To Those Offended By My Party Tricks
| If She's So Psychic... | Sep 6th. at 8:01:00 am EDT
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Naya (Memphis, Tennessee)
"I do birthdays and bridal showers."
Think
about this. Someone who (theoretically) holds deep and profound
information about you - things that, if you knew them, could change
your life for the better. She (theoretically) can do and can know
things that trained counselors, psychologists, and doctors only dream
of.
....Yet she's doing pony tricks at parties....
I'd not want to give
people the impression that I think that these deep and profound
revelations can be found from some entertainer at a party or bridal
shower. Maybe the clown making balloon animals at the kiddie party can
help me get in touch with my spirit guide, too.
Why does our
community continue to support this kind of nonsense? It makes people
think that pony tricks == Paganism, or any sort of actual magick. It
makes me have to explain to people over and over, "that isn't what my
religion or what I hold sacred is about."
Whenever I appear in the news, I often get support from those who would seem least likely to support me, and I often get criticism from those you might think would be most likely to support me. A few members of the spiritual community often underscore the fact that I do choose to entertain at parties as if it were demeaning. “Does she do Bar Mitzvahs?” Followed by a story about how some “real” fortune teller they know sits in a sacred hut all day and only sees those pure of heart who answer three riddles or some damn thing. In my not-so-humble opinion, rites of passage are the only ways many secular folks get a taste of the sacred, and I’m proud to be a resource for that!
When I arrived at a bachelorette party this week, I got the usual sizing up and down with timid eyes as I entered. The hostess was particularly polite, and even though space constraints had her place me out of the main entertainment area, she invited me to hang out with the party goers until such time as somebody wanted a reading. I ate stuffed mushrooms and laughed at the fact that the only food decorated with penises were tiny little members on the top centre of each cupcake. The hostess pointed out that this bachelorette party only had attendees over thirty, and that they were over penises by now! I gave a shot presentation about my background and the forms of divination we’d be using that evening, and the party got rolling!
As usual, the most excited people were first in line, with the bulk of the party goers hanging back until they could hear what their friends had to say! All of the women were in transition, with the lady who had planned the party for the bride to be getting engaged herself just a couple days prior! She told me that she had found me on-line, after a competitor she perceived as "too commercial", about which she just didn't have a good gut feeling. The guests took particular delight in my tea leaf readings, returning to the festivities with a hot cup of tea after a tarot reading to rave about the accuracy of the readings and then scampering back to me as soon as their cup was emptied! I predicted children, extreme job changes, moves to distant lands and even a few break-ups to those who knew they needed to hear it. By the end of the night, my table was crowded with everyone needing "just one more" reading!
When it was time for me to leave and head off to another party, I was handed an envelope and thanked profusely. I had been paid weeks before the event, but I’m not unaccustomed to getting generous tips after the events as well. Indeed, that is what I got, but I also received a card that touched me. I don’t often receive thank-you cards! Each of the ladies had signed it, and inside had written “Thank you so much Alexandra :-) We really appreciate the honest readings.” I’m so privileged that I could be there for wise women during such important life transitions. Yeah, I’m a professional fortune teller, but I’m not just accessible to the pious. I do parties. I’d even do a Bar Mitzvah!