Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Newsletter Subscribers:

I had not expected to need to explain this again, especially since I lost so many readers when I was posting On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder for twenty weeks each Friday during the first administration of the felon currently in office.

I guess I figured that everyone who expected me to be a sweet, mystical woo-woo with completely neutral (or detached) views about “earthly matters” had already abandoned me.

But once again, I am hearing from some folks that you are unhappy with the “political” content of my newsletter and my posts.

Because I do care about all my readers, and because I want to be clear, here is my point of view. Take it as ye will:

Serving My Country

What I am doing is not about “politics.” It has nothing to do with Republicans or Democrats, or liberals or conservatives, or any other faction.

I have studied political science and history enough to recognize an authoritarian coup when I see it. Countless, far more experienced and well-trained experts agree.

And that is where we are. How can I in good conscience pretend all is well and carry on as if unaffected?

My country needs me.

My new column in my weekly newsletter, The Shambhala Warrior News, is definitely and directly in response to the crisis now unfolding in the United States (and which then ripples out into the wider world).

As a seer, artist, and woman of spirit, I am serving my country.

Not any party, not any politician. My country is in the gravest danger since the Civil War, and I am duty-bound to call it out, help awaken those I might reach, and assist in every way I can.

I cannot fathom telling you about the Tarot card of the week in some manner that is divorced from the terrible realities unfolding for our people and the sacred land.

I can’t and I won’t.

This is how I serve my country. This is my path as a Shambhala warrior.

For those who feel they must part ways with me over this, I am sorry that is your preference and I wish you well.

For those who share my understanding of this pivotal moment, thank you for sticking around. Together, as The Tower continues to fall, we are busy weaving a new paradigm.

I see us as collaborative visionaries together, building a world that aligns with the Principles of Unity, the core values of Reclaiming Witchcraft, the tradition in which I have been trained.

In part, it declares that our tradition:

…honors the wild, and calls for service to the earth and the community. We work in diverse ways, including nonviolent direct action, for all forms of justice: environmental, social, political, racial, gender and economic.

We are an anti-racist tradition that strives to uplift and center BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). Our feminism includes a radical analysis of power, seeing all systems of oppression as interrelated, rooted in structures of domination and control.
excerpt from The Principles of Unity, Reclaiming Tradition Witchcraft

I believe it is no coincidence that you and I, gifted with our lifetimes of experience and wisdom, as well as our ability to move between the worlds and attune to the spirit beings that work with us, have somehow found one another. It is my belief that we are here to bear witness to and assist the final fall of the malevolent, toxic patriarchy. Together we can help our species evolve while tending to the wounds inflicted by the dying collapse of those power systems of hatred and greed.

And the Tarot is a splendid friend and advisor for us, as we create a more sustainable, equitable, compassionate culture.

This is where I stand. I am grateful for your understanding.

Blessed be.