Hello wonderful readers– I am excited to share with you the news for October, as there are ongoing changes to Kojote & Kroh Shamanism.
In the continual unearthing of shady business practices, I have discovered that my Patreon account is both charging me double fees and double taxing me, ouch! The support that I receive from you, beloved Community, gets taxed upon receipt into my account (and fees taken out), and then gets taxed AGAIN when I transfer it to PayPal (and fees are taken out a second time, too)! Gah, it’s become extremely difficult to work with different online platforms that value predatory marketing practices over my small business needs.
Just as I will no longer be using the Zoom platform for online ceremonies, mentoring, and/or teaching (I will return back to Skype, which I have used for many years before the Pandemic), I will no longer be working with Patreon anymore. These losses, on top of cancelling my YouTube channel (who used my free content to manipulate customers into paying for a membership in order to avoid ads), have me sooooo frustrated– Growl and Rawr!
My personal purification practices are the guidance that gets me through these wacky days! Within my understanding, shamanism addresses the root causes of trauma, manipulation, soul loss, colonization, social injustice, and more. Living in a Xtian patriarchal capitalist country means that in order to address the problematic roots that feed this nation’s foundation, I must “walk my talk” and role model how to walk away/disengage from predatory institutions, groups, and individuals. It is part of the ever-ongoing Initiation Crises that weed out the pretend-healers & cultural appropriators from those of us doing Deep Work to shift major broken patterns and provide healing.
Thankfully, I have been invited to deepen my Druid work (and concurrently, decolonize shamanism within the States) by my teachers, which means that my schedule is shifting to accommodate the new work-life balance. I will still be offering individual healing ceremonies, weddings, funerals, baby blessings, online Druid rituals, and mentoring, but only on weekends.
Stay safe, wonderful friends,
Monika Coyote
Kojote & Kroh Shamanism 