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The Reluctant Tarot Reader: Adventures in the Gypsy Trade
She's a gay girl in a Christian world, becoming the healer she was meant to be.
But what do you do with a gift that you really don't want?
Raven Mardirosian dreamed of being a missionary. A veterinarian. An English teacher. How did she go from staunch evangelical Christian and promising academic . . . to life as a Tarot reader?
Beginnings: The Fool, The Coyote, The Real Me tells the story of Raven leaving the church with no real plan, and how a Catholic nun opened the door to the Tarot world.
Part II of The Reluctant Tarot Reader is divided into 4 sections of 78 stories:
*To Birth, To Flame {Vignettes of Fire}
*To Live, To Heal {Vignettes of Earth}
*To See, To Speak {Vignettes of Air}
*To Love, To Dream {Vignettes of Water}
Read compelling works such as: "How To Be Ageless", "Steps To Being A Powerful Woman", "My Angels Prefer Harleys", "Reiki Love" and "Secrets from the Psychic World". Get an unflinching view into the mysterious aura of psychics, healers and Tarot readers -- straight from an insider.
If it's time for you to come out of the metaphysical closet, The Reluctant Tarot Reader will help to light the way.
This is the story of a Tarot reader. A reluctant one.
But what do you do with a gift that you really don't want?
Raven Mardirosian dreamed of being a missionary. A veterinarian. An English teacher. How did she go from staunch evangelical Christian and promising academic . . . to life as a Tarot reader?
Beginnings: The Fool, The Coyote, The Real Me tells the story of Raven leaving the church with no real plan, and how a Catholic nun opened the door to the Tarot world.
Part II of The Reluctant Tarot Reader is divided into 4 sections of 78 stories:
*To Birth, To Flame {Vignettes of Fire}
*To Live, To Heal {Vignettes of Earth}
*To See, To Speak {Vignettes of Air}
*To Love, To Dream {Vignettes of Water}
Read compelling works such as: "How To Be Ageless", "Steps To Being A Powerful Woman", "My Angels Prefer Harleys", "Reiki Love" and "Secrets from the Psychic World". Get an unflinching view into the mysterious aura of psychics, healers and Tarot readers -- straight from an insider.
If it's time for you to come out of the metaphysical closet, The Reluctant Tarot Reader will help to light the way.
This is the story of a Tarot reader. A reluctant one.
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184 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Raven Mardirosian
10 books12 followersRaven Mardirosian is the author of "Home: Thoughts on Belonging". Her essay, "Christian LGBT Kids: You're Part of the Plan" is included in the New York Times bestselling anthology by Dan Savage and Terry Miller, "It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying and Creating a Life Worth Living".
She's written 8 other works of non-fiction: "The Reluctant Tarot Reader: Adventures in the Gypsy Trade"; "Just Another Crazy Cat Lady Story"; "365 Ways To Keep It Real, Heal Yourself and Be Free"; "Spirit, Flow: A Photographic Prayer"; "The Words Remain: The Best of Shivaya Wellness"; "We Dream Anew: The Best of Shivaya Wellness, Vol. II"; "Chrysalis: Poems of Release" and "Esprit, Vole: Prière photographique". Raven has published 4 works of fiction under a nom de plume and created a relaxation DVD with Dr. William Kelley, "An Hour of Peace: Words, Music and Images for Relaxation".
Raven developed and hosted the popular BlogTalk radio show, "Tarot Talk". She holds an M.A. in English with additional graduate studies at Bread Loaf School of English. Raven was a high-school English teacher for many years in New York City and Vermont public schools. She is now a sought-out teacher and Tarot reader who has given thousands of sessions to clients worldwide for over a decade. Known for her humor, sensitivity and insight, Raven continues to offer her gifts through Tarot and Reiki sessions, consulting, classes and books.
Follow her adventures at Shivaya Wellness and on Amazon, facebook, instagram, goodreads and g+.
She's written 8 other works of non-fiction: "The Reluctant Tarot Reader: Adventures in the Gypsy Trade"; "Just Another Crazy Cat Lady Story"; "365 Ways To Keep It Real, Heal Yourself and Be Free"; "Spirit, Flow: A Photographic Prayer"; "The Words Remain: The Best of Shivaya Wellness"; "We Dream Anew: The Best of Shivaya Wellness, Vol. II"; "Chrysalis: Poems of Release" and "Esprit, Vole: Prière photographique". Raven has published 4 works of fiction under a nom de plume and created a relaxation DVD with Dr. William Kelley, "An Hour of Peace: Words, Music and Images for Relaxation".
Raven developed and hosted the popular BlogTalk radio show, "Tarot Talk". She holds an M.A. in English with additional graduate studies at Bread Loaf School of English. Raven was a high-school English teacher for many years in New York City and Vermont public schools. She is now a sought-out teacher and Tarot reader who has given thousands of sessions to clients worldwide for over a decade. Known for her humor, sensitivity and insight, Raven continues to offer her gifts through Tarot and Reiki sessions, consulting, classes and books.
Follow her adventures at Shivaya Wellness and on Amazon, facebook, instagram, goodreads and g+.
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December 13, 2017
U had to read her beautiful words to the end
For all the reluctant Tarot readers, you must read this book. It will open your eyes and make you hear truths long needing you to hear. 💜 a fabulous writer with a unique and honest voice. A shift occurred for me while reading this book. A magical shift, I am ready to embrace.
For all the reluctant Tarot readers, you must read this book. It will open your eyes and make you hear truths long needing you to hear. 💜 a fabulous writer with a unique and honest voice. A shift occurred for me while reading this book. A magical shift, I am ready to embrace.
July 8, 2013
The Reluctant Tarot Reader: Adventures in the Gypsy Trade is the story of Raven Mardirosian’s exeunt from the “woo-woo closet”. Raised as a staunch Christian, this book explores her journey from a prayer warrior to a healer. How does one come to grips with the fact that everything you’ve turned out to be (healer, lesbian, intuitive, tarot reader) stands in direct violation of everything that you have been told is right, good, and true?
If you want to be true to yourself, you find a way… and it’s usually the hard way until you finally find the ease of Being. The Reluctant Tarot Reader is a poignant, witty, poetic and powerfully honest book. When she writes of ending relationships, you feel like you are in that car with her when she drives away. When she rails against person after person telling her who she is – you’re a healer, Raven – you feel the same frustration and fear from being told a Truth you just aren’t ready to believe.
Raven bares her being in this book of vignettes, each a story or poem taken from a moment or remembrance. I gulped this book down in a few short days; but it is one that can be read again and again. Each vignette offers depth and a new way of looking at things. Each reading will change what jumps out at you. You will find yourself in her struggles. And in the end, isn’t that what it is really all about? Knowing you aren’t alone?
If you want to be true to yourself, you find a way… and it’s usually the hard way until you finally find the ease of Being. The Reluctant Tarot Reader is a poignant, witty, poetic and powerfully honest book. When she writes of ending relationships, you feel like you are in that car with her when she drives away. When she rails against person after person telling her who she is – you’re a healer, Raven – you feel the same frustration and fear from being told a Truth you just aren’t ready to believe.
Raven bares her being in this book of vignettes, each a story or poem taken from a moment or remembrance. I gulped this book down in a few short days; but it is one that can be read again and again. Each vignette offers depth and a new way of looking at things. Each reading will change what jumps out at you. You will find yourself in her struggles. And in the end, isn’t that what it is really all about? Knowing you aren’t alone?
July 17, 2012
About so much more than tarot reading... if you can get over the somewhat nonlinear style, well worth the read.
July 18, 2013
Raven takes you on a truly remarkable journey with inspiring stories of how life takes turns sometimes you don't expect. Wonderful!
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