QUOTE(LitzB @ Oct 25 2006, 12:20 PM)
This is just an off the wall suggestion but what about the psychics that do it because they have to, because how ever hard they have tried to make a go of other things in their life they keep being drawn back to it.
I really get hacked off when I see people just wanting to make money from it. No, I'm not whiter than white, no I'm not fluffy and I'm not a Wiccan :0 but what I am is a medium, a life-long psychic who has spent most of that life trying to be something else. Trying to find an easy way to make money and if you are genuine and you care about what you are saying to people psychic work and mediumship IS NOT an easy way to make money. Its a hard slog, people doubting you all the time, always having to be on trial and as another post said people becoming dependant on you. I've had people calling me at 3am to see if I've 'seen' anything else for them.
I did readings for free for over 20 years - why? Because it seemed wrong to me to charge money for something that came as natural as breathing, for something that I didn't know any different to.
Now however I work with it. Not because it was my chosen career path but because a relative of mine became very sick and needed me to be on hand and to be able to drop everything. This has been over a 10-year period and I have lost count of the number of jobs I have been fired from because I had to drop everything and run to her.
So really, get a regular job and keep occult studies as a hobby until you are of the mind set to know that its not a money-making venture.
Apologies for all offended but that's how I feel.
Did you not read my post? I guess not. Well money means nothing to me, I only wish to put all my time related to the occult, if that post was to "teach me a lesson" then I appologise but there is nothing you taught me that I did not know. Instead of helping you practically said what most others would say. If you're not going to help no need to comment at all.
And I really am not good at anything else, I need to make a living, doing what I have passion for, and no bullshit no one feeds me is going to make me get a dumb job im not going to give a rat's arse about. Sorry. If you think the best road is to do something you don't like and get the money cause it's the "easy" road then let those who don't want to work take it.
Maybe you underestimate me or don't know me that well; but I am a very hard worker for what I feel I LIKE and have PASSION for.
To all who commented: " I am very glad you tried your best to help ", but getting another job is not going to work for me. I was meant to work as an occultist, and write books as my hobby to share my contributions with other fellow magicians.
DeathStalker