Morally Ambiguous Witch of the Midwest @fenwitching - Tumblr Blog

rbing witchy things is such a dangerous game because a fair few of them are terfs and usually you dont realize it until you go on their blogs and see posts about how they get their magic from their wombs.

if you're an inclusive witch blog like or rb this so I can check you out

and if you're a terf remember to choke on your wassail

upthewitchypunx

Please don’t post on tumblr asking for any random person to be your “witch parent” unless you have seriously thought through a very specific vetting process, which I suspect you haven’t. The witchcraft world is full of predators in sheep’s clothing and attention seeking abusers that would love to take you up on that. That’s not to even start to mention the 17 year old kids who have been studying witchcraft for 5 months and declare themselves a priestess looking to mentor people.

will-o-the-witch

Also like, please dont just go up to someone and ask them to mentor you?

For all of the reasons mentioned above, but also because that’s a tremendous amount of time and energy you’re asking a person to just give you (usually for nothing in return.) Not everyone is comfortable with that commitment or responsibility, especially when they’re being asked to teach for free, especially if it’s a stranger on the internet they have no relationship with.

fuckkyliejenner

Buzzfeed made a privilege test, I got a 13 and the highest I’ve seen this go was 78

hummmhallelujah

I got 63/100. The gender ones really brought it down, if I was a guy it would’ve been way higher

thetenderlysweatymilkshake

I got 31/100. It was brought down by all the gender/sexual orientation question, and the questions about depression/suicide, ect.

fenwitching

I got 24/100 and this is a mind blowing revelation to me because I thought it would be much, much higher.

whatladybird

The first time I say I love you, your face crumbles. You look at me the way man stares in terror at the stars and the sea.

You grasp your head, fist your hair, hiss, whisper why me why me I am weak I am dirt I am dust I am nothing–

Why you? Because the earth is made of dust and dirt and you are as essential to me as earth is to sky; you give me something to set my sun against.

The dirt and the dust are not weak. I could build a house out of you; you are the roof when I rain.

transgenderteensurvivalguide

I don't know if you would have the answer to this, but I'll ask anyways. I'm really into witchcraft but I fall into the nonbinary category. I know there's debate on whether or not cis men and trans people can be witches (most people seem to say they can be), but what about nonbinary people? I hear people say that anyone can be a witch, but I also hear that only cis women can be witches. Can enbies be valid witches? Sorry for the odd question...

Kai says:

Anyone can be a witch, not just women, to my knowledge. And it feels transphobic to me to exclude trans women if people are saying only cis women can be witches.

fenwitching

Hey friend--it’s your neighborhood nonbinary pagan leader here, emerging from my earthly grave to stomp out this fallacy.

So here’s the short version: there are people who believe that, but they’re old, assholes, and nobody listens to them anymore.

But here is the long version, kidlets:

The main founder of the modern neopaganism movement, also known today as Wicca, was a British man name Gerald Gardner; he wrote a couple of books called Witchcraft Today (1954) and The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959). He’s credited with basically being the first person to go “you know what? I’m a witch, fuck all of y’all, we’re cool people” and from that stemmed a literal fuckton of literature, written by man, women, and queer people alike. Gardener was not incredibly original though, to be honest: looking back at his works, we can see a lot of his inspiration came from old pagan roots as well as Victorian Era occultism, and a smattering of other festivals and ideas that were appropriated from other cultures the British had ruled over. Good old fashioned imperialism, folks. It never gets old, apparently.

So, after this resurgence of what was called “the old craft,” things were going pretty well... Up until a movie came out in the 1970s. 1973, in fact. You might have heard of it, it’s called The Exorcist. Because of the events shown in The Exorcist being billed as “a real story” (spoiler: it is based off a telling of the events described around the 1949 exorcism of Roland Doe, but even those events are circumspect) there was a massive uptick in Evangelism in the United States, following concerns about “the devil” and “devil worshipping satanists.” This was informally called “The Satanic panic” and, for the sake of brevity, I’ll just say there’s an excellent article on Vox that you should read in regards to that.

Why does “The Satanic Panic” matter here? It matters because it spurred the pagan community to take themselves underground, way underground, in order to protect themselves and their families. Pagans could be fired from their workplaces, have their children taken, and could even be jailed over accusations like these. It was a dark time in the 1970s and 1980s. Some older pagans describe this period as “the burning times,” and believe me when I promise you, they mean it very unironically.

During this time, a group started to come together, led by a lady who has a really kickass name wasted on a not-so-kickass personality: Zsuzanna Budapest. Z. Budapest, as she’s more commonly known, started a movement for female pagans called Dianic Wicca. Based around the Roman Goddess Diana, it was actually a pretty awesome movement in theory: it was based in feminist roots, it celebrated women, and they have a heavy focus on healing wounds caused by patriarchy. Z. Budapest even advocates for the hexing of rapists. Sounds pretty chill, right?

Yeah-except for the fact that Z. Budapest is a raging TERF. At a women’s ritual she ran at Pantheacon (the largest pagan convention in the United States) in 2012, she stated that only “genetic women” were allowed to participate.

This, unfortunately, is a common issue with Dianic Wiccans. They don’t want anybody in their space except for “biological women,” and they see an attack on them as TERFs as an attack on them similar to what they went through in the 1970s, which causes them to close ranks and refuse to acknowledge that we have changed as a society since then. Fortunately, they are a minority.

Will I say that paganism is perfect? No. Organizations throughout pagan religion have been struggling and falling behind on acceptance and celebration of their transgender members. But this does not mean witches can only be women, and that witchcraft is something you cannot practice as a nonbinary person. There is still a vast community of people who will accept you. Just be wary that, if you do enter into the pagan community, there is a small group-a group that is, by the by, steadily losing membership because of their opinions-that believes in “women only” spaces and magic. But they are the minority.

Now, back into my slumber I go.

#corvid caws #transgender issues #nonbinary issues #transgender #nonbinary #paganism #dianic wicca #terfs #feminism #radical feminism

wolveswolves

By Regis Vincent

#wolves #Aesthetic

moonstonebeginning

Witch Tip:

Scrabble tiles can be used for divination.

Lay the tiles face down on a table while concentrating on your question. Turn over nine tiles and see if they reveal and words, names or initials that clarify the answer.

shipping-the-gods

Love this

#divination #oh the inqueuemanity

psychic-cat

Self Check-up Tarot Spread by Psychic Cat

About me

Divinary services I offer

Free Tarot Readings

Guidelines

#tarot spread #tarot

baysalt

Keepers of the Feather

#corvids

i-hate-vegans-deactivated201910

If you publicly and unreservedly condemn the actions of Nazis in Charlottesville and elsewhere, including everything from quiet hate speech to vehicular terrorism, can you please reblog this post.

I think a few friends, a few followers, every Jew who happens across this post and my own heart could do with knowing that there are more of you out there than there are of them

Person: are you a good witch or a bad witch?

Me:(thinks for a moment) Meh (hand wiggle)

leirelatent

by Amir Gelbard

#corvids #crows #tarot cards

a-bouldered-dragon

I snagged some free flowers from work and used them to photograph my coyote and marten. I just wish I had small flowers that weren’t white. Clashes with the bone.

#vulture culture #bones

I've been using your shufflemancy technique and it's been really working!!! Thank you so much! 💕❤️

I’m glad it’s been working for you, thank you. <3

the-aries-witch-blog

The Aries Witch ♈

The Fool Tarot Spread

This spread is to help you recognize your fears in a new situation, so that you may learn and grow.

Shuffle the deck and lay out the cards as per the diagram at right.

Card 1:

This card represents you, your attitude, innocence, naivete, your inexperience in this situation.

Card 2:

This card represents that upon which you have always relied, the solidity of the past that you may have to leave now. This card is certainty and routine and the familiar.

Card 3:

This card represents the risk you have to take, the first step into the unknown, whether large or small.

Card 4:

This card represents your fears, which can be real or imaginary, grounded in the reason of the situation or founded in panic.

Card 5:

This card represents the unknown, what you have to gain, the learning you will come by, the experience and maturity that can be had, the life you can be living.

#tarot spread