The Butterfly Bar @ The VORTEX — Restaurant in Austin

Setup my crystals for energy readings did 5 readings for guests throughout the night at no charge Public service Did receive a 5 dollar tip from one of the guests Overall positive experience, felt connected with the space and welcomed, appreciated End of night i got a call, I guess 12:00 came by and a woman came over and politely asked me if I had talked to the owner about doing readings here I said no I just set it up, i frequent a lot of coffee shops people love what I'm doing and come thank me for it Owners, managers etc

Activation of spiritual gifts decoding intuition is what I do

High vibrational love based work

I was like, cool I will totally reach out to her and apologized for just dropping in unannounced

Problem solved right?

Well As I was packing up my things a tall dark haired woman came over with a much different approach

She was very angry and did not appreciate my presence as it was after 12 and she's going to get fined and get the &$# out NOW

She said I was disrespecting them

I said I'm packing up

YOU NEED TO LEAVE NOW

im 5 minutes away from that without destroying my healing tools in a rush Not gonna do that i need a few minutes 🙏

it was nearly impossible to continue packing as others were attracted to the show and came over to stare aggressively and press me to hurry

Well I need the 5 minutes you offered

I asked if they could give me some space and stop glaring at me I can feel all of your intentions deeply

Cutting my insides I'm an empath deeply attuned having forgiven my abusers and found peace in my heart I recognize hate and malicious enrgies

nOT nice Not ok to treat someone this way

I was cooperating kindly with the first woman who gave me the card

This whole interaction was unnecessary and permanently destroyed A pathway of light and understandings

I don't feel like repeating all of the ugly things that were said but ultimately I took the time offered to pack up my tools properly

I was unable to sage and cleanse the space before I left due to the rising animosity of 7-9 people peering angrily and saying ugly and unnecessary comments

As if calling me names and rushing me will get me out faster

It actually took three minutes longer due to the need to defend myself from this energy which I now have to go sit with work through and hopefully reach conclusion through love acceptance and forgiveness

I understand that getting cleared to offer my gifts to the patrons here is a great idea now that I know it's a rule, I will definitely be looking forward to meeting the owner

I was warned ominously that she's a witch 🤔

Sweet then we'll probably have all lot to talk about

I'm curious as to why the opportunity to learn this wasn't offered earliEr...

A very pleasantly surprising find. After pulling around the fence, where my GPS had pinpointed it, basically the backyard I was wondering "is this... hey looks like the back of somebody's house. A private party!" I thought. Not private at all

Anyone and everyone is welcome.

When I swung around to the parking lot which is very paved and very clean, signage a little bit art deco, a little bit commercial, yet aged enough so it does not look sterile...

It was like I found an Austin retreat I used to search for in the dawn of this millennium.

A magical little wave of established oaks, fresh beer, a few curious cats were responsible, I'm sure, for all of it. They acted as though they owned the place, anyway.

The cityscape dissapeared. I was immersed in a rustic inverted chateau. The decor transmuted as though someone had experienced the deep realms of spiritualism using only natural ingredients, they had remembered that art in its purest form has the characteristics that warms the heart.

The warmth of smiling eyes was abundant as the heat from the fire pits. An artist, indistinguishable as child or adult, had lent graffiti a space where it spread and became icon

I smiled. I smiled like I had not smiled in years, I can feel the muscle stretch with that old familiar joy and happiness. A place of comfort. A place where anything could happen, but it could become a haunt.

Here were little snippets of The Enchanted Forest, There, a section of the universe carved and transplanted from the Spider House. The joyous sound of children being children and parents being parents yet remembering their childhood together with everybody, and everyone enjoying a show outside, was Freddie's reborn? A band. great food.

You'll never be able to tell from the streets surrounding it. The fence you can't see over, yet the energy, the aura of the place scales upward into the sky like a rainbow that doesn't end.

There's abundant seating that could never be cramped, no cliques would form because everyone belongs to the same group.

Inside is like a compacted (spotlights) Dog and Duck, with a bar reminiscent of Lovejoy's. And to the right, for some strange reason Ester's Follies echoed in my mind, back when actors would proposition the streetwalkers on 6th during the barricade hours order to draw paying customers into...

I love this place. Great little neighboorgood bar with a nice atmosphere, good service and amazing outside patio.

My only complaint is that a line forms at the bar which will sometimes go out the door. Instead of crowding the bar like every other bar in the world the patrons instead form a line for some reason? If youre waiting in line people will often walk in and go straight to the bar bypassing the line and cutting in front of everyone. This leaves you with the choice of waiting in line and being cut in front of or doing what youre supposed to do at a bar and going straight to the bar in which case you are the one cutting the line. The bartenders will only address it and tell people to come to the bar sometimes when the line is long enough.

Please address this butterfly bar. I love you but this is ridiculous. Bartenders should be telling people to not form a line constantly until people know better and possibly signs...