Post by Indilwen on Jul 14, 2010 15:31:44 GMT 12
Magickal Traditions
This is the 2nd most popular page in the Faerie FAQ. I am assuming that some of you who come here are "shopping" for a tradition, and that's okay. That is one of the things the Faerie FAQ is for. While I am trying to make this part of the FAQ as comprehensive as possible, this page is not yet complete. Understandably, I cannot guarantee the behavior of any of these groups, and so if you contact them or work with them, you do so at your own risk. Use your common sense as well as your intuition in choosing any Magickal path.
The Third Road
This is the tradition of Francesca De Grandis who studied with Victor Anderson for seven years to for the right to call herself a shaman. According to her books (see the books page...) this path comes out of her experiences and is designed as a Faerie Shamanism/Wicca for everyone, not just the die-hards who can get through seven years of intense shamanic training. Of all the practical Faerie Magick paths available today, this is my recommended pick for anyone.
More than this, I'm under the impression that she gives readings, classes and lectures. Did you say you neeeded a good excuse to visit San Francisco? I think this might just be it. Take a look at her website Francesca de Grandis' 3rd Road for more info about the classes and workshops. You can also check out her Wiccan Grimoire which is pretty niffy, too.
Gothik Faerie
This path, which I consider myself to be part of, finds a reality in this air through the coalescement of the creative energies of Sade Wolfkitten and Terry Sindar Visit Thee Gothik Faerie Grove online for more details.
"We are a small scattered band of artistic social misfits; drawing on goth, pagan, punk, hippie, otherkin, and Rennie scenes, and not fitting perfectly well into any of them." Sade states in the FAQ about Thee Gothik Faerie Grove.
Not only talented in the visual and literary arts, but in the musical and performing arts as well. See the Books and Music page for info on their band, Dragonfly Reel.
The Covenant of Rhiannon
Bob Bitting sent me a very nice e-mail about this FAQ, and I was flattered to know that this page is linked up on the COR links page. COR comes out of New Jersey, and some of their wisdom is descended from Sybil Leek's Horsa Coven tradition. COR follows a Welsh tradition, and the mythology of the Mabinogion appears to be very important in their ways. A recent visit to the website reveals that Rev. Bob is retiring as head of this order, but COR is still active.
"If I were to find words to describe our tradition, I suppose it would be neo-faerie. We are primarily and heavily influenced by the Faerie Shamanism of Victor and Cora Anderson, and respect them as our Elders, even though we have no true lineage to them. Our version of Faerie has a strong Cuban/African influence-more so in out inner court rituals- our outer court is based on more traditional Welsh Witchcraft. We also add elements of the "horsa" or "New Forest" tradition to both our inner or outer courts. Training in our brand of Faerie normally takes about seven years, although some students are more adept than others and get through it earlier... we all learn for the rest of our lives- Due to the ecstatic nature of Faerie, it is not everyones "cup of tea"...there is a "darker aspect to our rites than is found in other forms of Witchcraft. Some of the more distinctive charecteristics of our version of the Faerie trad include, but are not limited to: Ecstatic rather than fertility based. The practice of possesion by the Gods. extensive use of secret ritual and names. Working a particularily "wild" flavor of energy." We are currently exploring some of the Traditions of the Early Prytyn of Brittan and adding that lore to our rites." (Rev. Robert S. Bitting Hp Covenant of Rhiannon Community: the Witches of Cape May)
Y Tylwyth Teg, The Association of Cymmry Wicca and Rhuddlwm Gawr
Y Tylwyth Teg is a Welsh Tradition of Witchcraft which, as you might guess from the name, identifies closely with the "realms of Fairy", according to their web pages. They claim an initiatory lineage traceable to Prince Llewellyn of Wales. On the FAQ at their website, it states that Y Tylwyth Teg' tradition began over 700 years ago, in the late 1200's when a Prince Llewellyn ap Gwyfed commissioned the translation of certain documents written in Ogham runes.
As for modern history regarding YTT, the website has said that sometime in the 1960's, an American man named Bill Wheeler was initiated into a family tradition coven in North Wales, called "Dynion Mwyn". Given the name "Rhuddlwm Gawr" (it really isn't as unpronounceable as it looksÉ) he was told by the Elders of his Tradition to return to the US and to begin teaching "The Fairy Faith", otherwise known as Y Tylwyth Teg.
I've been unable to get copies of the books written by Rhuddlwm about Y Tylwyth Teg ("The Quest: The Search for the Grail of Immortality" , "The Way: The Discovery of the Grail of Immortality", and "The Greater Mysteries of Welsh Witchcraft". "The Thirteen Treasures" course is also listed at Amazon.com, but it is out of print as well.) After mounting several completely fruitless searches, for the books, I thought I'd try to contact the Tradition itself for more information, and was able to speak with Rhuddlwm, himself.
Rhuddlwm was extremely pleasant, and he explained the while the books were out of print, he said he expected them to be re-released by NewLeaf sometime this spring (1998) [note: no sign of these books yet 7/98]. He asked me why I was interested in the Tradition, and we talked for a while, and that was that. He did recommend a book "The Chalice and the Blade" not the work by by Riane Eisler, mind you -- but a romance novel set in ancient Wales whose main characters were coincidentally named Rhuddlwn and Ceredwen. I'm not much of romance reader, and I'm embarrassed to say, I couldn't get through it.
Update 1/03 I was terribly disappointed to find this site www.geocities.com/ferigold/yttfiles/index.html about YTT, although I wasn't really all that surprised.
Feri Crossroads
This site, which has been a focus for a lot of angry feri buzzzing, or so it seems, presents an overview of a kind of feri practice. The author, who has remained anonymous, states that the site is not being presented as the teachings of Victor Anderson (see below) and the site is not designed to teach anyone the way of Feri. It is a really unique kind of content about Feri on the net.
After leaving a message in this website's now offline guestbook, I got the ONLY threatening e-mail about this site that has ever been posted to me, warning me not to link to or popularize this site. (After a lengthy discussion with the individual who threatened me with wild magickal consequences, me thinks we got him calmed down. ) From a new page on this site, I have learned that apparently this kind of politic is not uncommon in the Feri community. To be fair, I've put the crossroads link right here in the same paragraph with the FaeryGold refutation. Don't send me any more hate mail about this link -- I'll send that immature energy right back atcha.
The Society of Celtic Shamans
This is the tradition of Tira Brandon-Evans, the Founder and Moderator of the Society. She says she is a Celtic Shaman and has walked in the Shining Country since she was about five years of age. She is ordained as a Priestess in the Fellowship of Isis and the Founder of the Iseum of Breo-Saight, a Fellowship of Isis Chartered temple dedicated to the Irish Goddess Brighid in Her aspect of Fiery Arrow of Wisdom and Inspiration, according to the FAQ page on the website. DJ Conway, the author of many books on Celtic tradition is also associated with this tradition as part of their Council of Elders. This is clearly a shamanic based system. Participation is a tiered affair, and there are fees at different levels of membership.
Irish Faery-Faith Tradition
This is the tradition of Kisma Stepanich, Faery Ollamh. According to the website, this tradition is associated with the Fellowship of Isis. For a fee, you can take courses by mail and be trained in this tradition. Copied from this website: "All bhairds of the Irish American Faery-Faith, who are members of the Faery-Faith Network, Kisma K. Stepanich founded in 1990 and made public in 1995, are also members of the Fellowship of Isis, Clonegal Castle, Enniscorthy, Ireland. Students receive training through the Faery-Faith Lyceum~Bhairdic College (a world-wide postal course), and are part of the FOI Magi Degree Program." For more info, you can visit the Faery-Faith Network Website.
For even more info about KS and this trad look at this on the FaeryGold site.
The Feri Faith of Victor and Cora Anderson
I discovered this fascinating man in the pages of "People of the Earth". His interview is compelling -- and disturbing. I read it over and over -- I couldn't get his words out of my mind. Gwydion Penderwen, Francesca De Grandis and Starhawk among others, have studied with him. If you are going to study Faerie, you owe it to yourself to know about Victor Anderson and the Feri Tradition. Most modern Faerie trads borrow from his teachings. Here is a site with fangs, Feri Gold, which has what it says are "real" Victor Anderson links. You will also want to read Cora's book, "Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition."
Unfortunately for us seekers, Victor himself passed into the Summerland in September of 2001. Hopefully he is still watching over us,
Radical Faeries
Outspoken, mostly male, Gay and Pagan. Now here's my question: did they call fags "fairies" -- because it was a known fact that fairies are homosexual or because it was a known fact that fairies are girlish and "pouffy"? To confuse the issue even more, there's a lot of modern Faerie Lore that suggests that the Fey do enjoy polyamorous and bisexual affairs. But was this always a part of Faerie Lore, or has it come to the fore precisely because of the Radical Faerie movement? For more information on this path, check out the DMOZ Radical Faery Links page
Otherkin
This is the path for seekers who believe they are Fey, or at least, have a non-human soul. If you read the page I wrote on why I created this site and the Faerie FAQ, then you'll know that I do take the Otherkin movement seriously. How seriously do others take this movement? I cannot say. I have met some very interesting people in the online Otherkin community, and there are many sites and lists of interest. In general, the Otherkin path is non-structured. You figure out where you fit in, if you fit in, and what this means to you. Many of the Otherkin resonate to the Elvish legends, even such as those described in Tolkien's epic "Lord of the Rings", now becoming again ragingly popular as the feature films hit the big screen.
The Eponian branch of the McFarland Dianics ( Formerly listed in this FAQ as "The Hazel Nut")
Another faerie tradition out of Georgia -- and distinctly different from the YTT folks.
They practice the "Faerie Faith", which they emphasize is "in no way connected to the gay men's group, the Radical Faeries, or to the Faerie Tradition in which Starhawk is involved."
The Tradition referred to here says it originated with a woman named Epona, who started and priestessed a coven called The Garden Club in Atlanta in 1987, teaching the Faerie Faith that she had learned from a Mr.Mark Roberts.
According to their old web page a woman named Margaret Lumeley Brown introduced Mark Roberts to the Faerie Faith in Great Britain at some point in the early 1960's, and subsequently she initiated him into its Mysteries. He returned to the US to start a path referred to as "Hyperborea". Epona met Mark Roberts in Atlanta, Georgia in 1979, and it is implied that Mark taught Epona the Faerie Faith, although it is stated that by the time the Garden Club was formed in 1987, they had long split over differences of opinion about the vision of Hyperborea.
In addition to studying the Faerie Faith, they study Huna, Jungian psychology, Native American Spirituality, and Women's Mysteries. It is stated that the training process is very intensive and protracted, during which the students must read a great deal and "experience each of the 13 lunar rituals." After this, they may take a First Degree (which they say is like a Second Degree in most traditionsÉ) at which point the Initiate begins to study something referred to as "the 5 solar trees", and after a few more years if they demonstrate proper character and development, they can take a "Fifth Solar", which is like a "Third Degree" in their tradition.
For more information go to: Linda Kerr's Faery Faith Page
"We refer to our tradition as the Faerie Faith, as that is the name that was given to us by Mark Roberts. However, upon further research, we have found that we are actually related to the McFarland Dianics of Morgan McFarland in Texas. So, in fact, we are "The Eponian branch of the McFarland Dianics." So if that isn't confusing enough, feel free to ask me any questions.
Unfortunately, there are no operating covens of our tradition other than the one that I am currently in. Because of the intensity of the training, only about one in 10 people will make it to Final Passage / Fifth Solar. The training takes anywhere from 4 to 10 years. While we are working on turning out new High Priests/esses, we encourage all people who are interested in the Faerie Faith to read the books on the Faerie Faith Reading List as posted by Linda Kerr.(Cliff Landis)
This list of Faerie Paths is not exhaustive. There are many, many other faerie trads. If you practice a Faery/Faerie/Feri-based tradition, and you would like to let people know about your tradition, or if your group is actively seeking members, or if you are a teacher of a Faery/Faerie/Feri-based tradition, or Faery/Faerie/Feri-based or Celtic Shamanism., please e-mail me with details. I would sincerely like to be able to post more authentic, verifiable contacts for the many visitors to this page who are eager to learn these ways.
One last thought...in my tradition (yes, I am initiated into a tradition that you would probably recognise by name...) we don't charge money for teaching, we don't accept money for teaching about the Craft or magick. Now supplies, tools, photocopies, those are perfectly legitimate expenses, and everyone chips in for the feasts. Now most of you probably know that I am a professional intuitive, and I don't have any problem charging a reasonable fee for my service as an intuitive, Tarot reader or astrologer, but every time I see these fees for teaching posted on different websites, I cringe.
Don't think I don't know that in many indigenous traditions, those who would be shamans have to gift their would be teachers with something significant. That it's seen as a ritual exchange, I know that. Maybe the fees are appropriate, maybe not, I don't know. You have to make this judgement on your own.
Thank you Shel for this share...
This is the 2nd most popular page in the Faerie FAQ. I am assuming that some of you who come here are "shopping" for a tradition, and that's okay. That is one of the things the Faerie FAQ is for. While I am trying to make this part of the FAQ as comprehensive as possible, this page is not yet complete. Understandably, I cannot guarantee the behavior of any of these groups, and so if you contact them or work with them, you do so at your own risk. Use your common sense as well as your intuition in choosing any Magickal path.
The Third Road
This is the tradition of Francesca De Grandis who studied with Victor Anderson for seven years to for the right to call herself a shaman. According to her books (see the books page...) this path comes out of her experiences and is designed as a Faerie Shamanism/Wicca for everyone, not just the die-hards who can get through seven years of intense shamanic training. Of all the practical Faerie Magick paths available today, this is my recommended pick for anyone.
More than this, I'm under the impression that she gives readings, classes and lectures. Did you say you neeeded a good excuse to visit San Francisco? I think this might just be it. Take a look at her website Francesca de Grandis' 3rd Road for more info about the classes and workshops. You can also check out her Wiccan Grimoire which is pretty niffy, too.
Gothik Faerie
This path, which I consider myself to be part of, finds a reality in this air through the coalescement of the creative energies of Sade Wolfkitten and Terry Sindar Visit Thee Gothik Faerie Grove online for more details.
"We are a small scattered band of artistic social misfits; drawing on goth, pagan, punk, hippie, otherkin, and Rennie scenes, and not fitting perfectly well into any of them." Sade states in the FAQ about Thee Gothik Faerie Grove.
Not only talented in the visual and literary arts, but in the musical and performing arts as well. See the Books and Music page for info on their band, Dragonfly Reel.
The Covenant of Rhiannon
Bob Bitting sent me a very nice e-mail about this FAQ, and I was flattered to know that this page is linked up on the COR links page. COR comes out of New Jersey, and some of their wisdom is descended from Sybil Leek's Horsa Coven tradition. COR follows a Welsh tradition, and the mythology of the Mabinogion appears to be very important in their ways. A recent visit to the website reveals that Rev. Bob is retiring as head of this order, but COR is still active.
"If I were to find words to describe our tradition, I suppose it would be neo-faerie. We are primarily and heavily influenced by the Faerie Shamanism of Victor and Cora Anderson, and respect them as our Elders, even though we have no true lineage to them. Our version of Faerie has a strong Cuban/African influence-more so in out inner court rituals- our outer court is based on more traditional Welsh Witchcraft. We also add elements of the "horsa" or "New Forest" tradition to both our inner or outer courts. Training in our brand of Faerie normally takes about seven years, although some students are more adept than others and get through it earlier... we all learn for the rest of our lives- Due to the ecstatic nature of Faerie, it is not everyones "cup of tea"...there is a "darker aspect to our rites than is found in other forms of Witchcraft. Some of the more distinctive charecteristics of our version of the Faerie trad include, but are not limited to: Ecstatic rather than fertility based. The practice of possesion by the Gods. extensive use of secret ritual and names. Working a particularily "wild" flavor of energy." We are currently exploring some of the Traditions of the Early Prytyn of Brittan and adding that lore to our rites." (Rev. Robert S. Bitting Hp Covenant of Rhiannon Community: the Witches of Cape May)
Y Tylwyth Teg, The Association of Cymmry Wicca and Rhuddlwm Gawr
Y Tylwyth Teg is a Welsh Tradition of Witchcraft which, as you might guess from the name, identifies closely with the "realms of Fairy", according to their web pages. They claim an initiatory lineage traceable to Prince Llewellyn of Wales. On the FAQ at their website, it states that Y Tylwyth Teg' tradition began over 700 years ago, in the late 1200's when a Prince Llewellyn ap Gwyfed commissioned the translation of certain documents written in Ogham runes.
As for modern history regarding YTT, the website has said that sometime in the 1960's, an American man named Bill Wheeler was initiated into a family tradition coven in North Wales, called "Dynion Mwyn". Given the name "Rhuddlwm Gawr" (it really isn't as unpronounceable as it looksÉ) he was told by the Elders of his Tradition to return to the US and to begin teaching "The Fairy Faith", otherwise known as Y Tylwyth Teg.
I've been unable to get copies of the books written by Rhuddlwm about Y Tylwyth Teg ("The Quest: The Search for the Grail of Immortality" , "The Way: The Discovery of the Grail of Immortality", and "The Greater Mysteries of Welsh Witchcraft". "The Thirteen Treasures" course is also listed at Amazon.com, but it is out of print as well.) After mounting several completely fruitless searches, for the books, I thought I'd try to contact the Tradition itself for more information, and was able to speak with Rhuddlwm, himself.
Rhuddlwm was extremely pleasant, and he explained the while the books were out of print, he said he expected them to be re-released by NewLeaf sometime this spring (1998) [note: no sign of these books yet 7/98]. He asked me why I was interested in the Tradition, and we talked for a while, and that was that. He did recommend a book "The Chalice and the Blade" not the work by by Riane Eisler, mind you -- but a romance novel set in ancient Wales whose main characters were coincidentally named Rhuddlwn and Ceredwen. I'm not much of romance reader, and I'm embarrassed to say, I couldn't get through it.
Update 1/03 I was terribly disappointed to find this site www.geocities.com/ferigold/yttfiles/index.html about YTT, although I wasn't really all that surprised.
Feri Crossroads
This site, which has been a focus for a lot of angry feri buzzzing, or so it seems, presents an overview of a kind of feri practice. The author, who has remained anonymous, states that the site is not being presented as the teachings of Victor Anderson (see below) and the site is not designed to teach anyone the way of Feri. It is a really unique kind of content about Feri on the net.
After leaving a message in this website's now offline guestbook, I got the ONLY threatening e-mail about this site that has ever been posted to me, warning me not to link to or popularize this site. (After a lengthy discussion with the individual who threatened me with wild magickal consequences, me thinks we got him calmed down. ) From a new page on this site, I have learned that apparently this kind of politic is not uncommon in the Feri community. To be fair, I've put the crossroads link right here in the same paragraph with the FaeryGold refutation. Don't send me any more hate mail about this link -- I'll send that immature energy right back atcha.
The Society of Celtic Shamans
This is the tradition of Tira Brandon-Evans, the Founder and Moderator of the Society. She says she is a Celtic Shaman and has walked in the Shining Country since she was about five years of age. She is ordained as a Priestess in the Fellowship of Isis and the Founder of the Iseum of Breo-Saight, a Fellowship of Isis Chartered temple dedicated to the Irish Goddess Brighid in Her aspect of Fiery Arrow of Wisdom and Inspiration, according to the FAQ page on the website. DJ Conway, the author of many books on Celtic tradition is also associated with this tradition as part of their Council of Elders. This is clearly a shamanic based system. Participation is a tiered affair, and there are fees at different levels of membership.
Irish Faery-Faith Tradition
This is the tradition of Kisma Stepanich, Faery Ollamh. According to the website, this tradition is associated with the Fellowship of Isis. For a fee, you can take courses by mail and be trained in this tradition. Copied from this website: "All bhairds of the Irish American Faery-Faith, who are members of the Faery-Faith Network, Kisma K. Stepanich founded in 1990 and made public in 1995, are also members of the Fellowship of Isis, Clonegal Castle, Enniscorthy, Ireland. Students receive training through the Faery-Faith Lyceum~Bhairdic College (a world-wide postal course), and are part of the FOI Magi Degree Program." For more info, you can visit the Faery-Faith Network Website.
For even more info about KS and this trad look at this on the FaeryGold site.
The Feri Faith of Victor and Cora Anderson
I discovered this fascinating man in the pages of "People of the Earth". His interview is compelling -- and disturbing. I read it over and over -- I couldn't get his words out of my mind. Gwydion Penderwen, Francesca De Grandis and Starhawk among others, have studied with him. If you are going to study Faerie, you owe it to yourself to know about Victor Anderson and the Feri Tradition. Most modern Faerie trads borrow from his teachings. Here is a site with fangs, Feri Gold, which has what it says are "real" Victor Anderson links. You will also want to read Cora's book, "Fifty Years in the Feri Tradition."
Unfortunately for us seekers, Victor himself passed into the Summerland in September of 2001. Hopefully he is still watching over us,
Radical Faeries
Outspoken, mostly male, Gay and Pagan. Now here's my question: did they call fags "fairies" -- because it was a known fact that fairies are homosexual or because it was a known fact that fairies are girlish and "pouffy"? To confuse the issue even more, there's a lot of modern Faerie Lore that suggests that the Fey do enjoy polyamorous and bisexual affairs. But was this always a part of Faerie Lore, or has it come to the fore precisely because of the Radical Faerie movement? For more information on this path, check out the DMOZ Radical Faery Links page
Otherkin
This is the path for seekers who believe they are Fey, or at least, have a non-human soul. If you read the page I wrote on why I created this site and the Faerie FAQ, then you'll know that I do take the Otherkin movement seriously. How seriously do others take this movement? I cannot say. I have met some very interesting people in the online Otherkin community, and there are many sites and lists of interest. In general, the Otherkin path is non-structured. You figure out where you fit in, if you fit in, and what this means to you. Many of the Otherkin resonate to the Elvish legends, even such as those described in Tolkien's epic "Lord of the Rings", now becoming again ragingly popular as the feature films hit the big screen.
The Eponian branch of the McFarland Dianics ( Formerly listed in this FAQ as "The Hazel Nut")
Another faerie tradition out of Georgia -- and distinctly different from the YTT folks.
They practice the "Faerie Faith", which they emphasize is "in no way connected to the gay men's group, the Radical Faeries, or to the Faerie Tradition in which Starhawk is involved."
The Tradition referred to here says it originated with a woman named Epona, who started and priestessed a coven called The Garden Club in Atlanta in 1987, teaching the Faerie Faith that she had learned from a Mr.Mark Roberts.
According to their old web page a woman named Margaret Lumeley Brown introduced Mark Roberts to the Faerie Faith in Great Britain at some point in the early 1960's, and subsequently she initiated him into its Mysteries. He returned to the US to start a path referred to as "Hyperborea". Epona met Mark Roberts in Atlanta, Georgia in 1979, and it is implied that Mark taught Epona the Faerie Faith, although it is stated that by the time the Garden Club was formed in 1987, they had long split over differences of opinion about the vision of Hyperborea.
In addition to studying the Faerie Faith, they study Huna, Jungian psychology, Native American Spirituality, and Women's Mysteries. It is stated that the training process is very intensive and protracted, during which the students must read a great deal and "experience each of the 13 lunar rituals." After this, they may take a First Degree (which they say is like a Second Degree in most traditionsÉ) at which point the Initiate begins to study something referred to as "the 5 solar trees", and after a few more years if they demonstrate proper character and development, they can take a "Fifth Solar", which is like a "Third Degree" in their tradition.
For more information go to: Linda Kerr's Faery Faith Page
"We refer to our tradition as the Faerie Faith, as that is the name that was given to us by Mark Roberts. However, upon further research, we have found that we are actually related to the McFarland Dianics of Morgan McFarland in Texas. So, in fact, we are "The Eponian branch of the McFarland Dianics." So if that isn't confusing enough, feel free to ask me any questions.
Unfortunately, there are no operating covens of our tradition other than the one that I am currently in. Because of the intensity of the training, only about one in 10 people will make it to Final Passage / Fifth Solar. The training takes anywhere from 4 to 10 years. While we are working on turning out new High Priests/esses, we encourage all people who are interested in the Faerie Faith to read the books on the Faerie Faith Reading List as posted by Linda Kerr.(Cliff Landis)
This list of Faerie Paths is not exhaustive. There are many, many other faerie trads. If you practice a Faery/Faerie/Feri-based tradition, and you would like to let people know about your tradition, or if your group is actively seeking members, or if you are a teacher of a Faery/Faerie/Feri-based tradition, or Faery/Faerie/Feri-based or Celtic Shamanism., please e-mail me with details. I would sincerely like to be able to post more authentic, verifiable contacts for the many visitors to this page who are eager to learn these ways.
One last thought...in my tradition (yes, I am initiated into a tradition that you would probably recognise by name...) we don't charge money for teaching, we don't accept money for teaching about the Craft or magick. Now supplies, tools, photocopies, those are perfectly legitimate expenses, and everyone chips in for the feasts. Now most of you probably know that I am a professional intuitive, and I don't have any problem charging a reasonable fee for my service as an intuitive, Tarot reader or astrologer, but every time I see these fees for teaching posted on different websites, I cringe.
Don't think I don't know that in many indigenous traditions, those who would be shamans have to gift their would be teachers with something significant. That it's seen as a ritual exchange, I know that. Maybe the fees are appropriate, maybe not, I don't know. You have to make this judgement on your own.
Thank you Shel for this share...