B-2 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE SEPTEMBER 2, 1994
Tana Hoy, Columbus' medium at large
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powers that be sometimes turn things that are totally natural into something super-natural, simply because it is different or they don't understand it.
Right, these are all very natural processes. Like when you walk into a dangerous situation and the hair on the back of your neck stands up. We call that "intuition", or our defense mechanism at work, but it's a part of our psychic-ness. It's all really years of evolution at work And we're just now starting to understand it and use it. It's a very natural process and should be no more scary than eating!
We're hearing so much lately and there seems to be a love affair with "angels" and the idea of guardian spirit beings. What do you think has changed about
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our culture that has opened the door to these kinds of "outside-the-norm" spiritual experiences?
Oh, boy. This is going to get me in trouble! (Laughs) I think that religion is failing a lot of people, and that we have a very rigid, "one way" attitude about spirituality in this country. And that's not working for a lot of people, so they're beginning to search for other things.
I think that for a long time there was this feeling of there's only "one way" or there is "no way"—you were either agnostic or you were Judeo-Christian in your beliefs, there was really no middle ground. I think that what is happening now is that people are starting to expand out and look for other things. For instance, Buddhism is relatively new to the United States, and many people are turning there. Some insurance compa-
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So, in a lot of cases, how and what we believe has to do with where we came into existence. Let's face it, if you and I were born in India, we would probably be Hindu, or Buddhist, and have a totally different set of beliefs. I identify as a Christian because that is what I was raised with, but I've always seen the richness and the same truths in other religions as I see in Christianity.
I agree, I think that all religions are very parallel. And I think that when you talk about "angels," it's the same thing as when I talk about being a medium. We all have spirit guides, and we can all channel and be mediums to receive that information. We just have a different way of explaining it.
I've heard of past-life regression, and know people that have had very enlightening experiences doing this. Is this something that you work with?
I do past-life regressions and I do chakra balancing. With past-life regression, I use hypnosis and am able to take you back to a past life, to relive some of the experiences from that incarnation. One of the benefits of a past-life regression, besides the fun of discovering who we were, where we lived, if we were anybody famous, is that you may be able to let go of some unnecessary behaviors or fears that are carried over from a previous incarnation.
What made you decide to do this as your primary job?
Well I'd been thinking about doing readings full time for a while, but being a procrastinator, I put off doing anything about it. I went in to work one day and discovered that I didn't have a job any more. It was a situation where the company simply ran out of money. When the universe tells us to do something and we don't, what happened to me is what will happen-we'll be kicked in the butt really hard and be forced to make a change. It was at that point that I said Okay, I'm supposed to be doing readings full-time." And in the first week, I made as
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much money as I would have at my job. So when we take that leap of faith and make the changes that we need to make, the universe will take care of the rest.
Why do you think it is that gay and lesbian people seem to be more open to this type of spirituality?
Probably because we've been oppressed for so long! We're just more tolerant, and open-minded, just generally more accepting of different ideas and experiences. It's only been in the last few years that we've seen any significant changes in the mainstream Christian churches to make them more inclusive of lesbian and gay people, so prior to that, if you wanted any kind of spirituality, you had to look elsewhere. Unless, of course, you wanted to be in the closet, and that just was not an option for some people.
And whether we are gay or straight, people are always going to be drawn to things that are mystical and the magical. As children, we're taught to believe in these things, and the New Age is a chance for the child inside all of us to hold on to some of that mystical, magical stuff. So I think that psychic awareness allows us to have hope. I guess we could all use a little more magic in our lives. Tana, do you have any thoughts about the future of our movement? Do you have any predictions on a psychic level about where we're headed?
Well, I would rather use the word potential rather than prediction. But I think that there's going to be a lot of change and that gyas and lesbians are going to continue to win. It would be interesting to be born again in about 50 years, just to see where things are at.
Well, we just might be! (Laughs)
I tell people all the time, "I don't know if you believe in reincarnation or not, but I'm coming back to see how it all turned out!"
Tana Hoy can be heard on Thursday mornings between 9 and 10a.m. on WWCD 101 FM in Columbus. Anyone outside the Columbus area who is interested in a reading or appointment wwith Tana can call 614-444-6334 for more information.
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