Info For Beginner Witches!
This is basically a masterpost for content relevant to new witches. A lot of it of it's stuff I wrote but I'll also link to material written by other people if I think it's useful.
Practice & Technique
Magical Correspondences 101
Closet Witchcraft: How To Get Witchy When You Can't Come Out Of The Broom Closet
How To Practice: Divination With Dice!
An approach to deity/entity work for the sort of people this sort of thing would work for
Manifestation Without Woo (a compassionate psychological approach to manifestation)
Non-Competitive Affirmations
No, you can't tell anything about a person from their natal chart.
A Brief Introduction to Energy Work
Energy Work On The Body: Hittin' The Right Spots For Tension Relief
Research & Critical Thinking
Information Literacy Basics
How to research
Distinguishing Fact, Opinion, Belief, and Prejudice
Critical Thinking: Definition, Examples, & Skills
Caution & Critical Thinking In Divination
10 Questions To Distinguish Real From Fake Science
Search for information on any witchy topic here!
"A weird thing just happened, does this mean anything? Is it an omen?"
Practicing discernment: Some ways of testing and ruling out the mundane
Research Tip: Remember the Five W's!
How conspiracy peddlers and cult recruiters make you feel like you're "thinking for yourself" when you're actually not
Remember a Previous Life? Maybe You Have a Bad Memory
Why fighting pseudohistory matters
Scams, Hoaxes, Conspiracy Theories, & Cults Everyone Should Know About
On people who assert "things are done this way for a reason!"
Dogmatism is not the solution to cultural appropriation
Some beliefs you might have to deconstruct as an ex-Christian
How the "divine feminine" and the "divine masculine" perpetuate patriarchy - and what we can do about it
Avoiding Harmful Stuff & Staying Safe
Recognizing the difference between real history and pseudohistory
Is the spiritual person a conspiracy theorist? A list of red flags
List of red flags to watch out for when joining a coven or online group
Beware of charisma mirrors
When your right to say no is entirely hypothetical
Dog whistles and symbols to watch out for
Eugenicist and bioessentialist beliefs about magic
What is spiritual eugenics?
Toxic Individualism In Modern Witchcraft
New Age beliefs that derive from racist pseudoscience
The Ancient Astronaut Hypothesis is Racist and Harmful
Allyship does not mean seeing yourself as worthless
The rules about responding to call outs aren’t working
History
Debunking the Pervasive Myths About Medieval Witch Hunts
Debunking Myths About Easter/Ostara
Just How Pagan is Christmas, Really?
The Origins of the Christmas Tree
No, Santa Claus Is Not Inspired By Odin
Why Prehistoric Matriarchy Wasn’t a Thing (A Brief Explanation)
Why Did The Patriarchal Greeks And Romans Worship Such Powerful Goddesses?
No, Athena Didn't Turn Medusa Into A Monster To Protect Her
Who Was the First God?
Were Ancient Civilizations Conservative Or Liberal?
PODCAST RECS - Debunking and Fact-Checking for Witches & Witchcraft Spaces
Angela's Symposium (YouTube channel about modern esotericism and witchcraft by Dr. Angela Puca)
ESOTERICA (YouTube channel about the history of Western esotericism by Dr. Justin Sledge)
ReligionForBreakfast (YouTube channel about religion run by Dr. Andrew Henry)
Let's Talk Religion (YouTube channel run by Filip Holm, lots of Islamic content but also lots of other stuff)
OceanKeltoi (Norse Heathenry)
Jackson Crawford (Norse Heathenry)
Conservation & Ecology
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Explained (all USian witches should read this, it most likely affects you)
How the Rage for Sage Threatens Native American Traditions and Recipes
(This post is unrebloggable because I plan to use it as a reference post to link, and may add/remove things to it over time.)