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Merce Cunningham, Rune, 1959.

Dance, Magic, and Power Chords. (Becoming the Oracle – Part 4)

Merce Cunningham in Rune Photo by Keith McGary 1959. Amsterdam, New Year’s Eve, 1997. As the clock in the city’s ...
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Rise of the LA Art Witch pic

The Rise of the L.A. Art Witch

Details from “The Rise of the L.A. Art Witch” in Contemporary Art Review L.A. (CARLA) magazine. Witches or Witch-curious folks! ...
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healingcrystal

11/28/16 Magical Praxis: Rituals of Healing and Talismans of Protection

Dear Ones! I know this is going out super late, but it’s been a wild month and I’m still breathless, ...
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Lara Schnitger, Protest Parade (Suffragette City), 2015.

13 November – Witchcraft Lecture and Performance at the Hammer

Lara Schnitger, Protest Parade (Suffragette City), 2015. FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France. Courtesy the artist, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, FRAC ...
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Halloween Flier

Magical Praxis: Halloween Special

Magical Praxis: Halloween Special Flier. ©Oracle Of Los Angeles, 2016. Join me on Halloween for a guided ceremony to connect ...
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Melanie Griffin flier

Oracle Hour: Interview with Artist and Herbalist Melanie Griffin

Melanie Griffin is special guest on the Oracle Hour. Herbal Charm on the Oracle Hour Artist, herbalist, and all around ...
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Kees Van Dongen - Marcelle Leoni Ponchettes

Wrong Sign? Or, How I Became the Oracle – Part 3

Kees Van Dongen. “Marcelle Leoni Ponchettes.” 1959. So, if you’re just tuning in, I was describing my time in Amsterdam ...
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Titian's Salome - detail

How I Became the Oracle of Los Angeles (part 2)

Titian [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsIn my last post, we left off in San Francisco. I was a ...
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Oracle Hour with Amanda Yates Garcia and special guest Wendy C. Ortiz. Art by Wendy Ortiz.

KCHUNG Oracle Hour with Wendy C. Ortiz – 18 Sept 2016

Wendy C. Ortiz, therapist, and author of three books, wrote her first chapbook in the 2nd grade. She always considered ...
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How I Became the Oracle of Los Angeles -- (part 1)

How I Became the Oracle of Los Angeles — (part 1)

Delphic Sibyl, fresco painted by Michelangelo (1475-1564), Sistine Chapel Ceiling (1508-1512) Rome, Vatican When I was 19 I had big ...
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Simple Spell for the New Moon In Virgo

Simple Spell for the New Moon In Virgo

©Oracle of Los Angeles, 2016. Simple Spell for the New Moon in Libra Libra is the sign of relationships. For ...
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The Oracle Hour: Interview with Poet and Astrologer Stuart Krimko

The Oracle Hour: Interview with Poet and Astrologer Stuart Krimko

Last weekend poet, astrologer and art world adept Stuart Krimko joined me on The Oracle Hour. Tune into the archived ...
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Oracle Hour- Cool Thunder flier.

The Oracle Hour: Cool Thunder

Oracle Hour – Cool Thunder flier. Image Credit: The Valkyrie Brünnhilde by Arthur Rackham. Beachy magico-synth tunes make up the ...
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XI Justice

No Justice, No Peace: Tarot Wisdom for Violent Times (XI Justice)

The Justice card, from the Elemental Tarot deck. © 2016 Amanda Yates Garcia For the past month or so I’ve ...
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Does the Hanged Man Require a Blood Sacrifice?

Does the Hanged Man Require a Blood Sacrifice?

©Amanda Yates Garcia 2016 The Hanged Man calls for a sacrifice. He is the dying god archetype that we see ...
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Love Spell

What To Do If Your Love Spell Fails

Love spelling. “Love” by *_Abhi_* is licensed under CC BY 2.0 My ex-husband had everything I’d called for in my ...
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Oracle Hour flier for Johanna Hedva

The Oracle Interviews Johanna Hedva

Johanna Hedva as photographed by Pamila Payne. The first time I met Johanna Hedva I knew I was in the ...
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Fairy Magick Zine Workshop flier

Fairy Magick Zine Workshop

Fairy Magick Zine Workshop with Francesca Lia Block and Amanda Yates Garcia, Oracle of Los Angeles Fairy Magick Zine Workshop ...
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Magical Praxis: Power Play

Magical Praxis: Power Play

Kali, Anonymous, Kolkatta, circa 1855, from the National Gallery of Australia. What: Join us in raising power with tarot, animal totems, meditation, ...
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Holy Music Flyer

Holy Music for the Holy Ghost

Boyd, E., American, Retabla of Holy Ghost, c. 1936, National Gallery of Art. You really have to listen to this ...
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Black Isis Flier

Know No Shame: Working Magic With Black Isis

Black Isis workshop flier. Copyright 2015 Amanda Yates Garcia, Oracle of Los Angeles. Workshop Description: “Terrible one, lady of the ...
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Workshop flier: Calling in the Muse

Workshop: Calling in the Muse

Workshop flier: Calling in the Muse, with Francesca Lia Block and Amanda Yates Garcia. Image by Len Lye. Still from ...
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Black Isis - High Priestess

Messages from the High Priestess

Amanda Yates Garcia. Black Isis / High Priestess. Collage. 2015. When the High Priestess comes up in a tarot reading, ...
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Witch Songs - 60s Psychedelia from Around the World

Witch Songs – 60s Psychedelia from Around the World

Flyer for the Oracle Hour. 23 August 2015. Image of actress Peggy Cummins. Today on The Oracle Hour at KCHUNG: ...
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