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-The mineral aggregate '''[[bloodstone]]''' is a cryptocrystalline mixture of [[quartz]] that occurs mostly as [[jasper]] (opaque) or sometimes as [[chalcedony]] (translucent). The "classic" bloodstone is opaque green jasper with red inclusions of hematite. The red inclusions may resemble spots of blood, hence its name.
+The '''[[Celtic Cross]]''' is one of the most popular and enduring [[Tarot]] spreads. It is used as a practical method for [[divination]] by laying out the cards in a pattern that resembles a [[christianity|Christian]] cross of the style found in formerly [[Paganism|pagan]] regions.
-Bloodstone was called "stone of Babylon" by Albertus Magnus and he referred to several [[ritual magic|magical]] properties, which were attributed to it from Late Antiquity. Pliny the Elder (1st century) mentioned first that the [[magician]]s used it as a stone of invisibility. Damigeron (4th century) wrote about its ability to make rain, [[solar eclipse]]s and its special virtue in [[divination]] and preserving health and youth.
+The Celtic Cross spread was first mentioned in print by [[A.E. Waite]] in his 1910 book, ''[[The Key to the Tarot|A Pictorial Key to the Tarot]]'' as "An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination." Waite likely created the spread himself and ascribed it an "ancient Celtic" pedigree as an imaginative means for giving the spread some credibility as a [[divination]] tool. However, it is also possible the spread was utilized by [[magician]]s of the [[Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] and Waite discovered it through them.
-<p><small>Photographer: [[Travis McHenry]]</small></p>
+<p><small>Artist: [[Travis McHenry]]</small></p>
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