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No, really, this time I AM going pro, honest.

 
  

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Whisky Priestess
14:30 / 14.04.05
Would you like A++++++!!!!!!!!!! testimonies from other satisfied eBayers with stars after their names? Like me?

In which case I'm happy for you to do a test-case reading for me about what sort of job, if any, I can look forward to working in over the next few months.

Let me know what details you need - date of birth, eye colour, sort code and PIN etc ...
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
20:59 / 14.04.05
I do not need sort codes or PINs or whatever. I shall use PayPal.

Guys, I'm having a big horror attack here.

Is it fucked up and evil to ask for money to bring to bear certain skills that I've been using and developing and doubting and practicing and having this whole relationship with since I was 12?

When you make stuff be of moneys, it stops being in your head. It then becomes of banks and sums and instead of sofas or winter coats and is therefore real; and I have to adjust to the whole "Magick Works" shit ALL OVER AGAIN.

I hate that.

I like it when it's just me being clinically batshit.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
21:20 / 14.04.05
Guys?
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
21:26 / 14.04.05
No more fucked up and evil than asking for money for ANY skill/talent/gift- in my world, taking a picture, or a story, or a fucking great song from INSIDE YOUR HEAD is just as magickal as anything that "calls" itself magick. And I've never resented paying for those.
 
 
Ganesh
21:33 / 14.04.05
Well, I charge money for psychiatric know-how which frequently isn't a million miles away from what you're proposing, Mordant - so why the Hell shouldn't you?
 
 
grant
21:33 / 14.04.05
Pff. And to think you try to sell FICTION what you WROTE and MADE OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

Tell me how that works and I'll tell you how magick works.

For a fee.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
21:41 / 14.04.05
grant, 'nesh, Stoatie: You guys are my Norns. On toast.

Thanks.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
21:50 / 14.04.05
See how we knit!

(Sorry- went to Phylidda Lloyd's "Gotterdammerung" the other week- not only is, to tabloid hysteria, Brunnhilde a suicide bomber, but the Norns are old ladies in big chairs, knitting.)
 
 
Ganesh
22:00 / 14.04.05
Stoatie, that's strangely fitting. The knitting.
 
 
angel
08:18 / 15.04.05
Hon, if you were going to be pulling the wool over anyones eyes about this then I would have a problem with that. It's that kind of thing that destroys the spirit connection, not the asking of a fair price for something that you are doing wiht honour and truth.

Think of it this way, when we read for friends we don't ask for a money fee, but we do get paid in a way by their friendship, companionship, the chance to spend time with them which is nourishing to us, etc. It's just not tangible in the way that money is, but we do get something in return. So asking for a reasonable amount of money for a reading from people you don't know is perfectly fine in my book. Besides, you're going to pay your rent and eat with it, not take over the world ... errr ... you are right?? *grin*
 
 
A0S
09:35 / 15.04.05
I have a friend who is a pro reader and he takes the money at the end so if people aren't happy they don't pay. I don't know how you could work this on Ebay, maybe offer a money back if not happy pledge. Of course this might attract people who just want a free reading and so ask for the money back anyway.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
12:06 / 15.04.05
A tenner's fine, I think. What's less good is when someone accosts you on the pavement, does a five minute reading, sighs, packs up the cards, informs you that you've been psychically wounded in many deep and serious ways, and then goes on to explain that the only way to address all your numerous spiritual problems is an in-depth analysis that's going to cost you a thousand dollars.

That, when you're hungover in a strange city, can be a bit of a drag - Not that I coughed up for the old bat or anything, but I did spend the next couple of hours wandering round Manhattan wondering if she mightn't in fact have had a point ( it really had been a heavy evening, the one before. )
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
15:53 / 15.04.05
My first listing is now up.

I'm excited. I'm going to do a few more, different styles ect.
 
 
Bed Head
16:15 / 15.04.05
Wow! but.... is there any reason why you’re not offering "Tarot readings by the internet’s Mordant Carnival?" I think all the spook posting you’ve ever done puts you right on the verge of being kinda famous for this stuff. You should have lurkers queueing around the block to consult YOU.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
16:17 / 15.04.05
I don't think I'm internet famous, am I? There was that thread on here that got memepooled that time but it's not like I'm properly renowned or anything.
 
 
Bed Head
16:29 / 15.04.05
Well, every time Tom posts the figures for the traffic this site gets, it’s a bit mind-blowing. Your name is totally googleable. You’ve built up a web personality and established your whole history of working with spirits and stuff, and you've a brilliant way of communicating all this, you're one of the posters that makes the Temple worth reading even for a non-believer like me.

I mean, there’s famous and there’s famous. But even if you’re not web-famous, you should be and you could be.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
18:35 / 15.04.05
Blimey.
 
 
Whisky Priestess
18:55 / 15.04.05
Lady, better than that, you got a bidder!
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
19:08 / 15.04.05
I'm not sure it counts if your friends bid on you

I'm going to go and do some more, different styles. I need some nice fwuffy cuddly pics with crystals and fairies and some bad scary Gawwwfick/Darque ones for the bwa-ha-ha-black- magick punters. (Wish the boy was around so I could make him take photos of me being Gawwfick with tarots. I shall just have to do the best I can with the bathroom mirror.)
 
 
electric monk
20:14 / 15.04.05
MC - mad props to you for putting yourself out there like this. I'm sure you'll help many that are in need.

Do keep us Templers informed on how it's going too!
 
 
Cherielabombe
12:17 / 16.04.05
Hey, if you can't make money doing the things you enjoy doing, what's the point of life?

*I* would happily pay you a tenner for a tarot reading! Supercool!
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
16:34 / 23.04.05
Right, now: People who have paid me--this weekend, I swear! This has been a bit of a strange week.

People who are interested and haven't had one: I'll be putting another auction up (probably Monday eve.) or PM me to confirm that you're still interested.
 
 
Seth
18:54 / 23.04.05
Nice one, MC. You've been added to my favourite sellers.

You're one of the only people I'd ever allow to read for me. That's based on the standards of character, ability, ethics and sanity that you hold yourself to. Plus it helps that you have a sense of humour and a kind heart.

I'd be happy to pay good money for that.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
09:40 / 28.04.05
Aww! *blushes*

If anyone's still interested, the new listing is up here. Or of course, PM to make other arrangements.
 
 
grant
17:51 / 29.04.05
How's this going for you?
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
18:50 / 29.04.05
Okay so far. Couple of satisfied punters, couple more in the pipeline, & today I ran into one of the women from my tiling course who said she'd be interested. Gradually building up a head of steam here...
 
 
grant
19:01 / 29.04.05
Rock.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
20:11 / 29.04.05
One day left on this, people. Getcha skates on.
 
  

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