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Courtney Alexander is a multimedia artist, writer, and educator based in Indianapolis, IN. In 2016, she launched "Dust II Onyx," the first widely recognized Black tarot deck, which not only opening doors for other Black tarot creators. In 2024 she premiered Tarot through the Spiral, the first tarot system integrating African cosmology. She recently launched Black x Sage, a platform committed to community healing and empowerment through art, education, and media. Main Business Issues: Challenges in finding mentorship as she builds a business and manages her ADHD Courtney's Key Insights and Takeaways: Recognizes her hyper-independence, which stems from past experiences Understands the need to trust others and attract supportive mentors Seeks guidance to scale her business while staying true to her vision Connect with Courtney  @dust2onyxtarot @theblackxsage @reallycourtney

In this episode, deck creator and multi-media artist Courtney Alexander joined us as we discuss the King of Swords, who teaches use how to use our ideas as tools to break through barriers, obliterate the oppressive structures holding us back, and find more joy in our spirituality. We discuss art as a form of resistance and a form of transformation, God as ecosystem, and being able to read the cards just through their energy. Amanda begins the episode with the basics of the card, plus a discussion of an indigenous hero, Kandiaronk, who shows us how language can be a force of liberation. Join us!To leave a review of the podcast on iTunes, open your Apple Podcasts APP and scroll down to the comments. Or you can try to click this link (sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't depending on your set up).Find us on Instagram at:Podcast: @BetweentheworldspodcastAmanda: @OracleofLACarolyn: @CarolynPennypackerRiggs**********************************FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST COURTNEY ALEXANDER:Courtney Alexander is a multimedia artist, writer, publisher, and public speaker. Her artistic practice is an ongoing ritual of expansion and emancipation. Making history as the first black person to create a widely distributed tarot deck, Courtney is the artist behind Dust II Onyx, a card series made up of 78 mixed media paintings depicting the complexities of blackness as humanity, as a race, and as a color story. It also includes a hard-cover 200 page monograph that serves as a catalogue as well as guidebook. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS Arts Plus, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post,  Bitch Media and more.Visit her website: dust2onyx.comFind her on Instagram: @dust2onyxtarot Buy her deck, and other merch:  Dust 2 OnyxJoin her Patreon: Black x Sage*********************************BETWEEN THE WORLDS TAROT FUNDAMENTALS WORKSHOPIf you want to go deeper in your tarot practice but aren't sure where to start, join us for this powerful workshop!Tarot is a witchy way to develop your intuition and find your magic. Every part of your life that involves decision making can be supported by tarot. When we listen to our intuition, we listen to our authentic self. Our heart knows the answer and it can guide us.Whether you've just acquired your first deck, or you've been reading for decades, you are always a student of the Tarot. Join us!FIND OUT MORE You can buy this as a one off or become a member of our coven where you get workshops, monthly tarot studio classes, and lots of other goodies included in the cost of membership.Become a Between the Worlds Weird Circle Subscriber, click here.**********************************REFERENCES“The Dawn of Everything,” a book by David Graeber and archeologist David Wengrow**********************************Learn More About Your Host Amanda Yates Garcia, & Buy Her BookTo order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.To sign up for Amanda's newsletter, CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramAmanda's FacebookTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com*********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs**********************************MIND YOUR PRACTICE PODCASTMind Your Practice - Carolyn's  podcast with arts consultant and author of Make Your Art No Matter What, Beth Pickens - is geared towards artists and writers looking for strategies and support to build their projects and practices (plus loving pep talks).There's even a club - “Homework Club” - which offers creative people support and strategies for keeping their projects and practices a priority with monthly webinars, worksheets, live QnA's, optional accountability pods, and ACTUAL HOMEWORK (that you'll never be graded on. Ever!)You can visit https://www.bethpickens.com/homework-club for more details or listen wherever you stream Between the Worlds.**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes.

Black Witch On the Prairie is a social commentary podcast about how to reclaim your personal power through ancestral wisdom aka witchery, and embody the phrase The Personal is Political.TAROT READING - Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in TaurusFollow @blackwitchontheprairie on Instagram and Youtube to see the photos and videos.Dust II Onyx deck by Courtney Alexander  BLACK HEALTH MATTERS - BurnoutLearn about the 5 stages of burnout here and here    The Nap Ministry on InstagramON THE PRAIRIE The Pollution of Lake Winnipeg@decolonizemyself on instagram  Lake Winnipeg named world's most endangered lake   Learn about North End Water Treatment Plant and the interim phosphorus removal proposal here and here  Lake Winnipeg Indigenous CollectiveDonate to Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective  Go to the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective website for more info  or follow them on Facebook, Instagram  and Youtube Find your MP in Canada's federal parliament   Find your MLA in Manitoba's provincial legislature   Find your municipality  SHOUT OUTS Thanks to Adeline Bird and Kammer Kaan for their mentorship and supportThanks to @osani_balkaran https://www.instagram.com/osani_balkaran/?hl=en for producing the theme song and helping me bring to life my musical visionFind the Moonsight planners and calendars here and use discount code BLACKPRAIRIEWITCH to get 10% off!SHOW ME SOME LURVSend me an email at blackwitchontheprairie@gmail.com and let me know your thoughts on the podcast, or if there are any witchy things or local issues you want me to talk about on the podcastFollow me on all of the socials @its.nampande or @blackwitchontheprairie (@blkprairiewitch on Twitter)Donate to support the podcast Please subscribe, leave a 5-star rating and review the podcastStay witchy!Support the show

Black Witch On the Prairie is a social commentary podcast about how to reclaim your personal power through ancestral wisdom aka witchery, and embody the phrase The Personal is Political.TAROT READING follow @blackwitchontheprairie on Instagram and Youtube to see the photos and videostarot deck: Dust II Onyx by Courtney Alexander  BLACK JOY MATTERS - fitness & fooleryJessamyn Stanley30-Minute Beginner Yoga  Healthy With Kelsey 5-Day Split Workout Routine  BLACK HEALTH MATTERS - sobriety & harm reductionWoman of Substances by Jenny Valentish  BLACK THOUGHT - Jurassic Park & COVID 19read about attempts to divert water from the Sandilands aquifer to the Red River Valley here and here  ON THE PRAIRIE - Wa Ni Ska Tan & the Churchill River Diversionget involved with Wa Ni Ska Tan  William Dysart's description of the impacts of the Churchill River Diversion  article about the opposition to a permanent licence  efforts to oppose permanent licence  SHOUT OUTS thanks to Adeline Bird and Kammer Kaan for their mentorship and supportthanks to @osani_balkaran for producing the theme song and helping me bring to life my musical vision find the Moonsight planners and calendars here and use discount code BLACKPRAIRIEWITCH to get 10% off!SHOW ME SOME LURVfollow me on all of the socials @its.nampande or @blackwitchontheprairie (@blkprairiewitch on Twitter)donate to support the podcast please subscribe, leave a 5-star rating and review the podcastStay witchy!Support the show

Listen in as artist Courtney Alexander talks about “Dust II Onyx”, a tarot deck she created that celebrates the Black experience through the lens and tradition of this universal divination tool. The artist talks about her multi layered approach to creating art that inspires her to go big as a large person who is often expected to play small.  We talk about sprit awakenings, heeding the call of divine projects and how she used Kickstarter to launcher her successful and revolutionary tarot deck. Pull up a chair and join our chat.Get you Dust II Onyx Tarot Deck Here Learn more about the artist on her website: CourtneyAlexander.Art 

Courtney Alexander is a channel, conduit, medicine woman and conjurer — a doorway between the unseen world and this one. During this conversation, multimedia writer, artist, publisher, public speaker and the creator of Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot Deck, Courtney shares her wisdom on: The creative power of listening to and following your intuition. How we claim our own Godhood and our God ecosystems Art as a revolutionary, liberatory, spiritual awakening practice How to trust + accept what your spirit has come to be in this lifetime If you loved this episode, send me a DM on Instagram at @blackgirlmystic with your favorite parts of the conversation because I’d love to hear from you! Find Courtney online: Dust II Onyx tarot — http://dust2onyx.com/ Instagram Facebook Contribute to Black Girl Mystic Podcast Portal:​ Patreon — Become a monthly patron + join the Black Girl Mystic Inner Circle starting at just $1/month! patreon.com/blackgirlmystic. PayPal — Make a one-time donation paypal.me/blackgirlmystic, venmo: lerin-alta Courses — lerinalta.com/offerings Connect on the socials:​ Join The Modern Mystic Movement for Revolutionary Leaders — facebook.com/groups/modernmysticmovement IG — instagram.com/blackgirlmystic #blackgirlmystic Announcements + Invitations:​ Ask BGM — Email a question you'd like L'Erin to answer on the podcast to love@blackgirlmystic.com. Be sure to put "Ask BGM" in the subject line! Please rate + leave a review if you enjoy the show!

Episode 151. One of the most stunning decks to come out in the past few years is Dust II Onyx by Courtney Alexander. Some of my listeners wanted to learn more about the deck - and the talented artist behind it. In this episode, Courtney joins me to talk about the inspiration for her deck, invocation, ancestors, ritual, and bonding with the deck. We also learn about the mysterious "Black Onyx" card and practice one of the spreads in the book. If you have this deck and want to learn more about it, you'll love this episode! Don't have it yet? This may convince you to get it. (PS a travel version is coming out! YAY!)  

In our society we have a skewed idea of light and dark, good and bad, that translates even to how we relate to skin color and the place it puts you in society. We also have some extremely violent, ingrained ideas about fat bodies—Black bodies in particular—that we need to get very honest about in order to create change. In this week’s episode Courtney Alexander, creator of the Dust II Onyx tarot deck, joins me to discuss light and dark, spirituality, and defying the expectations and harm imposed on fat Black womxn through art, expression, and love. She also gives some major manifesting tips for Black folx in particular that defies the mainstream white [supremacist] spiritual teachings. Courtney Alexander is a multimedia artist, writer, and publisher with a Bachelor’s in Studio Art from the University of South Florida, living and working in Tampa, FL. Alexander’s work began with decontextualizing issues of duality, hypersexuality, and self-awareness through exploration of fatness; a personal dialogue which served to facilitate vulnerability and explore the complex nature of her existence. In 2016, Alexander made history as the first black person to successfully publish and distribute a tarot deck, the widely acclaimed Dust II Onyx—crowdfunding over via Kickstarter. Through a series of 78 mixed media paintings, she collects the shards of her identity as a black/fat/queer woman and pieces them into a mosaic of works that present blackness as universal-spirit. “I reimagine a timeless ancient world intrinsically intertwined in this modern realm, birthed from a place of nothingness that is also simultaneously everything. A non-binary world where I see myself, reflections of blackness, and darkness, as powerful and eternal.” She is dedicated to the reclamation of public and art spaces for black folks and other marginalized viewers through creating participatory displays of transformation and liberation. Connect with Courtney at: www.dust2onyx.com instagram.com/dust2onyxtarot/ If you enjoyed the show make sure you rate and review to help others find it and... SUBSCRIBE to get bonus limited-time minisodes when they release! Get your Create Your Future Vision - Free Workbook for Black Creatives at: www.kristiniris.com/vision Please share the show with others! Use #MelanatedRising on social and tag me on Instagram @Kristiniris (follow me there!)

Courtney Alexander is the maker of Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot, a Tarot deck designed for a black audience. Dust II Onyx was an instant hit, but the emotional toll of success almost destroyed Courtney. Was it worth it? Store: Dust II Onyx Recommended: University of South Florida, Wangechi Mutu, The Hoodwitch, Dust II Onyx: An Interview With Courtney Alexander Host Anshuman Iddamsetty Producers Michelle Macklem Emma Fedderson Anshuman Iddamsetty Senior Supervising Producer Tammi Downey Engineer Jason ‘Metal’ Donkersgoed Musical Score Jim Guthrie

Courtney Alexander is a multimedia artist, writer, and the creator behind Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot Deck. She uses tarot as an avenue to visually explore the rich and complex layers of blackness and all of the meaning and magic that word entails. Her work has been featured in such places as The Hoodwitch, Teen Vogue, and Autostraddle. On this episode, Courtney discusses her artistic and spiritual creative process, the importance of representation in tarot, and finding light in darkness.Pam also talks about Winter Solstice rituals and answers questions about how to come out of the broom closet.Our sponsors for this episode are DeerWomen, Witch Baby Soap, Blood Milk Jewels, and Mithras Candle.

Featuring Courtney Alexander- Creatrix of Dust II Onyx Tarot  Courtney and I met at the Northwest Tarot Symposium in 2017. She was on her first version of the Dust II Onyx Deck and we instantly clicked. Her energy was contagious, her smile and the way she grounded herself was generative. I felt super welcomed into her space and we talked a while and then ended up in a session with Mary Greer on reversals. I made a friend that day, and though we don't keep in as physical contact in this busy world we live in, Courtney's constantly dancing the cosmos of my thoughts. Her crown she wore upon her head and her assurance when she knew EXACTLY what card she would be, made this episode super sweet. Hope you enjoy it, as my laughter comes out here, we had a good time. Things covered in this episode:Death DoulaBlackness misconstrued as darkness in societyShadow work is prismatic and spectralHow being an entrepreneur in this world is a challengeThe masculine in the EmpressCourtney's original vehSupport the show

Courtney Alexander is a multimedia artist, creative director, and writer with a Bachelor’s in Studio Art from the University of South Florida. In her past work she dug into issues of duality, hyper sexuality, and self-awareness; a much more personal dialogue which served to create vulnerability and explore the complex nature of her existence. Her paintings and sculptures are abstract and experimental, allowing for a more tactile sensory experience. The Dust II Onyx Tarot Deck is a natural progression in her exploration of identity and her largest project to date. Her next mission is to create a publishing platform that caters to minority and marginalized artists who desire to create uplifting and educational products for their communities. Courtney's current series, Dust II Onyx, uses tarot divination to merge the multitude of intersections within black culture. She says she was inspired by my own spiritual journey deconstructing, decolonizing and disconnecting from my Christian heteropatriarchal foundations. "As an African-American unable to trace my ancestry beyond a few decades, this work has helped me gather the shards of my identity that once felt scattered. I felt conflicted about jumping into other African spiritual traditions within the diaspora to find myself. I wanted to be conscious of my desire to appropriate traditions without forethought to how they connected to my own cosmology—considering the thousands of ethnic groups that exist within this expansive continent that is my soul's original home." In today's episode Courtney talks about the second edition of her Dust II Onyx tarot cards. We talk about the powerful medicine coming through the cards. Courtney shares how she opened and surrendered to the process of creating these cards both as part of her soul's purpose, and to reclaim and gather the shards of her identity.  Courtney Alexander's KICKSTARTER campaign is happening NOW! You can follow the link below to get your own deck, or sponsor a deck for someone else https://dust2onyx.com/products/preorder-dust-ii-onyx-2nd-edition-second-print  Visit Courtney's website http://www.courtneyalexanderstudio.com  instagram https://www.instagram.com/dust2onyxtarot/     

Join Ms.Blue and Courtney : Dust II Onyx    Contact Courtney Alexander - dust2onyx.com   Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot, 2nd Edition is a deck created by multimedia artist Courtney Alexander. The cards feature 78 mixed media collage painting accented with metallic and holographic foils, featuring culture myths, symbolism, history, and icons witin the Black Diaspora.The guidebook features multiple keyword lists (numerological, elemental and astrological) and full colorimages of the artwork with titles and art descriptions. Each card has been carefukky researched, with nearly 75 resources cited, providing a wealth of educational material.           Contact MsBlue: question4blue@gmail.com  Readings | Know Your Magic Audio WorkBook | Know Your Magic Oracle Deck | Self Invested Workshop | Akashic Records Readings | Radio Host | Medium | Intuitive Healer | Psychic - Medium | Intuitive Healer | Psychic |Certified Holistic Practitioners | Metaphysician | Cosmic Creator | Soul Contracts | Pass Lives | Twitter: @BlueRasberry |  https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Remix-Radio/114209487075 www.msblueblast.com | www.msblueblast.com/cards   | http://tinyurl.com/MsBlueRemix    Do The Work !     http://msblueblast.com/digital-rituals-courses/

Courtney Alexander is an artist, publisher, and the creator of the Dust II Onyx tarot deck. When I first saw images from her deck, I was left breathless with the depth and power that they hold. Courtney mentions in this episode that most of the tarot decks featuring people of color are not in fact made … Continue reading "Episode 20: Courtney Alexander"

This episode is a Wild Soul Interview with Courtney Alexander, the creator of Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot! The cards feature 78 mixed media collage paintings accented with metallic and holographic foils, featuring cultural myths, symbolism, history, and icons within the Black Diaspora. The guidebook features multiple keyword lists (numerological, elemental and astrological) and full color images of the artwork with titles and art descriptions. Each card has been carefully researched, with nearly 75 resources cited, providing a wealth of educational material. The entire deck, from the paintings to the research to the design was created and birthed by Courtney. In her Courtney’s own words, here is what this deck has meant to her: “Dust II Onyx...uses tarot divination to merge the multitude of intersections within black culture. I was inspired by my own spiritual journey deconstructing, decolonizing and disconnecting from my Christian heteropatriarchal foundations. As an African-American unable to trace my ancestry beyond a few decades, this work has helped me gather the shards of my identity that once felt scattered. I felt conflicted about jumping into other African spiritual traditions within the diaspora to find myself. I wanted to be conscious of my desire to appropriate traditions without forethought to how they connected to my own cosmology—considering the thousands of ethnic groups that exist within this expansive continent that is my soul's original home.” In this conversation, Courtney and I dive into: • Courtney’s search for Tarot decks that represented her as a person of color, and how that fueled her journey to creating her own: the Dust || Onyx: A Melanated Tarot (8:00) • The EPIC story of how Dust II Onyx Tarot came to be, and how Courtney went on a profound experience of soul death and rebirth on the way to making it (20:39) • Working on the Death Tarot card and working through fears surrounding death (31:12) • Some astrology talk + the placement of some of Courtney’s planets (44:21) • Creating a Kickstarter campaign for the Dust || Onyx Tarot deck + the creation & production process (46:55) • Where the name Dust II Onyx came from (1:04:57) • The second edition of Dust II Onyx + the sponsor a deck program (1:08:45) Find full show notes for this episode: https://wildsoulpodcast.com/blog/creating-representarepresentation-in-tarot-courtney-alexander-dust-onyx Follow Courtney at: https://dust2onyx.com/ To pre-order the 2nd edition of Dust II Onyx!: https://dust2onyx.com/products/preorder-dust-ii-onyx-2nd-edition-second-print To sponsor a deck: https://dust2onyx.com/collections/decks/products/sponsor-a-deck ABOUT THE PODCAST Hosted by intuitive tarot reader, holistic counselor and teacher, Lindsay Mack, Tarot for the Wild Soul is a weaving of deep conversations with folks who use Tarot in their lives, channeled energetic offerings, intuitive readings on the months ahead, and mini Tarot lessons. ABOUT LINDSAY Lindsay is an intuitive tarot reader, holistic counselor, teacher and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of Wild Soul Healing and Tarot for the Wild Soul, as well as the host of this podcast. She has been studying and reading Tarot for over 20 years. As a joyful and healthy survivor of childhood abuse & PTSD, Lindsay is passionately dedicated to honoring and helping to bring space, light and healing to those who are experiencing mental, emotional or physical suffering. It is an organic part of her healing work with the Tarot, and she is honored to be sharing these offerings to those who feel called to them. WEBSITE: www.lindsaymack.com INSTAGRAM: @wildsoulhealing MUSIC: www.bensounds.com