This month Natalie gives a brief history of the tarot, then speaks with Dr. Siddharth Ramakrishnan about neuroscience, snails, the deck he designed, art, neural ethology, divination tools, mental imagery, gut feelings, intention setting, moving atoms with your brain, the left-right-brain-myth, why scientists need artists, basal ganglia, and more!
Dr. Ramakrishnan’s scientific work: https://zebrafishmedaka.wixsite.com/sidslab NeuroTarot: www.brainmystic.com His new course for visionaries and diviners on how the brain moves from vision to intuition to insight: https://academy.brainmystic.com/divineneuro A free set of Mind Maps - brain charts that move from Vision to Intuition: https://academy.brainmystic.com/mindmap His longstanding collaboration with Dr. Victoria Vesna (AKA: More awesome science-art:) www.hoxzodiac.com His youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56OS6GmfNRhbIB2oit-Kxw His Insta and Twitter handles are @siddbits
Some good places to go for more tarot history: Tarot Heritage: https://tarot-heritage.com/ World of Playing Cards: https://www.wopc.co.uk/ The Biddy Tarot Podcast with Robert Place: https://www.biddytarot.com/btp24-tarot-history-lesson-robert-place/ Things You Missed In History Class - A Brief History of Tarot Cards: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/episode/a-brief-history-of-tarot-cards-72969698/
Find out more about how and when you might be able to see the upcoming lunar eclipse on May 26, 2021 here: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2021-may-26
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