Meet Amelie Miceli | Mad Mystic of Beverly Hills

We had the good fortune of connecting with Amelie Miceli and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Amelie, what led you to pursuing a creative path professionally?
Oh it has pursued me! We are all creators, you can deny its call, but it will only keep calling. Embracing it can emerge in so many ways, and not every creative endeavor has to lead to a pay check and they shouldn’t. But when it all clicks into place – you can feel the perfection explode.   I am a writer. I have written all my life, most of the time the words just roll out so effortlessly, but I never thought of it as being creative. I know!? How is that possible? Writing was like a game for me, a challenge. I wrote legal documents, news articles, teaching materials, all kinds of pretty boring things that always gave me a thrill, wordsmithing , but creative? I wasn’t feeling it, afterall, I dont write fiction or poetry, because that’s what creative people do!
I painted, I sew, I read tarot, those were my creative things.
So after years of writing for a paycheck and doing tarot readings for fun,  I opened up to the idea of bringing my Mystical ways onto the internet. I quickly realized how special this skill, that I have spent years honing, really was.  And as the Mad Mystic of Beverly Hills emerged, it was obvious that writing was my most creative asset, my gift from above and it had been pursuing me throughout my life.

Risk Taking , How do you think about Risk?  What role has taking riska played in your life/career?

Risk taking can be exciting and can be very useful in magic, however I never really think about risk anymore, unless I’m looking for a ‘roller coaster drop’ kind of feeling. But when looking at how it has played its role in my life, first I have to acknowledge that we are all taking a risk everyday, just by being here, right?

Through our outer action, the control we have is minimal.

We can try to run all the scenarios and opt for the safest choice, but that is just playing a game with yourself, and that’s fine, and it can be very effective, but that does not erase risk. I do my very best to make every decision with faith in my toolbox.  Sometimes it does look a lot like risk! Which is exciting and I am thankful every time I am bold enough to follow through with something where the only sure thing was my faith in it.

When you swap ‘risk’ out for ‘faith’ it becomes a whole new, much more palatable option. You can feel the fear subside. But if you want thrills and excitement, risk would be your go to.

Do you have a budget? How do you thnk about your persona finances and how do you make lifestyle and spnding decisions?

Having a budget is very rational and I am not the one to talk to about rational things!  When I walk in knowing that all my needs are met at the exact time I need them, it becomes clear that my supply is unlimited, overflowing and never ending, so I am able to make lifestyle and spending decisions pretty freely.

Where are you from and how did your backround and upbringing impact who you ae today?

I am from Bronxville, New York. It is a cute little village, a few miles outside of New York city, it’s amazing how much Beverly Hills reminds me of it. I cannot say how much I feel at home here, BH is a community that is incredibly supportive of locals, and it’s so welcoming to everyone, it really feels like ‘back home’ minus the horrible winters!

I was raised by a single Mom who worked incredibly hard for me to attend the best private, all girls, catholic schools. It was here where I met Sister Mary Elizabeth, who has had a major impact on who I am today. Because of my mothers never ending work schedule I was at school at an ungodly hour, so I would go to church every morning. It was my favorite place to be, quiet, dark, and mysterious. I did not like mass, or school, but being inside the church was so special, the stained glass, the organ music, incense, and hundreds of candles! I mean c’mon what is more magical and mystical than that?

One morning Sister Mary Elizabeth asked me for help – she didn’t need help, she was an eccentric old nun, whose reputation preceded her, I was intrigued. She brought me into the back of the church to hang up some things, she was cleaning and opened a cabinet with a big brass wine chalice and asked me what I thought this represented. I had no idea! I blurted out about the wine being blood, and she smiled, she liked me, I could tell, nuns are tricky, they are very firm – never really letting you get too comfortable, but not her. Every morning we spent time doing odd chores and talking. Over the next few years she taught me about Psalms magic, and symbolic passages in the Bible, when she told me the story of Christ was not about a man at all, I nearly lost it, I thought she was mad! She knew about astrology because “she learned it from reading the Bible” and one morning right before Christmas break, she showed me tarot.  She had a very old Tarot de Marseilles deck, she said it was her Mother’s. She was very secretive about these things, I don’t think the other Sisters knew about her past and I never told a soul until after she passed. She taught me so much about who I am.

There were so many things that I did not like about my upbringing but Sister Mary Elizabeth was a golden thread that wove with me. Although she has gone on to a higher calling, she is still with me, and continues to impact my life.

What is the most important factor behid your success the success if your brand?

Confidence.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Tarot cards have always been just a small part of doing a reading. The cards are like the opening act. They lay out the story, and we go from there.  I often did readings for fun, or for friends and their friends. People like to know what ‘could be’ and it was more fun than profit. A few years back  I met an artist, a friend of a friend. He heard I did Tarot and wanted a reading.  We talked a few times, did his astrology and numerology, and worked on what I have coined as a Subconjuration. A ‘Madly Mystic Subconjuration’! It’s an event creation that I design based on whatever area of life you want to unwind.  This helped him with some big decisions about his career and he was happy and that was that. Recently he called me and told me that he had moved to LA and his career was at a critical point. We talked and did some intuitive work, and he told me that LA would love what I do – and so I came to southern California and fell in love with this beautiful place! I knew it was where my family would be the happiest.  The east coast was riddled with loss and sadness, awful weather and a stagnation that was sucking the life out of us. So many things had aligned for this, and so I felt like I should go for it!
California turned out to be a hidden gem. The way this state is portrayed to the east coast is crazy, even the moving men laughed at me, “you know everyone is going in the opposite direction?”   I was given all the rational reasons why I should stay put, ‘there’s no water’, ‘gas is expensive’ ‘earthquakes’ and ‘the environmental laws are unbearable’, everyone had an opinion and none of them were good! But now I get it!  It has to be some kind of a secret! I lived in Miami Beach and spent the last few years living in Asbury Park NJ, and all of those things are no different there, when you swap out hurricanes for earthquakes! In fact, they are both even more expensive and oppressive than I have found it to be here in Los Angeles!  And really, the people are so nice here, so nice, the difference is shocking.
So with my move came my new business, or because of my new business I moved, whatever way it happened, The Mad Mystic of Beverly Hills has unfolded so naturally and so full of magic, I feel so happy to be here.

What value or principle matters most and why

That is easy, It’s the Golden Rule! Treat others how you want to be treated. It is so simple but it can also become complex when we remember that this includes how we think of others.

Someone asked me recently how to have a long and happy marriage. I get this question in different variations all the time. The answer is not difficult to put into practice, but we have a hard time keeping to it. It is in your thoughts. That is what divides and unites. Always, Always, Always, think of your partner in the most positive light. Give them all the benefits you would want them to give you. When you believe in them as much as you believe in yourself, a perfect union is formed.

This can be practiced on a global scale too. You lose nothing to think of someone in the best way possible. A homeless man needs no more pity. A sick person does not need you to tell them what they shoud have done. They need you to see them well and comfortable.  Just like you would want everyone thinking only the best for and of you, think only the best for them too.

The Golden Rule is Gold because it is of the highest value.

Work life balance how has your balance changed over time? how do you think about the balance?

You ask this question as if there is a choice! Work and Life cannot be seperate things, there is no, ‘work-life’ and ‘life-life’. It’s life and there is a timer running and there are responsibilities and there are people you want to run that timer down with.

None of that time can be saved, but when you start to live like none of that time is being wasted, oh,  then you can feel real balance, and it’s perfect. When you are off balance, something is going to be lost, and too often its self identity.

When there needs to be a seperation of these two things, work and the rest of your life, you have created a division inside yourself. You are on the wrong side of things. Clearing this great divide is one of the most powerful things to overcome. Life changing!

Once I learned this, then it became easy to be clear that I am who I am no matter what hat I wear, keeping in mind that every moment counts, I am fully present, whether as a wife, mother, or mystic. It powers me up to be the best ‘me’ for myself, my family , the community around me and ultimately the whole world.

It’s actually not a balance we should be seeking, it’s realizing that there is no division, there are not two things to balance any longer,  you marry the two, work and ‘the rest’,  and then real honey will flow.

Whats the end goal ? wher do you want to be professionally by the end of your careeer ?

So, where does anyone want to be at the end of their career? All the way up, at the top.

The end goal has to be nothing less than that kind of success that helps the most people, starting with me and radiating out covering as much of the world as I can.

Why did you pursue an artistic or creative career?

Oh it has pursued me! We are all creators, you can deny its call, but it will only keep calling. Embracing it can emerge in so many ways, and not every creative endeavor has to lead to a pay check and they shouldn’t. But when it all clicks into place – you can feel the perfection explode.

I am a writer. I have written all my life, most of the time the words just roll out so effortlessly, but I never thought of it as being creative. I know!? How is that possible? Writing was like a game for me, a challenge. I wrote legal documents, news articles, teaching materials, all kinds of pretty boring things that always gave me a thrill, wordsmithing , but creative? I wasn’t feeling it, afterall, I dont write fiction or poetry, because that’s what creative people do!

I painted, I sew, I read tarot, those were my creative things.

So after years of writing for a paycheck and doing tarot readings for fun,  I opened up to the idea of bringing my Mystical ways onto the internet. I quickly realized how special this skill, that I have spent years honing, really was.  And as the Mad Mystic of Beverly Hills emerged, it was obvious that writing was my most creative asset, my gift from above and it had been pursuing me throughout my life.

Tell us about a book youve read why you like it what impact it has on you

Oh, this is a difficult question. Like a lot of people, I love to read, and dream of having my own library, for now though, my kindle is always close at hand!  We all love to get lost in a book, and go places we don’t know, learn things we were curious about.

Books are portals into other people’s beliefs and experiences, which can be helpful but they are bound to their perspective and I can walk away enjoying a book or not, but it’s hard to pinpoint one, because they have all had an impact on me.   However, the one book that is set to have the most impact on my life, is my own.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Tree People Park is a must see. It is has the most beautiful views, and it is so magical, and quiet. I love it. What I would also love to show some of my east coast friends is the amazing pizza here. Being from NY and growing up on some of the best pizza, like Johnnies in Mt. Vernon, everyone told me I would miss the pizza, that California has horrible pizza! Nope! First stop would be Apollonia’s on Wilshire. So good, better than most NY and NJ pizza.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?

I am from Bronxville, New York. It is a cute little village, a few miles outside of New York city, it’s amazing how much Beverly Hills reminds me of it. I cannot say how much I feel at home here, BH is a community that is incredibly supportive of locals, and it’s so welcoming to everyone, it really feels like ‘back home’ minus the horrible winters!
I was raised by a single Mom who worked incredibly hard for me to attend the best private, all girls, catholic schools. It was here where I met Sister Mary Elizabeth, who has had a major impact on who I am today. Because of my mothers never ending work schedule I was at school at an ungodly hour, so I would go to church every morning. It was my favorite place to be, quiet, dark, and mysterious. I did not like mass, or school, but being inside the church was so special, the stained glass, the organ music, incense, and hundreds of candles! I mean c’mon what is more magical and mystical than that?
One morning Sister Mary Elizabeth asked me for help – she didn’t need help, she was an eccentric old nun, whose reputation preceded her, I was intrigued. She brought me into the back of the church to hang up some things, she was cleaning and opened a cabinet with a big brass wine chalice and asked me what I thought this represented. I had no idea! I blurted out about the wine being blood, and she smiled, she liked me, I could tell, nuns are tricky, they are very firm – never really letting you get too comfortable, but not her. Every morning we spent time doing odd chores and talking. Over the next few years she taught me about Palms magic, and symbolic passages in the Bible, when she told me the story of Christ was not about a man at all, I nearly lost it, I thought she was mad! She knew about astrology because “she learned it from reading the Bible” and one morning right before Christmas break, she showed me tarot. She had a very old Tarot de Marseilles deck, she said it was her Mother’s. She was very secretive about these things, I don’t think the other Sisters knew about her past and I never told a soul until after she passed. She taught me so much about who I am.
There were so many things that I did not like about my upbringing but Sister Mary Elizabeth was a golden thread that wove with me. Although she has gone on to a higher calling, she is still with me, and continues to impact my life.

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