When a difficult tide crashes through the inner landscape, the quiet within becomes the perfect pearl. Like the eye of a hurricane, within my inner flame resides the calm from which all life springs and to which all life returns.
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Someone just texted and asked me in these exact words, “Ya got any tips for money magic?”
“Get a job?” is what I want to say but probably won't. I will probably say something much more diplomatic but maybe not as useful, pragmatic and wise as simply saying, “Get a job.” But I get it; so many new age influencers say that money falls from the sky, and maybe sometimes it does, but does that mean people who work are saps? I mean, someone had to make the iPhone you’re using to tell people how to live.
Read MoreControversial Contemplations on Necessity
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Do people need astrology readings? Yes.
Do people need my insight? Yes.
Do people need to know how to read and write? Yes.
Wherever there is need.
Some people are in the business of desire, which is much easier than the business of need, but when I closed the shop last year, I closed the shop on the business of desire.
Read MoreFortune and Comparison
I have been offhandedly toying with the notion of fortune lately, specifically as I reframe a gratitude practice that works for me. Arbitrarily listing off things I possess by some shallow worldview that, compared to such and such, I have it quite well, is no longer a useful practice as I deepen the soil I till.
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NEW Updates!
Greetings from my Home Office,
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind (shout out to the wind!) since closing the shop last month. Most of my November was clearing out, giving away, or storing items - appropriate for the Harvest Season.
On Monday I dropped off my key to the shop and got a text from a friend asking if I had any selenite for sale.
Yesterday was when the emotions hit me. While I am glad I closed the shop, I was anticipating some sort of emotional processing to come up, and yesterday was that day. The emotions and thoughts that arose yesterday catalyzed the first post on my new Substack page.
Whilst and after closing the shop, I’ve been chewing on the question - “What’s next?” One of the answers is my new Substack page, where I will be posting my writings: poetry, pontifications and likely some magical tips. Check it out if you want to follow my philosophical musings on mental health and spiritual development.
In the meantime, you’ll notice some changes to the website with limited products and services available. I’ve had to cancel some appointments that didn’t feel right and cancel some orders for products I no longer sell, but once the dust has settled, I know I’ll be grateful I took the risk to say no, set boundaries and live more authentically.
I love you so much, and I hope you are having a warm and peaceful holiday season.
Truly,
Amanda
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Grateful News
Howdy all!
Whew! It is with great relief I am writing this email to share some refreshing (for me at least) news.
With great thought, prayer, wise counsel and readings, I have decided to close my brick-and-mortar shop at the end of November. However, I will still have the virtual shop and continue to do virtual/phone readings/house calls, so this decision shouldn’t actually affect most of you.
The brick-and-mortar shop has been quite a success, much to my surprise, but it has also been quite an energetic strain - last year I did somewhere around 700 readings. Accordingly, I have decided to temper back on the business side and to re-focus on the service aspect.
Here’s some pertinent info:
1. I’ll Still be Doing Readings
If you live in the area of Far West Texas, I’ll simply be doing house calls - going to you rather than you coming to me. If you live beyond, I’ll continue to offer virtual and phone readings. Note that I am now only offering one reading option - $50 for one hour or if you just want to donate, that’s fine too. If you cannot afford a reading, that’s not a problem; just send me an email at htxoracle@gmail.com
I will no longer be doing readings on love matters or for the simply curious. Please be mindful of your clear intentions and why it is you NEED a tarot reading. I am happy to help if the question is one of necessity.
If you find yourself wanting a reading regarding love matters or other mundane curiosities, I highly recommend Carrie Leitch - she’s who I go to when I need a reading.
2. Spiritual Workings and Consultations are Now Free
I’m also removing fees for spiritual workings, so if you really need something done, email me, and let’s discuss. Also, no more fees for consultations, just please be mindful of your intentions when asking for services.
3. Need a Cleansing?
I’m also removing cleansings from the list of services; if you need a cleansing, email me, and I will send you free instructions on how to take a proper spiritual bath and how to properly cleanse your home.
4. Friend in Need?
I will continue to be taking referrals, so if you have a friend/family/coworker in need, send them my way, and I’m happy to see how I can help.
5. Sale 75% off
While I will be running the shop out of my home after this month, I am offering a sale to help me clear out some inventory, so I won’t have to move as much at the end of the month. Use promo code GRATEFUL75 to get 75% off your online orders. This sale applies to in-store purchases as well.
Anyway, I don’t really feel bummed about the decision at all. I just didn’t want to regret it, but I feel good about the decision. It took a while to get a really clear answer, but I think the exhaustion of doing so many readings finally has caught up with me. Who knows who I’ve been able to help the past year, but I’m trying to cut back on walk-ins who are “just curious” about tarot readings.
Thanks so much to all of you for not only your support but allowing me to support you. If you need anything, the virtual door is open (and the brick-and-mortar until the end of the month).
Love you so much,
Amanda
P.S. I’ll still be sending out regular emails via the newsletter, so we can stay in touch.
Hail Rahu!
“Hail Rahu”
What do the people want?
MORE!
…or less.
I am pulled in all directions,
from all directions
in a moment before I forget: God.
Indifferent to Results
Whilst in my repeated contemplations of the Gita, I wonder how else I may meld its teachings into my soul.
On Monday, I was bent out of shape and trying to figure out why. In the afternoon, I turned back on the recording of this sacred text and was reminded by Lord Krishna, “You have a right to your actions, but never to your actions fruits.” Once again I had caused my own suffering through a desire and expectation!
New Moon in Gemini
How many disappointments have I experienced simply by my own expectations or perceptions? Is there anything that is not from the mind?
When I think about suffering and world-wide matters, I wonder what is within my pay grade? How can I bring balance to my own life and home? Is my own “house” in order? This is a major theme of The Metaphysics of Good Vibrations - turning within, not as a means of navel gazing but as a means to peel away perceptions and simply remember Who I Am.
Why I Quit Social Media
Last week I realized, while floating in my mother’s pool and listening to the audio book of Autobiography of a Yogi that I was giving away my most valuable gift: my perception. As an ever-aspiring mystic, yogi, magician, what-have-you, my perception, concentration and focus is of the utmost importance for Divine Realization. I tried to find balance for 5 years, but all I was doing was...
Read MoreHoodoo Blues & Book Updates 🐅
The artificial flowers blow by
like dandelion seeds wished by a graveyard.
But How to Survive the Apocalypse?
Hustle
Hustle
Hustle
Gd be with me
while I usher
herein the new world,
a crumbling pillar
while we change our gods
and lose our focus,
lose our anchor.
West Texas Winds
I recently did a tarot reading to inquire the intention of these particularly rough West Texas winds we’ve been experiencing over the past few months. Though the cotton blowing in my back door seems to have softened the landscape, what I found in the reading was particularly interesting: The winds were sweeping in to bring balance.
Read MoreConsider the Lillies
When asked recently why Easter is my third favorite holiday and Christmas my fourth, I replied, “It’s the vernal freshness, the physical exemplification of renewal.”
We say the sun is reborn on the solstice, slowly stretching a few extra rays of light in the darkest of nights until we behold: blossoms.
I started to notice petite purple flowers beginning to bloom as I walked my new deaf puppy Trixie in February. After the Pisces new moon on March 10th, the white flowers were apparent and the yellow too, as if they’d been there all along just waiting for me to notice.
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Time, Surrender & the Divine
I’ve had more than a few experiences of time - in fact, it seems like I’ve had infinite experiences with time - many times on a daily basis.
I recently heard that our relationship with time is related to our relationship with the Divine - yes, that Divine. This also makes sense because Saturn, the Lord of Time, is the final planet we encounter on our journey back home to Pleroma, or what some might call Source. I prefer to say God.
I’ve also heard that our relationship with time is related to our relationship with prosperity and abundance - feeling like we don’t have enough time. Is it just a matter of prioritization?
The Love of G-D (That I Am)
My love for You is 3-fold
5-fold
7-fold
7 times 70-fold
144,000-fold.
Understanding G-D
This morning while drinking my coffee in the castle where I live, the sunlight arose over the eastern mountains and poured itself everywhere. I had a thought.
“What is your understanding of God today?”
Week 1, Day 9: I am Enough
For those of you who listen to my podcast, A Thousand Serious Moves, you probably already know that my dog and good friend Tupes passed away last Saturday. It has been a rough week in more than one way, and I have been trying my hardest to take it easy. Of course I understand the irony of that statement: trying my hardest to take it easy.
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Quitting Cigarettes (Again)
I’ve never considered myself a “smoker” even though I’ve been smoking casually since I was 18. At first it started out as an oral fixation to keep me from eating when I had an eating disorder. Then, smoking became something to do when I went out drinking. Or if I’d travel to Europe, it only seemed culterally respectful to smoke. And when I did standup comedy, I didn’t want to sit through an entire open mic, and smoking with other comedians outside was a way of networking. Then, when I got clean, nicotine seemed like the only thing I could have, but when I’d smoke cigarettes, it’s like what I really wanted was to get high.
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Harietta - the mystical spider of Marfa
Communing with Nature - Harietta
Spiders can give great early warning signs, and though I did not see her on this particular afternoon, I do know there is a tarantula who lives in a hole outside the door to my Holy Guardian Angel’s altar. David Sleeper calls her Harrietta.
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