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1) After announcing that the subscription box was happening I saw some feedback poopooing the commoditization of magic. This isn’t a new argument, I’ve heard it for years. I used to be one of those people who did it all and gave it all away for free. I thought that since it was..
2) “spiritual” in nature that it should freely be given. It was the right and “moral” thing to do.
That was great until I had spent all of my money, time, and energy on other people and couldn’t pay my car payment. The next month it was rent. Then fell behind on student loans..
That was great until I had spent all of my money, time, and energy on other people and couldn’t pay my car payment. The next month it was rent. Then fell behind on student loans..
3) and ended up needing medical services with no insurance.
The truth is, there is no spiritual balance scale that ensures your survival. Your good intentions and passion for helping others is not going to keep a roof over your head. It’s not going to pay your bills.
The truth is, there is no spiritual balance scale that ensures your survival. Your good intentions and passion for helping others is not going to keep a roof over your head. It’s not going to pay your bills.
4) You don’t get some sort of extra halo of support from the universe for simply being a kind or good person. You get personal satisfaction in knowing you made life easier for someone else, perhaps a jolt of pride for being able to help someone and to do a job well done.
5) And, perhaps, some good juju back as like attracts like. But it isn’t enough to build a life on.
I possess a set of skills that allow me to provide help for others. If I were a nurse, a carpenter, or a sex worker, you wouldn’t think twice. But because what I offer is...
I possess a set of skills that allow me to provide help for others. If I were a nurse, a carpenter, or a sex worker, you wouldn’t think twice. But because what I offer is...
6) “spiritual”, I must be a charlatan.
Whose energy is being used? Whose time and resources are being used? You don’t come to me if you can DIY. You come to people like me when you can’t. If we weren’t there to drop everything and help then what would happen?
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Whose energy is being used? Whose time and resources are being used? You don’t come to me if you can DIY. You come to people like me when you can’t. If we weren’t there to drop everything and help then what would happen?
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7) Judging professional psychics, occultists, and our ilk for making a modest living with our skills is an incredibly privileged thing to do. While you were playing Warcraft, I was wrestling demons out of sexual abuse survivors and exorcising the spirits of murderers...
from homes who were tormenting children. That is my witchcraft, that is what life is like for me.
Kindly go take that judgement and cram it up your bum.
Kindly go take that judgement and cram it up your bum.
