For the very last time, I'm going to be "Brother Bill", reading Tarot cards at the Forest of Fear, a haunted-house attraction at the site of the New York Renaissance Faire.
When I made the commitment to work at the Forest of Fear, I was unaware that they'd extended the dates of the show to October 31. So I find myself working as a "fake pagan" on Samhain.
This is but one of the reasons why I'm ending my relationship with the New York Ren Faire. I find that I'm sacrificing too much of my Craft-related energy. It is time for me to renew my commitment to the Gods again.
It's interesting that you ask that question. That final night represented the full range of experience I've had reading for people at the Faire:
- The typical case: someone enjoys the reading and gets something out of it.
- The frustrating case: the reading offers something important, and they stare slack-jawed and don't get it. ("You're going to become pregnant soon, and you're going to love that child deeply." Not that I said that, of course.)
- The opportunity to offer spiritual guidance: A woman, who at first said she was Catholic, later shared with me that she was so filled with anger and desire for revenge that she felt compelled to worship Mephistopheles.
It led me to re-examine my goals as a reader, which I wrote up in a (short!) blog post: <http://crytolos.livejournal.com/16911.html>
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Date: 2009-10-31 06:17 am (UTC)When I made the commitment to work at the Forest of Fear, I was unaware that they'd extended the dates of the show to October 31. So I find myself working as a "fake pagan" on Samhain.
This is but one of the reasons why I'm ending my relationship with the New York Ren Faire. I find that I'm sacrificing too much of my Craft-related energy. It is time for me to renew my commitment to the Gods again.
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Date: 2009-11-02 08:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-11-02 10:24 pm (UTC)It's interesting that you ask that question. That final night represented the full range of experience I've had reading for people at the Faire:
- The typical case: someone enjoys the reading and gets something out of it.
- The frustrating case: the reading offers something important, and they stare slack-jawed and don't get it. ("You're going to become pregnant soon, and you're going to love that child deeply." Not that I said that, of course.)
- The opportunity to offer spiritual guidance: A woman, who at first said she was Catholic, later shared with me that she was so filled with anger and desire for revenge that she felt compelled to worship Mephistopheles.
It led me to re-examine my goals as a reader, which I wrote up in a (short!) blog post: <http://crytolos.livejournal.com/16911.html>
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Date: 2009-11-04 02:49 pm (UTC)