“I am exceptionally privileged in this lifetime to have a collection of Tides of Tethys talismans – both from our collaborations as well as from other elections and projects. Genie’s work is timeless and time-bending, and her talismans are ecstatically alive and profoundly vocal.
The majority of these talismans are ones I work with nearly every day of my life in my vocation as a professional diviner and spirit-worker; they wake up each morning and go to work with me, and we end the day together in my office.
These talismans have been spirits, and sometimes tools, which have allowed me to navigate daily life and, more importantly, daily work in a niche and inspirited career and lifestyle.”
— Sasha Ravich
“The beautiful work from Genie as been inspiring for my practice and journey. Her talismans vibrate with energy and are on the top of my list of pieces I own. My first acquisition was the Keys to the Labyrinth and wow, what a great initiation into her fantastic work!
Some of the palpable energies/ powers from the Key talisman for me are: courage, confidence, grounding, ease, comfort, joy; and the amazing syncs of finding the right books/ knowledge/ places/ etc… Just beholding this beautiful piece of work keeps my mind in the present from the embracing awe this brings.
I recently took it with me on a trip to Japan and Okinawa (my ancestral home.) Each time I wore it, my partner and I would end up in a different site/temple we didn’t intend to go to but found that they were exactly where I needed to go. Some of them were significant temples of a deity I’ve been drawn to, further connecting me. Other times put us in the right place at the right time.
Another interesting incident is from the Alphard talisman; I’ve never received a package that was partially wet when delivered on a sunny day! Very fitting for the Hydra constellation. I’ve only wore this one a few times due to the intense energy but I’m working on deepening my relationship with this powerful star. The beauty and work on this is stunning!
I am very grateful to own other Genie talismans as they are all beautiful pieces of work that are beeming with power. And the extra touch of custom chain link necklace is not something I’ve seen other makers offer and provide less frustration trying to put on talismans with much smaller hooks.”
— Ken K
“I felt a compulsion to send you another testament to the absolute wonder your work has instilled and mediated into my life, this time with the Sualocin talisman. I'm so grateful for it and it doesn't seem right not to give thanks.
This talisman has been such a blessing to my creative life. I had not, for years, been writing much at all, despite my heart wanting that, despite knowing I had the capability for it as a writer who'd once been waitlisted for Clarion, despite having a complete novel draft sitting without any concrete plans for further movement in my drives, despite longing to do so that was almost physical in both the terror and the yearning knotted around it.
The arrival of the talisman and the spirit that attended/pre-attended (the time frame is unclear to my perspective) dissolved the inertia and traps that I'd been sitting in for so long. I'm now halfway through a first draft of a new project, have another outlined and planned for March, have submissions and queries and dev edit notes coming in and an actual plan to draw the dream forth from the waters in my heart (and of course the Solar Pearl is helping with this too! Probably more once things emerge into Solar phases of being!). The spirit accompanying the talisman is also such a dear, cherished font of wisdom and inspiration.
Amusingly, I think I've actually 'checked off' every aspect described in your writeup for the series: the protection (particularly in a sense of averting discomfort in my public-facing day job by improved 'pretending to be a normal human' skills), the creativity, the freedom, slowly growing seership, everything in fact but the dreaming, and that's just because I'm bad at sleeping.
It's such a wonder to walk with such a talisman, and I'm so appreciative of you for ushering in such a thing and making that connection possible.”
— Kati Waldrop
“I received the Mars Talisman yesterday evening, just in time to work with him today. I woke very tired and lethargic. I have a libra sun so this eclipse cycle is hitting me hard. The Mars magic I did this morning certainly revived me, got me dancing and has made me really start thinking about the vision I have for my life.
Today, my vision was just to get through the day with my clients. I felt Mars say, no problem- BUT you really need a bigger vision.
The talisman is beautiful. I love your craftsmanship. And I am very thankful that I found you.”
— Lisa Solari
“Every one of your talismans has had a very special and intimate effect on me. Your solar talisman completely changed my relationship to my fallen sun which was getting a square from Pluto at 28/29° cap for a million years.
I remember wearing it while I was walking through the woods and thinking, this is how Aries must feel every day. I've done solar remediation before with regulus and was a little worried to have a straight-up solar talisman but now I am absolutely in love with solar materia because of your ring. It was the extra push/step I needed to complete the process which otherwise seemed to keep alluding me/have permanency.”
— Beata Bee