Tarot and the Lo-Teks

Yesterday’s post was, obviously, about a new shop item on my ko-fi page. All the proceeds from my ko-fi page go toward web-hosting Sage Sips without ads, keeping the Substack paywall-free, and maybe generating a few donations for causes I care about (more about that in a later post.) I’m not going back into business. Handwritten Tarot readings are not a money-maker.

Trust me, I’ve tried it before.

I originally offered tangible, pen and paper Tarot readings years ago, when AI was the stuff of cyberpunk fiction – not anything anyone actually used in normal day-to-day life.

I’ve always been a William Gibson fan, dating back to Neuromancer. I originally offered handwritten Tarot because it was cool and niche. Bringing back handwritten Tarot is more the Lo-Teks from Gibson’s short story turned Keeanu Reeves movie, Johnny Mnemonic.

I never imagined that a person to person email with a digital photo would seem low-tech next to computer-generated art and writing, but here we are. Physical paper and handwriting seems like ancient, mysterious wizardshit by comparison.

If you want a talking type of reading – eesy peesy. There are psychics by the dozens out there doing that and it is up to you to figure out if they are trustworthy or not. (The Tao of Finding a Psychic might help) As far as I know, there are only a handful of us working in the typed-word and email formats, and fewer still that do handwritten pen and ink readings.

“A thought is powerful, the spoken word even more so, but the written word is the most powerful of all”

Sallie Christensen, psychic and author

I’m not going back into business, but I am offering these readings as a quiet rebellion against AI. This is my Lo-Tek Tarot.

Handwritten Tarot is magical and powerful – arguably even more so than spoken in-person ones. This kind of Tarot can never be digitally replicated. My bad handwriting and cringy doodles show you they are 100% real, 100% HUMAN .

Handwritten Tarot has all the advantages of any distance reading: You can’t unintentionally give body language cues. There are no leading questions, no stage mentalism, no tricks – these readings are pure spirit and intuition. No drama, no AI slop – just quiet wisdom in the ancient way of pen and ink writing.

Please include your name, U.S. mailing address, and question for the reading with your order. If you don’t include a question or topic, no problem! I’ll automatically do an open style reading and let intuition lead the way.

Sent folded into a standard #10 envelope, this Tarot reading is discreet and private. This is highly customized folk art with no refunds or exchanges. Available to USA mailing addresses ONLY.

This nominal charge is only to cover the cost of paper, postage, driving to the post office and the extra effort that these take to create.

Just like always, these readings are highly customized ephemeral folk art for entertainment and personal spritual enrichment, and do not predict the future. No refunds or exchanges or any of that other business-y stuff. Caveat emptor and whatnot.

Order one from my ko-fi shop HERE if you are interested in giving it a try.

Designer, author, and activist Julia Watson’s new book *Lo-TEK Water* highlights various Indigenous technologies and aquatic systems that could be utilized in adapting to a climate-changed world.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/lo-tek-water-julia-watson-book/

#LoTech #lowtech #lotek #water #indigenous #book #JuliaWatson #climatechange

Slowfest Orchestra "Almonds In The Sky" / Live Session Hey ! Studios

https://tube.aquilenet.fr/w/fMAFdr35PQeGr73bVcZLv1

This is really cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QGqcv28cUY

#eco #living #LoTek #LowTech #SolarPunk

This is a very nice #LoTek #ClimateCrisis adaptation.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/27/ice-stupas-of-the-ladakh-desert-an-ingenious-solution-to-water-scarcity-a-picture-essay

Recreation Two - the extension of the first. Nineteen songs written, produced and arranged by Mosik Rhymes. The release features from the world's finest genre defining artists: Grim Sickers, Alecs DeLarge, George Fields and Soul Supreme.

#AlecsDeLarge #GeorgeFields #GrimSickers #JakIllatron #lotek #MosikRhymes #RecreationTwo #SoulSupreme

https://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/downloads/audio/mosik-rhymes-recreation-two-audio.html

08:30 on the 23 of December - and the first batch of #bread for the ‘new year’ is ready for proofing.

The recipe is from ~1965, Agnes Halvorson, in an old village church #cookbook from Viking, Minnesota, USA. It has a somewhat odd method for making #oatmeal bread, and far sweeter than I would have expected. Looking forward to see how it comes out!

#baking #lotek #kitchen