Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic

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As women moved into the previously male-dominated economy, literary backlash came in the form of the witch, and social backlash followed soon after in the form of Renaissance witch-hunting. While both Murray’s witch-cult theory and Gardner’s ancient claims have since been disproven, Wicca nonetheless represents an impressive case of religious inspiration based in anthropology. Not only is it a matter of empirical fact that there are BIPOC individuals who identify as Witches and who understand their ancestral traditions as forms of Witchcraft religions, but the shift is also political. You can choose a card that corresponds with your desired intent, or if you are in need of guidance, intuitively choose a card and let the universe help you shift your intention.These religions have had to fight for legitimacy and to resist racist projections of primitivism as well as cultural appropriation by white spiritual seekers. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. If we widen perspective to include conspiracy-theory-driven moral panics, then one can argue that the practice of witch hunting is just as close to home for people in the West as it ever was, for example in attacks on trans* adults and kids, drag artists, non-heteronormative families, and LGBTQ+ communities more broadly. Early anthropologists juxtaposed magic and religion, accidentally suggesting magic to their contemporary audiences as an attractive alternative not only to traditionally oppressive religious institutions but to oppressive social structures in general.

Historical precedent, continuity, and legitimation are ongoing cosmological negotiations within Pagan communities. The witch seems to have a few good spells thrown on to her list, but ultimately nothing really catches my eye that would greatly help make my idea for my witch great.