While some traditional bone reading styles call for reading on the earth, this is not practical for me. My postage stamp yard is concrete and grass with no bare areas to read. I went through several reading surfaces before I [...]
I first came across coprolite, a.k.a fossilized poop, at a bone reading workshop in Santa Monica at the charming Madame Parmita's Parlour of Wonders.Various bones and curios were being passed around to illustrate the types of things you could [...]
There is a travelling gem show that rolls into town every few months. I know from experience that I shouldn't go. I always end up buying a lot of things that I have great plans for but end up never [...]
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I will be teaching an Introduction to Bones, Shells and Curios class this Saturday at The Mystic Dream in Walnut Creek CA. The class is limited in size and you will get a booklet and some new pieces for [...]
A while back I visited the folks at The Mystic Dream in Walnut Creek. While there I got my first bone reading from Chas, one of the owners and I immediately knew that I wanted to learn to do this type [...]
I just got back from Forestville, where I did a workshop on How to Create Your Own Tarot Deck. I also did some bone readings and I got to see and talk to several other bone readers. I was not [...]
I haven't updated in a while but it's not because nothing has been happening. I have been studying with a bone reader and I have been working with my set almost every day. My style has changed quite a bit [...]
A short while back I spent some hours working with a Sangoma. Sangomas are the traditional healers of South Africa and I visited one in Orange County. Her name is Gretchen Crilly McKay and she is a Shamanic Practitioner who trained as [...]
Having worn out my family and nearby friends with bone readings, I turned to the internet in an effort to practice reading as much as possible. It was my good fortune to be able make arrangements to swap readings with [...]
