TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Collaboration

The TOTEM Tarot Deck is officially sold out— with the exception of the last few copies that are going to be “unlocked” as gifts for the first few who purchase the individual items from our TOTEM + PUCK HCKY collaboration!

Long story short: a very cool and very goth apparel company that works with bands like Metallica and System of a Down, PUCK HCKY, has made a collection inspired by the art from our TOTEM Tarot Deck, offering hoodies, hockey jerseys and sweatshirt dresses featuring the ancient gods and archetypes we brought to life in our OG deck!

TOTEM Flower Essence Deck

So, you’re not going to be seeing a whole lot of our trusty TOTEM Tarot Deck on these Full Moon Tarot Readings and TOTEM Weekly Card Pulls anytime soon, but we will be using at least one card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, which is available for sale on Etsy and Amazon.

New Decks for Weekly Pulls

To kick off a new, post-TOTEM Tarot Deck readings era here on Substack, I’ve used the Tarot of the Woodland Wardens— a lovely gift from the even lovelier Grace Looney! Thank you, Grace, and thank you EVERYONE that sent me a deck over the holiday break. If you have other suggestions or want to shoot a deck over my way to be featured here on Substack, just shoot me an email to get the details: [email protected]

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

In other New Year news, we are also running a 50% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

New episodes of our podcast, The Skeptical Shaman podcast, have already started hitting Substack a bit early for our paid subscribers- and our interviews with the incredible Clay Martin and Alfonso Cevile are available for everyone on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you listen! And please consider leaving a rating or review on Spotify HERE or Apple Podcasts HERE. Reviews and ratings REALLY help us build on our momentum and get great guests for all of you to listen to!

New Review Raffle

We’re doing another round of our Review Raffle and will be selecting winners on 4/1— April Fool’s Day! To get details on how to enter, check out our recent post about it here:

Tip Jar

If you want to leave us a tip or donate for our weekly card pull or any other content here on Substack, here is our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EFFQDP4JQ6E4A

Want to work with me?

You can book a one-on-one reading, channeling session, energy work session and many more services with me on my website’s booking page HERE.

If you want to learn more about my one-on-one Coaching or Mentoring programs, you can learn more and book a free consultation to discuss the details HERE and HERE, respectively. Spots are starting to open up in March, so reach out sooner vs. later as availability is limited!

-Rachel

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Welcome to our special, Substack-only podcast series diving into the Major Arcana of the tarot, sharing the insights that went into the creation of our now officially sold out TOTEM Tarot Deck.

And, while you can’t buy the deck anymore, you CAN buy the merch featuring art from the deck— and our TOTEM Tarot Deck Major Arcana cards:

TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Clothing Collaboration

Long story short: a very cool and very goth apparel company that works with bands like Metallica and System of a Down, PUCK HCKY, has made a collection inspired by and featuring the art from our TOTEM Tarot Deck, offering hoodies, hockey jerseys and sweatshirt dresses featuring the ancient gods and archetypes we brought to life in our OG deck!

You can find the TOTEM + PUCK HCKY collection HERE, and if you purchase $200 or more you get one of the very last copies of the TOTEM Tarot Deck in circulation!

Peak culture: Heat at 30

As I mention in the audio of this post, I teared up nearly the entire time I listened to the interview (link above) between Michael Mann, director of the movie Heat, and Moby, the musician that wrote and produced perhaps the most perfect movie score ever created. Listening to these two discuss the creative process and the life they breathed into the two main characters— antihero and hero— of the movie shows you the power that comes when you combine will, intention, imagination, and “the word”: classic Magician stuff.

Also: Michael Mann makes me nostalgic for a Chicago that no longer exists outside of the hearts, souls and minds of those of us that got to enjoy it for its brief moment in the sun!

A modern stage magician

So, I’m not exactly a club kid— I always preferred Goth night at Neo on Clark Street in Chicago (if you know, you know)! But DJ and techno artist Gesaffelstein has me hooked— and his stage performances are classic Magician aesthetic.

I mean: look at the smokey, black crystals!

The man, the myth, the legend: David Lynch

When I was the Head of Knowledge and Innovation at a large, publicly-traded corporate real estate company, I had to find new and engaging ways to get our team inspired, creative and— most important of all— innovating! So, one day, I asked everybody to read David Lynch’s book on creativity, meditation and the quantum field, titled: Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity.

To me, David Lynch embodied pure Magician card energy— and creative intellect!

Embodying the energy of creation

The Magician works through the sacral chakra to make thought forms manifest in material reality via the earth element— and this is exactly what our TOTEM Garden of Eden Flower Essence is designed to support!

From our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck booklet: “Pomegranate Flower Essence evokes the energies of the Garden of Eden: the original portal of creation. This Flower Essence nourishes the energy body with the life-giving, mystical energy of primordial creation.

Are you an artist? Writer? Business owner? Innovation professional? Are you seeking the next great, abundant idea?

This Flower Essence offers OLD magic, so strap in and get ready to count your blessings! And take advantage of our 50% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy Shop and secure your own bottle of Garden of Eden HERE.

Don’t forget about our Review Raffle!

We’re drawing winners on 4/1, so check out this post to learn all about how you can rate and review our products, services and podcast to win:

Work with me

Want to work 1:1 with me? Good! That’s actually how TOTEM keeps the doors open— and how I can keep on sharing weird stuff here on Substack!

You can book individuals readings and psychic sessions with me anytime on my website’s booking page HERE. To learn more about TOTEM’s Spiritual Transformation Coaching and/or Business of Woo Mentoring Programs, book a free consultation asap via one of the links below:

* Spiritual Transformation Consultation: https://calendly.com/rachel-1061/totem-spiritual-transformation-coaching-consultation

* Business of Woo Consultation: https://calendly.com/rachel-1061/totem-spiritual-transformation-coaching-consult-clone

March is a very busy time of the year for 1:1 Coaching and Mentoring work, not to mention individual psychic sessions so, if you’re interested at all, please reach out sooner vs. later so we can connect “face to face” on Zoom and discuss details before every spot gets grabbed up.

And, if you want to leave us a tip or donate for our weekly card pull or any other content here on Substack, here is our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EFFQDP4JQ6E4A

-Rachel

TOTEM Readings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Thanks for reading TOTEM Readings! This post is public so feel free to share it.

TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Collaboration

The TOTEM Tarot Deck is officially sold out— with the exception of the last few copies that are going to be “unlocked” as gifts for the first few who purchase the individual items from our TOTEM + PUCK HCKY collaboration.

Long story short: a very cool and very goth apparel company that works with bands like Metallica and System of a Down, PUCK HCKY, has made a collection inspired by and featuring the art from our TOTEM Tarot Deck, offering hoodies, hockey jerseys and sweatshirt dresses featuring the ancient gods and archetypes we brought to life in our OG deck!

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

In other New Year news, we are also running a 50% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

New episodes of our podcast, The Skeptical Shaman podcast, have already started hitting Substack a bit early for our paid subscribers- and our interviews with the incredible Clay Martin and Alfonso Cevile are available for everyone on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you listen! And please consider leaving a rating or review on Spotify HERE or Apple Podcasts HERE. Reviews and ratings REALLY help us build on our momentum and get great guests for all of you to listen to!

New Review Raffle

We’re doing another round of our Review Raffle and will be selecting winners on 4/1— April Fool’s Day! To get details on how to enter, check out our recent post about it here:

Tip Jar

If you want to leave us a tip or donate for our weekly card pull or any other content here on Substack, here is our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EFFQDP4JQ6E4A

Want to work with me?

You can book a one-on-one reading, channeling session, energy work session and many more services with me on my website’s booking page HERE.

If you want to learn more about my one-on-one Coaching or Mentoring programs, you can learn more and book a free consultation to discuss the details HERE and HERE, respectively. Spots are starting to open up in March, so reach out sooner vs. later as availability is limited!

-Rachel

Thanks for reading TOTEM Readings! This post is public so feel free to share it.

TOTEM Readings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Collaboration

The TOTEM Tarot Deck is officially sold out— with the exception of the last few copies that are going to be “unlocked” as gifts for the first few who purchase the individual items from our TOTEM + PUCK HCKY collaboration that’s going live in the next few days, so stay tuned for more on that!

Long story short: a very cool and very goth apparel company that works with bands like Metallica and System of a Down, PUCK HCKY, has made a collection inspired by and featuring the art from our TOTEM Tarot Deck, offering hoodies, hockey jerseys and sweatshirt dresses featuring the ancient gods and archetypes we brought to life in our OG deck!

TOTEM Flower Essence Deck

So, you’re not going to be seeing a whole lot of our trusty TOTEM Tarot Deck on these Full Moon Tarot Readings and TOTEM Weekly Card Pulls anytime soon, but we will be using at least one card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, which is available for sale on Etsy and Amazon.

New Decks for Weekly Pulls

To kick off a new, post-TOTEM Tarot Deck readings era here on Substack, I’ve used the Tarot of the Woodland Wardens— a lovely gift from the even lovelier Grace Looney! Thank you, Grace, and thank you EVERYONE that sent me a deck over the holiday break. If you have other suggestions or want to shoot a deck over my way to be featured here on Substack, just shoot me an email to get the details: [email protected]

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

In other New Year news, we are also running a 50% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

New episodes of our podcast, The Skeptical Shaman podcast, have already started hitting Substack a bit early for our paid subscribers- and our interviews with the incredible Clay Martin and Alfonso Cevile are available for everyone on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you listen! And please consider leaving a rating or review on Spotify HERE or Apple Podcasts HERE. Reviews and ratings REALLY help us build on our momentum and get great guests for all of you to listen to!

New Review Raffle

We’re doing another round of our Review Raffle and will be selecting winners on 4/1— April Fool’s Day! To get details on how to enter, check out our recent post about it here:

Tip Jar

If you want to leave us a tip or donate for our weekly card pull or any other content here on Substack, here is our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EFFQDP4JQ6E4A

Want to work with me?

You can book a one-on-one reading, channeling session, energy work session and many more services with me on my website’s booking page HERE.

If you want to learn more about my one-on-one Coaching or Mentoring programs, you can learn more and book a free consultation to discuss the details HERE and HERE, respectively. Spots are starting to open up in March, so reach out sooner vs. later as availability is limited!

-Rachel

TOTEM Readings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Thanks for reading TOTEM Readings! This post is public so feel free to share it.

This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers— and is also available on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen!

If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and review it on Apple— and send me a screenshot via email to enter our Review Raffle: [email protected]

In this fourth episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Brian Maierhofer: a working therapist that explores myth, madness, meaning, and how our greatest wounds can become our greatest gifts with his incredible Liminal Means Substack.

Rachel and Brian chat all about the myth of the Fisher King and his wound-- and how we, as a people, need to heal our collective wounds, too. But how can we heal? How can society start to right itself? Stop screaming at each other? Stop policing each others’ words and thoughts or personal political or religious beliefs?

Well, as Brian shares, we can start by understanding the mechanism at the root of this wound: a very particular shift in brain activity that comes along with long-term adrenal fatigue and the anxiety-inducing psychological thought reform made possible by social media and corporate news. But Brian doesn’t just identify the issue-- he also walks us all through how we can do a simple, sustainable AND TOTALLY FREE exercise to put our nervous systems-- and our brain-- back into the driver’s seat.

We can all actually transmute our wounds into our medicine-- and our superpowers. But, first, we have to take a look at them-- and actually f*cking do something to heal them ourselves.

LINKS:

* TOTEM Readings Website: https://www.totemreadings.com

* Rachel’s Other Links: https://linktr.ee/totemrach

Please support the Sponsors of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:

* TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Merch Drop: https://puckhcky.com/collections/totem

* The TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: https://a.co/d/gw16LsG

* The TOTEM Flower Essences: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TotemReadingsATX

* TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching: https://www.totemreadings.com/coaching

* TOTEM Business of Woo Mentoring: https://www.totemreadings.com/business-of-woo

Brian’s Links:

* Substack:

* IG: https://www.instagram.com/brian.maierhofer

Please note: The views and opinions expressed on The Skeptical Shaman do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, protected class, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. And remember: sticks and stones may break our bones, but words—or discussions of religious or spiritual topics-- will never hurt us.

This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers— and available for free on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen!

In this third episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Alexis Vale aka Alan Furth-- the mind behind the incredible Hidden Frameworks Substack, sharing his own meandering explorations in the realm of synchronicity, serendipity, and the ancient concept of Wu Wei: the “invisible river” flow state that we can fall into such that it carries us along-- without us needing to force it!

In this episode, Rachel and Alexis discuss the long and strange journey that comes along with following the breadcrumbs out of a life in corporate captivity-- and just how magical and disorienting it can be to listen to your intuition instead of just your logical mind. Am I going through a spiritual awakening and following my soul’s purpose, or am I going through a nervous breakdown and need to check myself in somewhere?

The difference between these two possibilities when you’re “in the messy middle” is a lot more subtle, nuanced and fungible than you would think, so it takes a lot of courage and self-belief to keep on meandering out of the prescribed loop society set out for you and, instead, make your way to the feral borderlands of the Woo.

Alexis’ story is so engaging because it’s still unfolding-- and publicly, on his incredible Substack and via his alter ego, named Alexis!

LINKS:

* TOTEM Readings Website: https://www.totemreadings.com

* Rachel’s Other Links: https://linktr.ee/totemrach

Please support the Sponsors of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:

* TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Merch Drop: https://puckhcky.com/collections/totem

* The TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: https://a.co/d/gw16LsG

* The TOTEM Flower Essences: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TotemReadingsATX

* TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching: https://www.totemreadings.com/coaching

* TOTEM Business of Woo Mentoring: https://www.totemreadings.com/business-of-woo

Alexis’ Links:

* https://substack.com/@alexisvale

* https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanfurth/

Please note: The views and opinions expressed on The Skeptical Shaman do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, protected class, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. And remember: sticks and stones may break our bones, but words—or discussions of religious or spiritual topics-- will never hurt us.

Yah, the Fire Horse Year is going to rock… unless, of course, you’re not particularly high in “truth tolerance”: the ability to absorb new, often challenging (if not downright upsetting) data in stride.

Trust me when I tell you: what’s come out about Epstein is nothing compared to what’s about to smack the zeitgeist: demon worship at the highest levels of global power, the reality of UAP/ UFO phenomenon, missing human history, and how we’re all living in The Truman Show— or Westworld, depending on your genre preference;)

And this rushing, gushing tide of harsh and reality-upending truths are going to cause a real split between those that accept new data and those the reject it for fear that their load-bearing delusion is required to hold their reality— and their sanity— together.

Said another way? Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur. (“the world is deceived because it wants to be deceived”.)

But the Fire Horse is like the internet-famous honey badger: it doesn’t give a S**T.

This year’s Chinese Animal is just going to gallop right towards the truth, so make sure to keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times— and stay tuned to our TOTEM Readings Substack for regular sanity checks, human-scaled tips and tricks, and check-ins during this incredibly dynamic 2026.

To kick things off, we chatted with Gabrielle Celeste, an Intuitive Astrologist that is also the co-host of The Spiritual Sisters Podcast and the owner of Agua Astrology.

Gabrielle shares a preview of what’s happening in the planets via Western Astrology while yours truly just f***s s**t up with old school Wikileaks and MK Ultra lore.

You know: shaman business.

Hope you’re loving this truth-loving year— leave a comment or ask a question in the comments below!

Want the drip? The t-shirt I’m wearing under my blazer in this video features the Anubis design from our sold out TOTEM Tarot Deck— and is currently available via our TOTEM + PUCK HCKY collaboration collection here: https://puckhcky.com/collections/totem/products/totem-anubis-t-shirt-womens

Want to work with me? Check out my website here: https://www.totemreadings.com

Gabrielle’s Links:

* Gabrielle’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/aguaastrology

* Gabrielle’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/aguaastrology/

* Gabrielle’s Website: www.aguaastrology.com

* Gabrielle’s Podcast:

-Rachel

TOTEM Readings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Thanks for reading TOTEM Readings! This post is public so feel free to share it.

TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Collaboration

The TOTEM Tarot Deck is officially sold out— with the exception of the last few copies that are going to be “unlocked” as gifts for the first few who purchase the individual items from our TOTEM + PUCK HCKY collaboration that’s going live in the next few days, so stay tuned for more on that!

Long story short: a very cool and very goth apparel company that works with bands like Metallica and System of a Down, PUCK HCKY, has made a collection inspired by and featuring the art from our TOTEM Tarot Deck, offering hoodies, hockey jerseys and sweatshirt dresses featuring the ancient gods and archetypes we brought to life in our OG deck!

TOTEM Flower Essence Deck

So, you’re not going to be seeing a whole lot of our trusty TOTEM Tarot Deck on these Full Moon Tarot Readings and TOTEM Weekly Card Pulls anytime soon, but we will be using at least one card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, which is available for sale on Etsy and Amazon.

New Decks for Weekly Pulls

To kick off a new, post-TOTEM Tarot Deck readings era here on Substack, I’ve used the Tarot of the Woodland Wardens— a lovely gift from the even lovelier Grace Looney! Thank you, Grace, and thank you EVERYONE that sent me a deck over the holiday break. If you have other suggestions or want to shoot a deck over my way to be featured here on Substack, just shoot me an email to get the details: [email protected]

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

In other New Year news, we are also running a 50% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

New episodes of our podcast, The Skeptical Shaman podcast, have already started hitting Substack a bit early for our paid subscribers- and our interview with the incredible Clay Martin is available for everyone on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you listen! And please consider leaving a rating or review on Spotify HERE or Apple Podcasts HERE. Reviews and ratings REALLY help us build on our momentum and get great guests for all of you to listen to!

New Review Raffle

We’re doing another round of our Review Raffle and will be selecting winners on 4/1— April Fool’s Day! To get details on how to enter, check out our recent post about it here:

Tip Jar

If you want to leave us a tip or donate for our weekly card pull or any other content here on Substack, here is our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EFFQDP4JQ6E4A

Want to work with me?

You can book a one-on-one reading, channeling session, energy work session and many more services with me on my website’s booking page HERE.

If you want to learn more about my one-on-one Coaching or Mentoring programs, you can learn more and book a free consultation to discuss the details HERE and HERE, respectively. Spots are starting to open up in March, so reach out sooner vs. later as availability is limited!

-Rachel

TOTEM Readings is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Thanks for reading TOTEM Readings! This post is public so feel free to share it.

Psst- this episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and can also be found on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen— but new episodes will be released early for paid subscribers here on Substack, so consider becoming a paid supporter to get the good good to binge before anyone else can listen!

In this second episode of our dude-only Season 10 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Alfonso Civile of Heartsick Band: an incredible heavy metal ensemble combining hardcore and metalcore-tinged ferocity with haunting melodies and stunning atmospherics.

Alfonso is not only a talented singer, musician, photographer, videographer and multimedia artist, but he generously donated his Zoolander-level Blue Steel modeling skills to our TOTEM + PUCK HCKY merch collaboration photoshoot, currently featured on PUCK’s website:

Rachel and Alfonso chat all things creativity and art in a time of commoditized slop. How can sincere artists, musicians and other creatives be seen and heard in a marketplace of enshittification? How can they get their fans to understand all of the invisible, unpaid work that being a creator requires? What can we all do to ensure that we still have quality culture, supporting artists in all the ways that matter the most?

​Alfonso embodies the incredible diversity in the dude-verse, showing up as an artist, creative and sensitive being in an unexpected world: heavy metal music.

LINKS:

* Rachel’s Website: https://www.totemreadings.com

* Rachel’s Other Links: https://linktr.ee/totemrach

Please support the Sponsors of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:

* TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Merch Drop: https://puckhcky.com/collections/totem

* The TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: https://a.co/d/gw16LsG

* The TOTEM Flower Essences: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TotemReadingsATX

* TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching: https://www.totemreadings.com/coaching

* TOTEM Business of Woo Mentoring: https://www.totemreadings.com/business-of-woo

Alfonso’s Links:

* Heartsick Website: https://heartsick.us

* Heartsick IG: https://www.instagram.com/heartsickband/

* Alfonso IG: https://www.instagram.com/alfonsocivile/

Please note: The views and opinions expressed on The Skeptical Shaman do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, protected class, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. And remember: sticks and stones may break our bones, but words—or discussions of religious or spiritual topics-- will never hurt us.

This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and is available for free on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen. Please take the time to rate and review The Skeptical Shaman— while it’s free to listen to, it’s not free to make. Reviews and ratings help us keep on keeping on— and getting better and better guests for you to enjoy.

Also: if you do write a review, please email me a screenshot before April 1st 2026 to enter our Review Raffle to win one of our THREE grand prizes! The more reviews you write, the more you can enter, so shoot it over to me: [email protected]

In this long-awaited episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Clay Martin, Priest of the Path of the Barbarian Spirit and author of three incredible books including: Barbarian Spirit, Prairie Fire, and Wrath of the Wendigo.

Clay has taken an unusual-- but very shamanic-- road to becoming a full-time Woo Woo practitioner. He had a long and illustrious military career in active duty, having served as an infantryman, Scout Sniper, and Reconnaissance Marine and, after transitioning to the Army, he joined the 19th Special Forces Group before returning to active duty with the 3rd Special Forces Group. ​In 2013, Clay was medically retired, and what followed was a difficult spiral into chaos. But, in 2022, Clay underwent transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for traumatic brain injury. Six months later, he had his first psilocybin experience.

Clay now calls psilocybin “the Sacrament”, and believe that true healing begins at the spiritual level. Since his use of the Sacrament, he has encountered Norse gods, channeled visions of the future, and dedicated himself to a life of healing service to other wounded warriors. He is also now an active, working priest in his pagan church, reconnecting military veterans to the old gods and the old ways.

Clay upends everything The Business of Woo tells you a New Age practitioner looks, sounds, and acts like. This episode kicks off our dude-only season of the podcast for precisely this reason: men are often underrepresented and underserved by the Business of Woo, often feeling alienated and “uninvited” to this space. The result? We all suffer from the monopoly of enshittified sameness.

Clay, and others like him, are challenging this paradigm. And we here at TOTEM and The Skeptical Shaman podcast sure are happy about it.

LINKS:

* Rachel’s Website: https://www.totemreadings.com

* Rachel’s Other Links: https://linktr.ee/totemrach

Please support the Sponsors of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:

* TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Merch Drop: https://puckhcky.com/collections/totem

* The TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: https://a.co/d/gw16LsG

* The TOTEM Flower Essences: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TotemReadingsATX

* TOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching: https://www.totemreadings.com/coaching

* TOTEM Business of Woo Mentoring: https://www.totemreadings.com/business-of-woo

Clay’s Links:

* Website: https://www.barbarianspirit.com/

* IG: https://www.instagram.com/claymartinactual/

Please note: The views and opinions expressed on The Skeptical Shaman do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, protected class, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. And remember: sticks and stones may break our bones, but words—or discussions of religious or spiritual topics-- will never hurt us.