We were lucky to catch up with Crystal Fawn recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Crystal thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

One of my most meaningful projects, and there are many, was a recent one focused on communal rituals. When I was growing up, my mother Spiritualist Julie—a prominent psychic who has been a guest on Maury Povich and was featured in the HBO Max Documentary, Call Me Miss Cleo—was always taking me to moon festivals, new age expos, and solstice celebrations. Half of our activities she researched on her own or made up on the fly, but it was just as real as going to church or temple on the regular. When I had my daughter, I realized the whole endeavor had come full circle and it was time to step into the family tradition of celebrating spiritual moments together. I created Four Seasons, a series of printed booklets, to inspire people to do the same. Empowering people to design their own rituals and habits not in service of manifesting their best life as a singular individual, but instead to create community and participate in a collective spiritual experience.

The project is a bit bigger though, as I wanted to establish a religious organization that could utilize a business model designed to make community and ritual accessible to all. There are lots of shops and practitioners who offer these services, but the barrier to entry is very much a price point issue. It’s incredibly important for individuals to receive a monetary exchange for energetic work so I’m testing out ways in which this is possible, but doesn’t necessarily pass the financial burden on to the congregant. I believe there are a few more entrepreneurial ways to approach accessibility.

So in addition to Four Seasons, I founded The Mythological Society in 2021, and hope to expand its offerings slowly, and intentionally, over time. We hope to make more printed editions of ephemeral mythologies, as well as crafting in-person gatherings and integrating physical spaces. For a long time we were told that god and the universe needed to be translated for us, by someone, and in a house of worship, but we now know and have the ability to talk to the universe directly and that’s been a huge shift in consciousness over the last 90 years or so. In doing so however, we removed that communal aspect from our lives and let companies and brands fill that void. I really believe we can find a balance between the two, and The Mythological Society is a vehicle for exploring that.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

The interesting thing about being raised by a psychic is that I really thought all of the teachings, framework, and solutions being presented to me were common knowledge. I didn’t realize until middle school that other people were not engaging in spirituality in the same way we were, or may have had reservations about our views and practices. And because I had always been very bookish—interested in a more traditional “college” focused path for myself—I really thought that the psychic stuff was, and would continue to be, a private practice that I didn’t tell many people about.

I graduated from The University of Minnesota with a degree in English Literature and followed a track into publishing as a publicist and then a sales and marketing manager. This really was a dream time for me, but the spiritual stuff was always there and more and more I found that people were drawn to my “universal knowledge” more than my business acumen.

What I have found is that people come to psychics with little to no knowledge about how the universe is put together. Maybe they’ve read a few books on metaphysics, dipped their toe in self-help or astrology, but essentially they just want to know where things are going and why. I help them navigate that by laying out a rough draft of the coming months or years, and then talking them through what they want to keep and what they want to change about their future.

I think at its core, a session with me is really a brief energy cleanse that allows people to see things more clearly. The way I describe it is like OK, you just bought a fixer upper and you’re stoked to get started rebuilding it. In that process, I’m the “How To” book that you buy at a local bookstore. I present some institutional knowledge, lay out steps and best practices, and share some “before and after” stories. But I’m not the plumber you hire if you hit a water main, or the contractor you consult with because you need to do the work super fast. (Although I do recommend those practitioners and have a very full roster of amazing individuals.) In some cases you might even need an actual architect because the foundation is wonky or collapsing—but at the end of the day it’s your property and all decisions will be made by you.

I’m the first stop in the process a lot of the time, and really provide a lot of background as to how the universe is working behind the scenes, making referrals as necessary. Ultimately I encourage my clients to try to do the work themselves and be patient. Time is a construct.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

I was raised with the belief that we are here on planet earth to be of service. Like that’s it, that’s the job. Be of service to ourselves, our family, our neighbors, strangers, you name it, just take all the energy you have to assist and help others. My “office” life operated under that rubric, and so does my spiritual one, so the larger goal or mission is to try and show up for the people who find me and choose me.

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

This question is fascinating because in my case I stepped into the family business and therefore had a suite of texts and mythologies to guide my practice. When I try to imagine doing it on my own, I really don’t think it would have been possible without a mentor, or someone to apprentice under. I think some of this can happen within peer circles, like book clubs or community meet ups, but being open and receptive to those who came before you will be the best possible resource on your journey.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.crystalfawn.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itscrystaland/

Image Credits

Tomasz Werner