Soothsayer or Wayshower? Sacred or Taboo?
Now, now. Let’s first define our terms.
Soothsayer: One who predicts the future by magical, intuitive or more practical means. They go by other names as well, including seer, prophet, psychic, diviner, oracle, fortune teller, spiritualist, medium, sage, wise one. Soothsaying is prophetic divining of the future and the practice and art of foretelling events. A prediction. A prophesy.
Wayshower: A wayshower is one who embodies the qualities that he wishes others to absorb, so that the light that they carry can become the consciousness of all. These are benevolent beings that live according to divine qualities.
Sadly, though, with all of the sacred wisdom and good intentions of both the soothsayer and wayshower, some denounce both practices as taboo. For this reason I have, for the most part, practiced my divination in private. I find it interesting that Christians who read the Holy Bible would consider divination taboo considering the prophets of the Bible. Especially the peculiar work of prophets like Ezekiel, for example, who through symbolism, visions, psychological figures and flowers of speech, was blessed with distinction prophetic powers that lead the people out of darkness. But now that I’ve entered the second half of my life, I’m done hiding, especially from my staunch Christian relatives who damn such practices. I was raised by a soothsayer, my grandmother, but she too, was shunned for her ways.
I’ve always had a natural inclination for all things “mystical” and “spiritual”. I was fascinated by my grandmother’s work and loved visiting her candle shop, “Wickies”. I would read through her spellcasting books, study astrology, gaze into crystal balls, attempt to conjure up spirits and pray with candles. What I loved most, however, was eavesdropping on her counseling sessions. She was a therapist, a healer and someone in which her clients could confide. I liked having a “witch” for a grandmother. Just by observation, I learned “the trade”.
As the saying goes, “the wand chooses the wizard” and it was the playing cards that chose me. They found me while sitting in the waiting room of an acupuncturist more than a decade ago. I have since studied the Mystic Science of the Playing Cards in depth under the tutelage of a mentor from the Order of the Magi. I am considered a ‘Magi Counselor’. It’s the many souls that I have “informally” counseled with the cards that fuel my passion for this work. Divination is the practice of attempting to foretell future events and discover hidden knowledge by occult and supernatural means. And I have seen the divination of the playing cards fulfilled time and again. I almost feel negligent in that I’ve kept this work “underground” and that I have done everything to pursue more “acceptable hobbies” rather than what my soul has been called to Earth to do.
To me, soothsayers and wayshowers go hand-in-hand. These people are esoteric psychologists and they are divine mental health practitioners who receive the Truth and who is gifted to translate that it to other truth seekers and help them on their journey to self-discovery and purpose. I believe that I am a seer and a delivery of truth. The “T” that I spill is the truth revealed through the scared mystic science of the playing cards.
