Listen up, fuck-os. Black magick is not FUCKING RACIST. I am so sick of seeing some of you fuckers trying to blow up about a non-issue. Where the fuck do I want to start with this hot mess.
"Black magick makes people associate black people with eeeeeeeeeevil!"
Who the fuck told you black magick is evil? Black magick is nothing more than magick where the caster is active. Think attacking, rather than defending (save the ethics debate on that for some other day). Associating black magick with evil is propaganda from the Church. Don't you dare fucking judge witchcraft with the thinking of the churches that burned us.
"white magick is seen as pure/better than black"
more church propaganda. See point above. It is also worth mentioning that there are some witches who don't dip their toes into black magick. That's their business. Keep your spoon in your own cauldron.
"Other cultures associate white and black with other things"
the fuck is your argument here, that cultures are different? No shit. Witchcraft with European roots has their own color associations (and they can vary within the continent). Maybe you should respect the culture for what it is like every other culture. If I wanted to work with the dead of Europe, I would use the colors black. If I wanted to work the dead of Japan, I would use white. Context is everything.
Words can have different meanings in different contexts. In the context of European witchcraft, the colors black and white have nothing to do with race. the colors stand for things like
intent,
the type of spirits one is working with,
if the spells require sacrifice,
time of day to do a ritual,
if a spell is safe to share outside of the witchcraft community, or if it is a closely guarded secret,
and the desired outcome of a spell.
Individual covens and witches may have even more meanings that they attach, assuming they even buy into the black/white thinking, which many don’t.
so that's "black" as in craft.here's "black" as in group of people
what the fuck is up with some of you fuckers saying black magick=black people. first of all, what black people? Modern day Africans? Voodoo practitioners? African Americans in the united states? South Americans? HOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN INDIA THAT CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE "BLACK"? seems to me like you're generalizing an enormous group of people based on skin tone, completely ignoring their own faiths. Black magick might not be racist but that sure as FUCK is.
Now back to the craft. Black Magick gets one hell of a bad rap. Maybe some of it is deserved, maybe it's not, but like I said before, let's save the ethics lesson. I really don't want to see some sapling argument about the 3 fold law.
I get it, okay, I do. Racism is something that seeps into daily language without most people noticing. that shit is a problem. Thinking like "black people are lazy/dangerous/moochers/stupid/fill in a derogatory adjective of your choice here" is one hell of a big problem that IS STILL GOING ON TODAY. Shout out to the warriors who fight that battle. May your pens always be stronger than the swords of hate. but guys, gals, and non-binary pals....fucking really? drawing lines in the sand in a community that is also a minority? Religious minority, I mean, in case that needed to be clarified. Instead of pointing fingers at terminology of communities so deep in the shadows of secrecy, maybe
A. study,
or B. Cast some black magick against racists.
or both.
Preferably both.
If you feel so strongly about racism, that you are seeing it in color associations of the Hidden Arts, here's some better ways to spend your time to fight racism.
-Listen to all walks of life
-Amplify the voices of POC
-Have open, non-judgmental conversations with your friends and family.
-Donate to anti-racism work
-VOTE RACISTS OUT OF OFFICE
-Annoy the living hell out of your senators and representatives. Racially-motivated murder in your area? MAKE THOSE PHONES RING
-record, record, record. Make yourself a witness.
-Protest
We can't demand our right to exist if we're busy fighting each other.
