Intro and Acknowledgements

This oracle is dedicated to David Bowie. It was never intended to be created for profit, but as a spirit-offering. It was compiled as a ritual-art project in the early '90's.

I created the first collage, The Master, in 1994. I had a need to begin to integrate some of my dreams, psychologically, and found collage to be the best medium. I felt the dreams were intensely private and powerful, and sat with them for several years before completing the rest of the deck in one week's work. That was in 1996. The original designs were downloaded, thanks to Mike Harvey, in the year 2000. These can be found at: http://www.5years.com/omarie.htm.

The current designs on this blog were redone in the fall of 2007. For these, I took the scanned images into PhotoShopCS, making the adjustments you find here.

Collages: The collages are originally done by hand with scrap-papers, using photos from National Geographic, and various bios and magazines featuring photos of Bowie. I "allowed" the images of Bowie to tell me how he wanted to be placed, and the work took on a life of its own. My writings are laced with phrases and titles from Bowie's songs to get certain points through. Sometimes I heard his songs while the images appeared to me in sleep. The topic matter will only resonate with certain people at certain times. Oracles are meant to be used sparingly.

Writing: Writing for these collages is derived from years of personal studies in the paranormal, Tibetan Buddhism, Qabala, meditation and chakras. At the time these images were created I was heavily into the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a.k.a. Osho (See osho.com), and Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche's "Transcending Madness", his discourses on the Tibetan Book of the Dead and "Dharma Art", a Zen approach to art and design. I also studied "Starseed: The Third Millennium" by Ken Carey; Chris Griscom's, "The Healing of Emotion", "Ecstasy is a New Frequency", and Barbara Marciniak, "The Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians". Other writers and teachers affecting the current revisions here are Dr. Wayne Dyer's discourses on the Tao, "Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life", "Ethics for a New Millennium" by His Holiness the Dali Lama... And "Diamond In Your Pocket", by Gangaji.

I sometimes look at this oracle and wonder if it has anything to do with who I am. It's gratifying to realize - this is how I am living my life! I'm grateful to my teachers. They are: Dr. Lauren Bays, Nicki Scully, Norma Joyce, Z. Budapest and Starhawk; David Bowie, Leon Reed; Honorable Gen-la Kelsang Jangsem, Honorable Lama Gelong Lobsang Choephel, Sifu Benjamin Noma, and David & Catherine Garrigues. Thank you all, for the personal time and energy you gave me, and many others like me. Namaste'! And Thank You to all friends and family who were involved with this project; you know who you are. This is a project that represents sacred giveaway, and kindred spirits. If you are reading this, you are meant to be here!

Bowie's influence in my life, has in many ways helped me reclaim my life. Thank you, David Bowie, for you understand how people love you one day and the next they won't. Thank you for never compromising your truth, but for always standing on it, and following your heart. You taught me how to do the same. Namaste'!

To my readers, and to the children of the future: I honor the spirit in you. Thank you for visiting my blog! Please take a few moments to go to the link showing how to use this oracle. May it guide, bless and align you in the light!

Orandon Marie
December, 2007
Seattle, WA

Image 0 Bowie The Trickster/Alien Summer is Here

"You are not a victim; you just scream with boredom! You are not evicting time..." -Bowie

What is time that it has the power to grind everything known to us into dust? Some say time is moving faster; but perhaps it is your own consciousness, moving time! How to enjoy the journey and make the destination?

In dreams the time-scale is everything; you can travel through the stars, have dinner in another galaxy, and return to your body to see just a minute has passed! In ancient cultures, music and beats came to be known as a "Dream Time" vibration, one which lifts you, takes you to places you might otherwise never go! Learn how to play and to dream; trick yourself out of time! Time is an illusion - not real. It is the "timing" in life that is always shifting-shape. Life moves like a mandlebrot. You can become a part of another Dreamer's Dream, and not even know it! Dance and laugh! Be seriously playful - and playfully serious! Experiment with new beginnings by allowing yourself to experience life through the eyes of a child. This is the beginner's way to Zen.

The oracle suggests it is time to get back into your body by slowing down, getting the right exercise you need. Have you been spacing-out? Having accidents? It may be that you need to put on some weight as well. It's important that you feel in control of your body, not the other way around. Are you struggling with substance addiction? Is substance addiction undermining you?

If you're feeling overwhelmed by people and situations, it may be necessary to slow down, take your thoughts and plans on a moment-to-moment basis. Don't over-reach yourself. Be careful not to let panic take hold of you. If you're having constant accidents and cravings, panic may be getting the best of you. Professional help might be useful.

"In a way, history almost ceases to exist - possibly, we can't really entertain the idea of a future in the same way... Which may not be a bad thing. I mean, by hacking off the limbs of both past and future, we might have created a workable future where we have to deal with things on a day to day basis, rather than having long-term plans for a world which really can't afford to have long-term plans..." - David Bowie; Esquire, Oct. 1995

All Designs and Text © Orandon Marie, 1997; 2014

Image 1 Bowie The Magician/Eternity

The Universe is at your disposal; but to access its doorways of power, you must face the riddle of The Magician.
"I am here to teach you the difference between the relative truth, and your actualized truth," he says with a smile. All things are interconnected, and therefore relative. But then there is your destiny, which is directed by your own freedom of choice. Choose well!
Mysteries and Little Wonders abound beyond this realm of duality; black and white, good and evil. Beyond form and time is a great void of impermanence. It's eternal condition is in a constant state of warp and woof, for nothing is permanent. Nothing Stays The Same! To look for permanence is to become a victim of delusion. To presume permanence to is betray yourself, when it is simply easier to ask! You do not need to do all the "work" when you become a time-jumper.
The Magician will give you the teachings and tools needed to assist your navigation through change: these tools have the meaning for you that you give them. Like you, they are made of the elements of fire, air, earth, water and spirit. They will lead you into the balance you need to Hang On To Yourself. Yes, you can become a presence in the world. A presence learns how to access energy. A presence learns how to use energy without harming other living things. A presence learns how to neutralize negative and harmful energies which impact others as well as one's self. A presence learns how to emit a new frequency of energy. You can learn what the tools are here; you will learn how to use these tools here. Yes, you can later drop them, in time, and become your own means! And yes, it will feel as if you are crossing the Great Abyss of disintegration at times. All you are trying to do is restore innocence to your life.
"Come, and I will show you how the cycles of yin and yang repeat themselves," he is saying.
Inhaling, exhaling; holding, releasing; sleeping, awakening. Just beware! For shamanism cannot be used as an excuse to be promiscuous, irresponsible or non-committal - far from it! Try it, and you will find yourself waking up with your pajamas covered in dirt.
The riddle you must face is this: what happens as you continually work well on yourself? Live authentically.
There is value in all things, and many things can be re-used in utilitarian ways. Don't waste. Don't be intimidated from looking at things from a different angle. Turn things upside-down. If there are objects and material issues blocking your space and your energy, consider getting rid of them, for nature abhors a vacuum. Consider what it is that you need. Open yourself up; open your mind; open the space you are in for something new.
"There's nothing purist about what I do. Much of what I do is a collection of odds and sods that life throws at me. I'm a holder! [laughter] I'm an artistic holder." - David Bowie; Raygun, Mar. 1997

All Designs and Text © Orandon Marie, 1997; 2014

Image 2 Bowie Eyes Fairy

Do you believe in Magic?

Magic is not something that can be explained, but it is hibernating deep within your being... Make a commitment to transform your inner-delusions of doubt, cynicism, jealousy and greed, for this is a place you can't afford to be "Telling Lies"! Are you willing to feel your own feelings, and go to the depths? How much do you want inner-peace? Do you take responsibility for yourself and your actions? Are you able to name envy and jealousy, and protect yourself? Can you look into the darkness of your own being? Can you find the light and Tell the Truth (if only to yourself)? Do you know your own worth?

As you think, so you create. No need to force it!

"I'm your future, and tomorrow; and the end..." We are The Shining Ones who bring promise.

This is a self-portrait, with Bowie's eye's on the palms of my hands. It represents myself, going back into my dreams, in a deeper state of meditation... Sometimes I have not understood my dreams, so I sit in meditation and re-dream the images. I change them around in my mind, to empower myself. That is how this oracle was created. If I have a dream that upsets me, I replay it in my mind and then switch it up or change it around. Most dreams are gobbley-goop compared to intention.

We can go consciously back into our dreams and re-dream them. We can go back where hearing, thought, words and sensations become fused, as in kind of mental yoga. It's not easy, being sensitive. An arsenal of psychic tools and personal boundaries are needed in order to direct our wellness.

Sensitive people need rituals: drinking tea, meditation, pure diets, gentle yoga, tai chi. Rituals restore some normalcy in our lives. With that, the sacred. Sensitive people are often accused of having screwed-up perceptions; but being sensitive and/or psychic is not about visceral observation. Nor is it presuming. It's about feeling your feelings and being honest. It's about asking "how" instead of "why". It's about being in a good heart-space and using your heart to gauge who and what to trust. And when.

You must learn to be careful about trusting strangers. Don't give out so much information about yourself. Make people work to get to know you. Watch the balance in what is being shared.Don't hang out with reckless personalities.Pick up some studies on tantra. Find healthy outlets for your creative expression. If you plan to have sex, make sure you use birth control. Protect yourself. You wouldn't thrash an expensive thing you paid for, such as a new car, would you? Understand that your body is your vehicle! If you're extremely sensitive, conserve your energy. Nerves are delicate, like a flower. Reach for some gentle ways.

Perhaps you are just recovering from an illness... It may be your health is a defining factor in how you live your life. It may be some work to understand its varying degrees of metamorphosis. You're not the same person you were yesterday. You will not be the same person tomorrow.

If you are female, what's going on with your monthly cycles? How are you feeding your heart and your womb? If you're a guy, you are being called to discover more about your own feminine energy and psychic skills. You might be about to receive an initiation from a woman close to you. You are definitely being asked to honor the females in your life... Many people who are attracted to feminine energy become interested in Taoism.

If we're just functioning at a survival-level, we're due to crack-up. It doesn't take much for someone to rock our world. It is possible to build an intuitive strength while managing our own darkness. That's what it's all about! Sacred rituals can be such things as preparing a meal, taking a walk, smudging with sage, creating an alter to the four directions, or meditation space. Animals can also bring a sense of real friendship into our lives.

The oracle would like you to understand, the world is in a state of catharsis.

We have some external representations of this in our media, especially Hollywood... I'm talking about the kind of change that does not let you take your place in the world and keep it. We are living with the after-effects of a generation that has created many things and systems that are easily replaced if they don't work. We are living in a "disposable" society.

I'm talking about the kind of grief where you were ignored or cut-off as a child. Have you forgotten the world of fairy? Take a nature walk and talk to the elementals. The oracle would offer you help in the guise of "Give Me Your Hands"... Guidance comes in unexpected and pleasant ways.

"...I think the kind of imagery that I was most interested in evoking, the kind of area I wanted to place my psyche in, was radically different. The two or three times I tried LSD, in the company of people who were used to taking it, I just didn't get the kind of kick I needed... It was a bit too magical for me, and there was a pansy quality to it. I wanted something dirtier and more crazed... The drugs I was interested in were amphetamines and cocaine, because I always lived with such a fast-event horizon, and those drugs seemed to keep things happening... I paid with the worst manic-depression of my life. My psyche just went through the roof; it just fractured into pieces... And there were pieces of me all over the floor." - David Bowie; Penthouse, Nov. 1983

All Designs and Text © Orandon Marie, 1997; 2014

Image 3 Bowie The Blessing

A blessing is always the result of your intentions. Blessings can be small yet empowering gifts in our lives. Blessings often go unnoticed because they come by the power of grace. Acts of grace are happening in our lives at every moment. People bless our lives every day, yet the interactions are taken for granted coming in human-form. We seldom stop to consider that there is a continuum... Where we have all met one another before and did the same things together. The blessings of children are, they come into our lives to teach us. It is not the other way around. We are simply here to mentor, guide, and remember what it was to be children, ourselves. If we just remembered who we once were, our commitment to keep the world a place of well-being would be number one.

Blessings feel ecstatic and are bestowed as we cultivate a sense of abundance, generosity and trust. This means sowing reverence for all living things. Sacred rituals are needed, if not daily, to help keep our heads on straight... We also need help to manage new creative endeavors.

Blessings happen in sacred places; they form within our seasonal shifts. We make efforts to learn about our own cycles of blessing, how our bodies and minds shift and change with the seasons; what foods we need; what's required when it's time to rest. Never forget, when all others give up, blessings are about staying loyal and open to the ways of peace.

The oracle is asking that you learn how to appreciate, re-use, and pass on things that might also bless others. This is not a time to take anything for granted. The oracle asks that you stay open to grace, take note of those moments when time seems to stand still. Pay attention to incoming energies and how they literally feed you. Perhaps you have been cut-off from your inner child and need to baby yourself. When was the last time you did something fun and laughed?

It's important to keep positive intentions. Look for the same with those you share your life with. There's much negativity in the world as people struggle to establish safe spaces. Some really get into their anger as a comfort zone (and they're better left alone)! Blessings are borne out of acceptance... They rely upon one's inner-authority and an earnest wish to live a genuine life. This kind of abundance is about faith. It relies on your ability to allow others to live and let live, protect the innocent and nurture them. That also means revering the innocence in you!

"I guess I really purposefully stay away from the negativity of life to a certain extent these days. And it's not about avoiding questions or avoiding issues. It's just that I look for a charged positivism in life as a whole. I can be very optimistic about life - not mine necessarily, but in a general way." - David Bowie; Esquire, Oct. 1995

All Designs and Text © Orandon Marie, 1997; 2014

Image 4 Bowie The Lord of the Land's End

Learning the right use of one's power is of issue. This is the new paradigm, which is pretty much telling us "power" is an illusion. 

There are many kinds of "power". In the beginning, a place of learning can sometimes become, as Antoine de Saint-Exupery writes - "a secret land of tears". For it is in our educational systems that we are first introduced to personal power versus vulnerability. Competition becomes a defining factor to one's success - at the expense of our most personal ways. Some call it the School of Hard Knocks. Everyone needs to learn how to establish healthy boundaries in their lives in order to feel safe. Without boundaries, we stop being genuine and resort to performing. Performing for whom?

We have different types of boundaries for ourselves, with close friends, relatives, family members, even our pets! On the outer perimeters are teachers, employers and co-workers, neighbors and acquaintances; people we see regularly on the street. And still further Outside are the strangers or people with whom we've broken ties. Who do we allow in our sacred space?HOW to go about it?

Here, The Little Prince is standing on his own personal asteroid, db2012. Like him, we all have a secret place where we must go to face our deepest wishes and fears. Power can feel foreign. We sometimes have guilt in taking our power. It's easy to become trapped in cycles of guilt and blame with others... Children continue to be victimized until they are able to articulate words and reach out on their own. Abuse may have worked as a way to control others, yet there are still those living mentally in Victorian times... When it was easier for people to keep their secrets behind closed doors. Technology, however, now supersedes privacy. We have moved into an age of personal accountability, whether we like it or not. It becomes more difficult to blame when there are cameras and recording devices all around! Slam/Bam Thank-You Ma'am!

It's easy to go into isolation and forget we're all one humanity! It's a challenge to know when to drop the jealousy battles and not add revenge to the mix. Acknowledging our personal limitations helps to simplify. Respect enables us to have some privacy in a techno-age. We are not automotons; we bleed.

Do you have a need of approval from others? Do you "perform" for people, or seek revenge just to get some kind of validation, or prove yourself right? Do you patronize, presume, or condescend? The oracle is saying you could be trespassing. Someone could be trespassing against you! Acknowledge the discomfort. Do you understand that blame and revenge always lead to violence in some form? Let's make the shift by asking "how" instead of "why". Let's move forward.

"What have you been doing to yourself?" With compassion and humor, take a closer look at where you are. There are a lot of people out there walking around without any sort of moral compass for sincerity... And they're marginal. What I'm saying is, they were not given or taught anything about values. They have nothing to believe in, jerking others around with ego-trips and agendas. 

Power is a trip! Power is territory. In sacred space we look at ways to empower ourselves, then face how we share power with others. We know "power" is simply energy. We get back what we put out. How does a leader know how to lead? By learning when to be still and to trust. It Happens Outside.

"I refused to be a banner-waver for anything or anybody, and I did not want everything that I was doing to be purely colored by my sexuality. I was dealing in a very primitive way with a very new area of public perception. I made as many mistakes as I made positive moves, but that's all right because that's what I did - and those were the times and that's the history of me. And that's great." - David Bowie, Details; Oct. l995
All Designs and Text © Orandon Marie, 1997; 2014

Image 5 Bowie The Master

Consciousness is multidimensional. It takes us into the past, present or future. All these states of awareness can happen in the blink of an eye. The Master knows how to maneuver between the impermanence of "Reality", Fame and Fashion which comes with playing the "game" of life. The Master is given access to numerous tools for personal empowerment traveling the path-works of destiny. The Master knows there are no coincidences. There are many philosophical and occult takes on the phenomena of coincidence. However we can come to see it happening as a form of grace in our journeys. 

As Mark Twain said, "you cannot pray a lie"; therefore, consciousness becomes a navigational process. It leads us through the inner hallways of our own mirrors, where coincidence becomes relative. The Master learns how to witness and use dreams in both sleeping and waking hours... Intention is used to fuse a dream into the dreamtime, where one is no longer dreaming but awake.The doorways we guard with our own inner dialogues and places we go to engage our angels and ghosts await us! These days we don't give much credence or time for demons and haters.  There is challenge, always, not to repress the dark side, but heal it; for it's our intuition! It's highly-linked to all our positive strengths as well! This is why recreational drug-use is destructive. The Master begins his or her path-working by neutralizing personal weakness. "Don't Look Down."

The Master is not confined to physical position. He or she knows how to cultivate a point of center within. S/he is ready to travel or do anything it takes to establish balance and harmony, understanding her own boundaries so as to avoid interference or subterfuge from those who are ignorant.

Once we begin to work with the power of grace, we realize certain things are fated to be, with or without our intervention. We can decode some mysteries with tools such as meditation, attuning and prayer... Invoking archetypes, spirit guides; studying the languages of numerology, astrology and Kaballah. We can embrace change by allowing ourselves to accept the nature of impermanence. We can work to keep things light.

The process of procuring light is like a metaphor for the blank page; consider the potential a blank page holds. Consider a stainless blue sky, empty and clear; or perhaps a sand mandala, kicked; dust flying. As the fires of karma burn away things, places, people, there is transmutation... And the essence of these remain intact on other parallel planes of existence. We can access these parallels, where we find awareness, insight and information. We experience access through literal shifts in the moment; in the timing of our moods and perceptions. Shifts Happen. Night School Happens. Hold the essence of what always remains: more positive potential, more possibilities and more life! Karma teaches us the management one's self, forcing us to master and use our point of center - throughout our lifetimes. (AKA dharma, the new paradigm if you want it.) Think about it. It's been said, to embody this point of center, a Master must never give in to vanity or self-pity. Speak little. And let your words and actions be gentle as you set about your way as an exemplar.

The oracle is saying people are watching and learning from you. Perhaps they are spiritually or psychologically dependent on you. You are on the path-works of demonstrating your skills as a leader. You have the ability to hold the keys through the ages, sacred knowledge and teachings. You are not necessarily interested in advertising! You know the importance of your dreams and goals. You understand most people and their attraction to you are just a side-effect to the real issues and concerns going on. You're prepared to drop anything and anyone necessary in order to move forward. Perhaps you have been accused of being cold and calculating? This is because you are someone who does not "do" guilt or grief. Your work is important to you. So you have found ways to externalize emotions like guilt and grief. You know these things hold people down and block them from certainty. You don't want knowledge; you want certainty. You are working the Law (of cause and effect) to your advantage. You are not afraid to be a healer, knowing it's impossible for others to judge you.

"...most of the religions that developed within the course of the last thousand years have been absolutist and fundamentalist. I think that is so scary... I think anything that is absolutist and fundamentalist, including politics, is such a rigid and nonsensical system it just cannot work for our society. For me, the key word is hybridization." - David Bowie, Seconds, Oct. 1995

All Designs and Text © Orandon Marie, 1997; 2014