul Path Sanctuary e-news is a moonthly missive that will arrive in your inbox around the new and full moons with astro-Tarot-nature inspired themes, readings, and prompts for practice to walk your unique soul path in alignment with – or sometimes finding ways around! – the collective energies. Facilitated by Carolyn Cushing, the Sanctuary’s […] Learn more →
PALESTINIAN POETS WRITE A RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the house / next door no longer / stands. It’s lying like an old carpet / on the floor of the earth, / trampled by missiles, fat slippers / flying off legless feet; and WHEREAS, every time we leave the house, / it’s suicide. / And each return a [...] Learn more →