title: Essence of the Tarot Journal and Coloring Book: Modern Reflections on ancient wisdom
author:  Megan Skinner 
description: Megan Skinner is a professional clairvoyant, Tarot card reader, astrologer and author. Her private practice in spiritual counseling has spanned over twenty years, in which time her client base has grown to become international. In addition to counseling and writing, she teaches workshops on astrology, the Tarot, meditation, and intuitive and spiritual development. Residing in Seattle, Washington, Megan offers classes and lectures on the Tarot and intuitive development. Visit her at meganskinner.com, on Facebook at authormeganskinner, and on Twitter and Instagram at megansees.
zlib_text: Donna Tartt
  The Secret History
   
  For Bret Easton Ellis, whose generosity will never cease to warm my heart; and for Paul Edward Mc
  Gloin, muse and Maecenas, who is the dearest friend I will ever have in this world.
   
  I enquire now as to the genesis of a philologist and assert the following:
  1. A young man cannot possibly know what Greeks and Romans are.
  2. He does not know whether he is suited for finding out about them.
  – FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Unzeitgemdsse Betrachtungen
   
  Come then, and let us pass a leisure hour in storytelling, and our story shall be the education of our
  heroes.
  – PLATO, Republic, book ii
   
   
  
  Prologue
   
  The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for
  several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
  He'd been dead for ten days before they found him, you know. It was one of
  the biggest manhunts in Vermont history – state troopers, the FBI, even an
  army helicopter; the college closed, the dye factory in Hampden shut down,
  peop