Tattie1d ago

As a #witch who is #white, I do often feel caught between the pincers of "this practice is appropriative" and "this practice is linked with the far right" 😩

I'm actually helping run a coven now, and I feel their frustration on this front. I want to give them easy guidance. But none of this is easy.
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Show threadTattie1d ago

As a witch I feel I am called to be real. To be open to listening and experiencing the world as it is.

And the history of my ancestors is stained by blood, so much blood. It is discomfiting. It should be.

Do my white siblings imagine this is in any way easier for witches of colour to confront and navigate? It is not.
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Show threadTattie1d ago

I have to catch myself from over-judging others tho. I see problems that they might not have, yes, but they might see problems with my own practice that I don't.

Judging the other is a way of denying problems situated within yourself. Of externalising discomfort.
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Show threadCatherine is not complacent
@Tattie having been a solitary practitioner since the late 70s back when available sources were tarot decks and Green Egg
( published by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart ) magazines in head shops I have seen a lot of changes. Most of them are bad. When all things became trendy in the late 80s people started cashing in and grabbing every shiny thing from other cultures and using them with no context or understanding. It wasn’t always like this.
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Show threadTattie1d ago
@CatDragon yes, the magpie tendency is colonialism in witchy form. I would counsel witches to go slow, and careful, and intentional.
Show threadCatherine is not complacent1d ago
@Tattie discernment is key and research is the cornerstone.