On this episode of Oracle Hour I sit down for a chat with Sarah Faith Gottessdiener: rock star witch, graphic designer, punk priestess, and creator of the outrageously popular Many Moons Workbook. Here we discuss our go to tarot decks; the uses of struggle; tarot and the Strength Card; numerology; finding your right place; tarot […]
Wildlife experts call the Mountain Lion the perfect predator. Their territory spans hundreds of miles, they can kill their prey in an instant with a swift crunch on the back of the neck. Recently, a mountain lion named P-22 has achieved celebrity status as he prowls through Los Angeles’ Griffith Park and is occasionally caught […]
When I was an undergrad at dance school, most of the boy dancers would really claim their confidence. Many of the boys could barely turn a pirouette or point their foot and still they’d get out on the floor to do their combinations all like, “Watch this!” At the same time, often girl dancers with […]
You see a bunch of psychics and they all tell you you’ll get the thing you want and then… you don’t. Every five minutes you get a new sign that you and your beloved are supposed to be together buuuuut… s/he doesn’t return your phone calls. You have a strong intuition that you should do […]
Why don’t those high school career aptitude tests have any option for professional witch? Do you: Love mythology, folk and fairy tales? Feel your heart swell when you see an especially friendly piece of Spirit Quartz? Consider Gaia your girlfriend? Identify wholeheartedly as a feminist? Love to write, move, and make things? Want to help […]
There are countless reasons you might need a Binding Spell: You have a meeting with your agent and you’re worried he’s going to drop you Your ex keeps texting you Bi Polar comments ranging from abuse, to declarations of love, to inquiries about the health of your cat Your co-worker consistently undermines you at meetings […]
Blessed Be: A Night of Occult Performances Celebrating occult performance and programming throughout the year focused on the occult, mysticism, and the unknown, San Diego Art Institute will once again put the “cult” in “culture”. This event will feature new performances by Amanda Yates Garcia (The Oracle of Los Angeles), Molly Jo Shea, and Angela […]
Let me tell you about this kick ass, manifesting our dreams, Full Moon in Virgo spell I just did with Francesca Lia Block. Full moons mean power is ripe, so you have to seize all the moony fruit and suck the juice all the way down to the seeds. Virgo: all about rigor, setting plans […]
So, if you’re just tuning in, I was describing my time in Amsterdam at 20 years old. Broke, friendless, in the freezing cold, with the school that I’d gone there to attend boarded up and empty. I didn’t know it then, but I was about to begin a crash course in magic. My magical apprenticeship […]
In my last post, we left off in San Francisco. I was a 19-year-old stripper with a passion for dance, a prescription for psych meds, and a desire to see the world. I’d just had a dream where a tarot wielding magician told me to go to Amsterdam. With $2,000 saved up, I bought a one-way […]