hi there! i was curious about the hostility towards Ravenwolf? ive never heard of them before so i just wanted to get an idea of that situations while i avoid purchasing any books from them (you can answer this privately or publicly, doesn't matter much to me either way)
Since it’s a matter of public knowledge, and since I’m regularly asked this question, I’ve decided to post it.
The problem with Silver Ravenwolf is largely that she is wildly out of touch. Her books tout loads of misinformation, appropriation, and historical revisionism that are simply not acceptable. Besides which, the theories she posits contradict each other from page to page and chapter to chapter, claims a Gardnerian lineage which can’t possibly exist, and trumpets Buckland’s personal theories on the Burning Times and the Threefold Law as if they were fact.
And thanks to her runaway popularity, those of us who instruct and answer questions from newer witches have to UNTEACH all of this nonsense.
If it were simply a matter of being a product of her time, I could forgive some of the nonsense. But she’s still selling mammy dolls on her website, though she labels them as “primitive” and equates them to “positive voodoo dolls.” I don’t think I need to explain how gross and racist this is.
For more details, I suggest the following articles:
Continuing Anger Over Silver Ravenwolf
The Problem With Silver Ravenwolf