I am a Deity oathed Priestess. I have and will continue to take courses and classes to be the best Priestess that I can be. I’ve found pagan programs to further my training to serve the spiritual community, one that I’m currently working towards and another that I am saving for.
I’ve done different things on my path, from helping people out of domestic situations to clearing and blessings homes to weddings.
Yall I don’t like doing weddings. Sometimes the Gods don’t show up, which I’ve learned means that the marriage isn’t going to work out…but do you tell the couple to not sign the marriage license? Or do you fake it? Ethical questions that I’m not a fan of. I don’t like lying. I thought about doing pre-marriage sit downs with the couple and the Gods, but in the end people will do what they want, which makes you wonder WHY PAY ME TO NOT LISTEN? Then their marriage falls apart. Money and mental health just wasted. I’ve seen it so many times with clients—they pay me and then do the opposite. Then they inform me what what happened and pay me for a reading, and do it all over again. I’m getting to the point, where I don’t accept their money a third time. What’s the point? They’re not going to listen. I ain’t no one those psychics that’s just gonna keep taking your money. If you’re not going to listen, don’t waste my time and energy. Find someone else.
Like, I’m getting to be a no-nonsense psychic, I’ve learned. Mama Hekate’s starting to rub off on me.
All of this frustration has made me realize that I want to do End-of-Life stuff. I’m more comfortable around Death, spirits, and the grieving. If a Deity doesn’t show up to a funeral, I’m not faced with an ethical problem. Nor will I have to listen to people pay me just to ignore Divine Guidance.
For years, I wanted to be a Death Doula. I’ve done the research for programs and I’ve been saving for the courses and training. I’ve read books about other Doula’s experiences (Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur is a good book). After reading some books, I’ve had to step back and re-evaluate, because although I want to work with the dying and their grieving family, I’m not the best with people, be that due to anxiety, being inverted, and possibly autism.
Although when I sit down to work with clients for my psychic and spiritual work (photography, too), I can flip a switch and focus. It’s almost like I’m a different person (clearly the neurodivergencies don’t go away, but I dunno, maybe it’s confidence or something?) I imagine the same would happen with Death Doula work.
Work mode.
Over the last few months, I’ve been looking into the death field. Be it cemetery/graveyard work to funeral homes. I have an aunt who’s owned a landscaping company for years, sometimes she works the local graveyards. She said that most of the work is grave digging. I ain’t in any shape for that—I’m physically disabled. I wouldn’t mind picking up trash and other kinds of clean up, though. I don’t have the landscaping knowledge or experience for that kind of work, but I can work a mower, a weed whacker, and pull weeds.
In a funeral home, I don’t mind doing grunt work either.
Psychically I've done psychopomp work, too. Whether I'm just sitting with the dead until another entity comes to pick them up; or I'm having to tell them they're dead; talking down their fears and anger so they can relax and cross over; or guiding them to the “gates” myself. I've done it. (There is no payment for this kind of work--it's often very spontaneous, and it's not usually the living who contacts me. Although I have worked with the living regarding their loved ones.)
I know it’s not glamorous or high paying work, but that’s not what I’m after. Caring for the dead and the grieving is sacred work. It’s where my calling is, I feel. Whether I’m doing psychic spirit work or working in the back of funeral home. I ain’t cut out for warehouse, retail or office work. I have too many learning disabilities. I also just don’t fit in the mundane world.
So I’ll keep doing my Priestess and Spirit Work, and I’ll keep saving for the Death Doula courses and working towards the Clergy Programs. I’ll keep doing my research and looking for work in the Death Field.
I fit in somewhere. Don’t get me wrong, I love my psychic work—I love helping people with my abilities and experience. In all fields, you have people who are just draining—unethical energy vampires. I do have genuine return clients who do take the guidance to heart. I have helped one-time clients, too, who were also genuine. The genuine do outweigh the “repeat offenders”.
I’m trying to help people, not just taking money from people who are looking for a thrill or refuse to learn anything from their actions. I’m stubborn, too, but if I’m paying for Divine Advice, I’m going to try to listen and make the changes. Some people just get addicted to readings, and I ain’t about to enable you.
I’ll continue to do the psychic and spirit work because I love it and I’m really good at it, too. But it’s also not a regularly paying career. I got bills yall. As much as I wish my psychic work could provide a living wage, it doesn’t right now. I’ve gotta find other fields that pay regularly and make me happy and fulfilled.
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Trust in Sunna. Trust in Joy. Follow the Bees…
~ Priestess Foxlyn
I offer psychic readings if interested. I’m a Psychic Medium who can channel Deities, Spirits, and the Dead—human and animal. These entities may use pendulums, cards, runes, automatic writing/typing/drawing, possession, or energies to answer your questions. I accept Paypal, Venmo and trade. Click the link above for more information.
Readings will be offered on my Etsy soon.
Until then, you can email me at foxtorchphoto18@gmail.com
Hey Ohioans, mark your calendars for August 9th. Kristy/Hearth Fox Oracle is going to be offering $20 for 20 min Rune Readings at the Andrews House in Delaware. There will be other great and knowledgeable people there, too. Come on out and support small local businesses!