My First Reading with Sheilaa Hite

I stumbled upon Sheilaa Hite in Great Barrington, MA back in 2013 when I saw a sign on the sidewalk that said “Tarot Readings Today". When I gazed into Sheilaa's photo I was drawn to enter the shop and sign up. 

Anything “Spiritual” both terrified and intrigued me. Growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, anything “New Age” was considered Satan. The mid 1980's Awake Magazine cover featuring images of Tarot, Astrology, Crystals etc stated that God's people must hate what was bad. I was about 10 years old and I remember smiling when I first looked at that cover image. I had to hide that smile. I knew I was a sinner yet the “New Age” didn't feel bad to me. My heart connected with those images and felt a pull towards it. 

It felt familiar. It felt right.…just like I felt with the “Tarot Readings Today” sign. 

Guilt pulled strongly on me but I did it anyway. 

My memory of what Sheilaa told me was that the energy of other people was so strongly around me that it had almost overtaken me. She asked if I had many items of other peoples in my home. The answer was yes. My Mother had died in 2008 and since my brother was only 21 at the time he didn't want to take all the photo albums etc. I took them thinking that someday I might want to look through those old memories but in the moment it was all just too painful. There they sat along with a big emotional pile of guilt. 

Sheilaa advised me to wrap those items in black fabric and to store them away with intention. 

She gave me a series of baths to take and homework to help clear my energy. 

….and the shift began. 

I continued to study with Sheilaa both Tarot and Astrology. She saw me and helped me to see myself….to break away from the thought that I was a sinner and to see that I am a survivor. She helped me take my power back, to break away from the labels placed upon me.

She helped me see I'm not broken.

I just got a little “damaged in shipping”