Steve Marshall doing readings

[Sparhawk]

If I come for a personal reading face-to-face, rather than by email, what happens?

We sit on cushions on the floor drinking jasmine tea and discuss what you want to ask the oracle. This is the best way to consult the I Ching, as a certain 'something' is transmitted by personal contact. I don't do many in-person readings in a year and from time to time I withdraw from giving them. This kind of reading to me is what the I Ching is all about. The very act of coming to the oracle in this way can be a powerful experience. When you have your question, the I Ching is consulted. We discuss what it says and I give you my interpretation if it is unclear to you. People often understand it straight away, because it accords with their own intuition about the situation, confirms it. A consultation can last an hour or two. I don't impose an arbitrary time limit on it, but it wouldn't take more than two hours, usually less. Each consultation has its natural close. The process is frequently mysterious, yet simple in its effect.

 

[dobro p]

Did you post this here because the fact of Marshall doing readings with someone interested you, or because you found the way he described the shared approach to the reading interesting?

 

[Sparhawk]

Did you post this here because the fact of Marshall doing readings with someone interested you, or because you found the way he described the shared approach to the reading interesting?

Good question. Definitely, it is the former. The novelty of him going public with it was enough to compel me to post it. I've never had a reading from him so I cannot form an educated opinion of his approach to them. OTH, strongly opinionated as he is, I always find Steve's opinions interesting in a "raise my left eyebrow" kind of way. One reason I miss his journal entries.

May I ask why the curiosity?

 

[dobro p]

Cuz I wanted to know what you meant. I'm not interested in going one-on-one with a really good Ichinguerro. If I did, I'd hire Hilary - she's way cuter than Steve. (I haven't even seen a picture of him, and I know this to be true. I wonder if I'm prescient...)

 

[Sparhawk]

No arguments there!! Hilary wins a cute contest hands down and tied in the back... As for Steve, there used to be a picture of him buried in his site. He's not as scary as the picture of Alan Moore he also had in his site...