I have decided to write this for several reasons...
1. And most important... to honor my soul, my spirit, my voice, and my experience. (And any others that may have had a similar experience) 2. The truth always deserves to be told. 3. To help so many other innocent souls that have been victims of all the deceit, manipulation and darkness that lies deep within the walls of Spirit's Child and it's owner, Cathy, aka "aitreyia".
I, unfortunately, fell victim to what most do when they come across the owner of this shop .... she presented as compassionate and kind, giving and knowledgeable.... however, for the several years I've known her I couldn't shake this underlying feeling that something was off.
My intuition told me... she was broken, lonely and sad. I should have listened and just stayed away. But I had compassion for her... I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt because she clearly did not present that way. And hey, let's face it I've been wrong before. We became acquaintances and would often talk about the spiritual world. Although, we did not see eye to eye with everything, we came up with a mutual agreement that we were both touching on the same meanings. So, it was my impression that we had a mutual respectful relationship. When the opportunity presented to help her out at the store on a part time basis I agreed. She was down to one employee, the others had just quit, and the day I was hired the office manager respectfully put in her 3 week notice. Within the first week I quickly felt the transition. The staff are treated like children and then filled with a false love, fake gifts, fake terms of endearment. Her employees are told to follow people around the store, to take items from their hands... all disguised with being kind... the true intention is so they don't steal. Customers come in broken hearted with questions, fears and concerns... but if she feels they aren't spending money employee's are pulled away from said customers and told to move on. She has done this with several customers mid conversation. (I was mortified when I was forced to walk away from a quiet, venting, broken, crying widow. All I could do was apologize. Her items are said to bought on Fair Trade... while this may be true for a very very small portion of the merchandise most of her products our purchased from China. The standard retail mark up does not exist in this store. Everything has a triple mark up, (Basic example: Bought for $6, standard retail is apprx $12, her method of retail pricing would be $18.95-$21.95), Tarot and Oracle decks bought from TJMax for $18 & on the same day sold for $35-$40. There is no such thing as a discount here guys... that 10% and that 20% .... IT'S ALL FLUFF. She pays her vendors dirt cheap and will refuse to do business with anyone that won't sell to her at her worth. Often leaving her vendors with pennies while she's making bank. She has torn other readers down right in front of customers.. tells them that they are entirely wrong becoming extremely defensive. (To the reader that came in and told her (very kindly) if she took better care of her body and released her fears she would feel much better.... I agree with you my love. You are spot on and not crazy!!!) I have also been witness to Jewish slander, inappropriate sexual comments to customers and service workers, cultural appropriation, I could go on but I think I've made my point with this. This shop has gone thru 23 (including me) employees in 2.5 yrs. They are not on family leave, they are not on medical leave, not all stole, lied and/or cheated her like she is saying.. they were all victims of the lies, projections, fears, delusions, manipulations and harsh judgements of the shop owner! She has tried crossing into my energy in order to read me on many occasions... unsolicited and uninvited.. this is a huge no no in my views. Extremely disrespectful in so many ways. Not only has she done this with me but she does this with almost every single person that has comes thru that door. The one time I did solicit her so called "free" reading (several years ago)... she was all over the place and no where close to making any sense. When I kindly disagreed she implied that I was just unaware of it...I chuckled and let it go. The Ego here was all I could feel. So like I said in the beginning...I knew something was off and should have listened. Not only is she broken, lonely and sad.... she's a Covert Narcissist. In my true stubborn Leo fashion, lol, I needed to see for myself. Afterall, experience is one of our best teachers. I have seen the truth through my experience and I honor my soul by sharing with you. Take what you like and do what you will.
I am someone that believes we all should be treated with respect, dignity and we all deserve honesty within self, people and society. Use your voice. Stand up for yourself. And love with all your heart.
Blessings to all! read more