This Sagittarius Full Moon TOTEM Tarot Reading Livestream Extravaganza has it all: a very PUCK HCKY striptease, talk of Philip K. Dick and the Sumerian cuneiform tablets that informed his book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, and a special, very Woo TOTEM Tarot Reading for billy.purgatory using our sold out TOTEM Tarot Deck.

We chat good and evil, what happened to my rosary the other night, how to fall in love with our fate (known as “Amor Fati” in Latin), and what looks like an incredible journey of spiritual and liminal awakening just on the horizon line for our guest of honor, all revealed through the divinatory interpretation of the cards.

We also touch on my new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Selling Your Soul!) and how you (yes, YOU) can enter to win one of three incredible Grand Prizes by submitting your Amazon review (via email to me: [email protected]) before June 26th. I also revealed a mystery jar containing a top secret in-progress TOTEM Flower Essence, which has yet to hit the scene via our TOTEMREadingsATX Etsy Shop.

The silver lining of the whole thing? The AI bubble is actually bursting, with many corporations realizing that human labor is actually cheaper and more efficient than Claude or ChatGPT (which cost many, many arcade tokens). Are the good guys actually winning?!? Just might be. But head on a swivel. You know what Commission Gordon said to Batman: “The night is always darkest just before the dawn.”

So, stuff’s gonna get weird. And heavy. And dark.

So we must have faith in the mechanics of existence and trust that the Universe actually cares about us— and that’s why we’re here!

And, when we’re in doubt, we can always cheat a little bit: check in on our tarot cards or runes or I Ching coins to see what glimpse we can get through the veil of the ignorant present.

You can book a 1:1 tarot reading with me, too, anytime: just check out the booking page of my website HERE to get a list of service and session types (including the TOTEM Tarot Reading) and links to get on my calendar in the next few months.

Thank you to everyone that joined live and/or is catching this replay- your engagement makes Substack the only social media platform I enjoy (or will continue to use reliably).

Happy Full Moon!

-Rachel

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In this ninth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with client, friend, and newly-anointed psychic channel Teresa J all about the strange, strange journey from being a “normal person” to becoming your true psychic self.

Teresa opens up the kimono on the good, the bad, and the cringe of what it’s really like to transition from being a nurse practitioner, psychic, business owner and even corporate subject matter expert to “owning” her psychic gifts out loud and proud with the people in her life.

Teresa is a perfect example of a Woo-based practitioner in the midst of a major transformation, and her story edifies the messy middle for those seekers (and psychics) looking for a way shower on exactly when, how and why to embrace the Woo as their life path!

Rachel’s 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:

* Buy The Business of Woo book HERE: https://a.co/d/0g7EFJmM

* 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

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.

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In this eighth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with friend of the show and astrologer extraordinaire Sam "Skyguy" all about planetary magic: how to do it, when to do it, and how to customize it to your unique natal chart- and annual astrological transits!

Sam provides listeners a crash course in the background and fundamentals of chaos magic, ritual magic, and the specifics of how (and where) planetary magic fits into the big magic picture. Sam also digs into what big planets are making big moves this year, and how to harness their energies to amplify what’s working-- and mitigate what’s more challenging.

Rachel’s LINKS:TOTEM Readings Website: https://www.totemreadings.comRachel’s Other Links: https://linktr.ee/totemrach

Please support the Sponsors of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:Buy The Business of Woo book HERE: https://a.co/d/0g7EFJmMTOTEM + PUCK HCKY Merch Drop: https://puckhcky.com/collections/totemThe TOTEM Flower Essence Deck: https://a.co/d/gw16LsGThe TOTEM Flower Essences: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TotemReadingsATXTOTEM Spiritual Transformation Coaching: https://www.totemreadings.com/coachingTOTEM Business of Woo Mentoring: https://www.totemreadings.com/business-of-woo

Our guests’ links:Sam’s Substack: https://skyguyreadings.substack.com/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.

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In this seventh episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with friend of the show and Skeptical Shaman podcast editor Natalie Fehlner (of Sidhe) all about Natalie’s strange, strange journey into weird world of online dialogue-- and what it revealed about the spiritual reality underpinning surface-level ideology.

Natalie experienced a pronounced spiritual trauma when accidentally encountering the hyper-violent images of Charlie Kirk’s death online. While not a right wing Christian nationalist herself (I mean, Natalie is a fairy-channeling astrologer, poet and theater teacher, among other things!), she was gobsmacked by the reaction of “her team”: the supposedly compassionate, open-minded, and ideologically consistent, spiritually-aware group to which she and many other Woo-based practitioners generally belong.

Shocked by the cognitive dissonance of it all, Natalie did the unthinkable: she entered into the online colosseum to battle it out with anonymous faces (and voices) on the inter web. What she learned from this experience has not only served as a major spiritual and societal awakening for her, but also served as her inspiration to get educated and certified in cult awareness, ultimately setting out into the world to help deprogram her fellow humans that are ready to leave their distorted, ideological prison and enter the real world.

Rachel’s 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:

* Buy The Business of Woo book HERE: https://a.co/d/0g7EFJmM

* 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

Our guests’ links:

* Natalie’s Substack: https://nataliesidhe.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search

* Natalie’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/nataliesidhe/

* Natalie’s Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/NatalieSidhe

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.

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The Business of Woo book…is here!

Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L#

Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The Business of Woo please consider taking a moment to leave an honest review on Amazon. We are doing a NEW Review Raffle— with Grand Prize winners announced on 6/26— so be sure to email me a screenshot of your review (w/your snail mail info) to: [email protected] to enter to win!

Apologies to everyone who had their review taken down- hopefully, Amazon puts it back up soon. I know it takes time- and I know you spent your hard-earned money to buy it- so just know that, even if it’s no longer visible, I still have it and appreciate all of you very much!

Also, we’re doing several in-person book events here in Austin, TX in June and August- to learn more or RSVP to these FREE events, check out this post for details:

TOTEM Flower Essence Deck

We’ve sold the last copy of our TOTEM Tarot Deck, so you’re not going to be seeing a whole lot of it on TOTEM Weekly Card Pulls anytime soon! That said, we will be using at least one card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, which is available for sale on Etsy and Amazon.

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

In other New Year news, we are also running a 60% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

A big thank you to everyone that wrote a review or made a new purchase after we got Paula’d. And yes: I keep telling myself it gets darkest just before the dawn (as I sit in my Batman costume mid-nervous breakdown in my office).

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

If you enjoy The Skeptical Shaman podcast, 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!

Tip Jar

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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 June and July, and folks have already booked ten consultations to chat and/or secure their spot, so reach out sooner vs. later as availability is limited!

-Rachel

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In this sixth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Review Raffle winner and *as luck would have it* experienced animal healer and communicator Alyson Ogimachi (of Phoenix Healing) all about her journey from being an animal groomer and “normal person” to talented animal psychic and healer.

Alyson has spent years in real deal, bonafide animal communication and healing training programs, and just recently launched her own Woo-based business: Phoenix Healing!

Alyson shares her rigorous training background, and chats about the very, very crucial need for ethics, boundaries, and standard operating procedures when working in the Woo- especially for fuzzy and feathered clients that can’t speak up for themselves!

Rachel’s 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:

* Buy The Business of Woo book HERE: https://a.co/d/0g7EFJmM

* 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

Our guests’ links:

* Alyson’s website: https://phoenix-healing.com/

* Alyson’s IG: @phoenixhealingcommunication

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.

Incredible things are happening here on Substack, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it— both as a creator and as a frequent viewer!

Sam "Skyguy" joined me for an early Taurus New Moon Livestream Extravaganza, broadcasting from the surface of Mercury while donning some truly Mercurial drip: a set of very cool horns and the very cool TOTEM + PUCK HKCY “Amun Ra” hockey jersey, featuring art from our TOTEM Tarot Deck, that Sam won by being one of the first twelve folks to review our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Selling Your Soul!) on Amazon.

I showed off some viewer mail, including a very cool and very out of print occult serial killer book and custom Dungeons & Dragons expansion pack from the super awesome billy.purgatory. Then, we got into our new TOTEM Review Raffle: how to enter to win (write a review of our new book on Amazon and email me a screenshot), when we’re going to announce the three Grand Prize winners (June 26th), and what those awesome prizes are (custom pet portrait from Business of Woo illustrator Emma Cook, a premium piece from our upcoming TOTEM + PUCK HCKY Summer collection, and a throng of brand new, never-before-seen premium TOTEM Flower Essences with special metallic labels).

As Sam started to feel the effects of his 7up Zero, he then shared his incredible insights on Planetary Magic— and how to leverage such magic for the upcoming May 16th New Moon in Taurus! And yes, Sam is offering customized planetary magic consultations based on folks’ astrological charts, so be sure to hit him up for your own custom plan.

Mine? Well, I’m going to bribe Mars and Saturn. It’s cool. They’re cool. I’m cool. Despite all indications to the contrary, I’m sure it’s going to continue to be cool.

And, speaking of planetary magic, mark your calendars for Friday, May 29th at 6 PM CST: I’ll be doing another incredible Livestream Extravaganza with another, very special mystery guest just ahead of May 30th’s Full Moon in Sagittarius…and this time, I’m going to legit be reading this guest’s tarot cards LIVE in real time for us all to enjoy together.

Will I be dressing like the 13 year old Hot Topic version of my former self? Yes.

And I recommend you do the same.

Prep your cocktails and ready your mocktails. We ride on the 29th!!!

The Business of Woo Book

Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Selling Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L#

Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The Business of Woo please consider taking a moment to leave an honest review on Amazon. We are doing a NEW Review Raffle— with Grand Prize winners announced on 6/26— so be sure to email me a screenshot of your review (w/your snail mail info) to: [email protected] to enter to win!

TOTEM Flower Essence Deck

We’ve sold the last copy of our TOTEM Tarot Deck, so you’re not going to be seeing a whole lot of it on TOTEM Weekly Card Pulls anytime soon! That said, we will be using at least one card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, which is available for sale on Etsy and Amazon.

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

We are also running a 60% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

Someone named PAULA apparently thought our Fire Horse Flower Essence was supposed to be a perfume (that makes you smell like a fire horse?!?) and gave it a one star review after ostensibly putting it all over here body(?)…so if you’re in the market for an ORAL TINCTURE to assist you in your metaphysical efforts, now’s the time to take advantage of the sale, leave a review, and enter to win one of three Grand Prizes in our Review Raffle!

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

If you enjoy The Skeptical Shaman podcast, please consider leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts HERE. Reviews and ratings REALLY help us build on our momentum and get great guests for all of you to listen to!

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 June and July, and folks have already secured their spots, so reach out sooner vs. later as availability is limited!

-Rachel

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In this fifth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Caitlin Gonzales, newly spiritually awakened friend of the fae and rural Louisiana homesteader who knows all about the shift from urban conformity to the feral borderlands-- both of the Woo and of Mother Nature!

Like many of us in the time since Covid disrupted, well, everything, Caitlin has dramatically changed literally every aspect of her life, leaving a “normal” job to learn to homestead and embracing all things spiritual in the process, challenging her own, previous norms and assumptions while exploring agorism, witchcraft, the fairy realms, and more.

Caitlin allowed for her spiritual awakening to expand out in orders of magnitude, and her story gives hope to all of us wishing, seeking and hoping for a better day-- and a better, more Woo world!

Rachel’s 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:

* Buy The Business of Woo book HERE: https://a.co/d/0g7EFJmM

* 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

Our guests’ links:

* Caitlin’s Substack: https://substack.com/@caitlingonzales

* Caitlin’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/itscaitlingonzales/

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.

The Business of Woo book…is here!

Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L#

Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The Business of Woo please consider taking a moment to leave an honest review on Amazon. We are doing a NEW Review Raffle— with Grand Prize winners announced on 6/26— so be sure to email me a screenshot of your review (w/your snail mail info) to: [email protected] to enter to win!

TOTEM Flower Essence Deck

We’ve sold the last copy of our TOTEM Tarot Deck, so you’re not going to be seeing a whole lot of it on TOTEM Weekly Card Pulls anytime soon! That said, we will be using at least one card from our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck, which is available for sale on Etsy and Amazon.

TOTEM Etsy Shop Sale

In other New Year news, we are also running a 60% off sale on our TOTEMReadingsATX Etsy shop, which includes all of our TOTEM Flower Essences and our TOTEM Flower Essence Deck.

Someone named PAULA apparently thought our Fire Horse Flower Essence was supposed to be a perfume (that makes you smell like a fire horse?!?) and gave it a one star review after ostensibly putting it all over here body(?)…so if you’re in the market for an ORAL TINCTURE to assist you in your metaphysical efforts, now’s the time to take advantage of the sale, leave a review, and enter to win one of three Grand Prizes in our Review Raffle!

The Skeptical Shaman Podcast

If you enjoy The Skeptical Shaman podcast, 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!

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 June and July, and folks have already booked ten consultations to chat and/or secure their spot, 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.

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In this fourth episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with long-time client (and fellow Chicagoan) Emily Prahin (of House of Lir), a lifelong psychic finally making the leap into the wild unknown of client-facing readings with her new, Woo-based business House of Lir.

Emily has always been psychic, but it took a real deal (and very destabilizing) spiritual awakening to put everything into focus, making her natural physical mediumship, divination, and channeling capabilities an undeniable (and very weird) reality.

This episode has it all: nonconsensual demon sex attacks, speaking on behalf of ghosts in crystal shops, and what it’s really like to step into the weird world of doing psychic readings for others!

Rachel’s LINKS:

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

* TOTEM Readings Substack: https://totemrach.substack.com

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

Please support the Sponsors of The Skeptical Shaman Podcast:

* Buy The Business of Woo book HERE: https://a.co/d/0g7EFJmM

* 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

Emily’s links:

* Emily’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/emilyprahin/

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.