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How to Vet Authors in Witchcraft-The Buggy Way!
So you’ve found an aesthetically pleasing cover for a book in your local New Age section and you want to know if they’re worth that $25 price tag? You’ve come to the right place! Vetting witchcraft books can be super tricky...especially if you don’t know what to look for!
My process for vetting is pretty simple, but it covers enough bases to see if it might be something to glance at.
Look at who endorses the book! Who has raved about it? Do you know anything about that person? For example when looking at a folk magic book with an introduction from Starr Casas I immediately know there might be some Hoodoo appropriation involved because that’s what she is known for! Having an idea of who the ‘big bads’ are in the type of magic you’re looking at helps considerably.
If the first step isn’t applicable...then I always go to Amazon, Goodreads, Tumblr, etc and look up reviews for the book and author! If there’s even one negative review I read it first then go to the rest.
I look for ‘trigger words’ in reviews or just by flipping pages of the book itself. Words such as (for what I want to avoid in a book): Kabbalah, mixing together wicca and witchcraft as the same thing, sour jars, smudging, totems, white sage, starseed or indigo children, honey jars, voodoo dolls, shifting, claiming magic can cure illnesses like epilepsy or cancer, having ‘control’ over a deity, can cause cataclysms like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. Astral Projection being for beginners, not suggesting cleansing/protection methods, Atlantian races, ‘sacred feminine’ without the opposite/masculine.
Check the authors social medias/websites! I can’t stress how easy it is to spot someone using hoodoo work like honey jars or (specific) cow tongue bindings when they post all their spellwork on their insta or website.
Do they have a shop? Check out what the shop sells and where it’s located! A lot of Hoodoo and Vodun appropriators have French Quarter ‘conjure’ shops.
Check their bibliography! Is it decently sized for the amount of pages the book has? Does it seem small? Who have they referenced? Is it someone on your personal no-no list? (A decent bibliography for say a well-researched 300 page book would be about 10-15 pages minimum. A lackluster one would be say 5 pages or less.)
Of those references used in the bibliography...are any of them major problematic individuals? Have they referenced the Frosts? Or other big no-nos? If not, you might be good!
If it’s a small bibliography, flip through and see if any of the information sticks out as UPG (unverified personal gnosis) which means things they can’t verify as accurate? If so it might not be the book you need! (Unless you are looking for personal accounts of something.)
Is the author associated with controversy in other areas? A quick google of “Author name controversy” will likely pull up some results if so. Check over the author’s stances on important matters like race, religion, etc if applicable via their social medias.
And there you have it! My quick and easy, google-able vetting process that when mastered only takes a few minutes while standing in a bookstore instead of wasting money on books that don't suit what information you are looking for! It isn't foolproof, but it should help you avoid some of the bigger let-downs.
State Dept. official Mina Chang claimed to be a Harvard Business School "alumna" who ran a nonprofit that worked in 40 countries.
Mina Chang committed a criminal act of fraud. Will she be prosecuted?
☑️ Trump also created a fake Time cover 😂
☑️ Trump-Pompeo vetting process: T&A
A senior Trump administration official has embellished her résumé with misleading claims about her professional background — even creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it — raising questions about her qualifications to hold a top position at the State Department.
An NBC News investigation found that Mina Chang, the deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Conflict and Stability Operations, has inflated her educational achievements and exaggerated the scope of her nonprofit's work.
Someone needs to confirm if there was a quid pro quo! #BeBest
Whatever her qualifications, Chang had a key connection in the Trump administration. Brian Bulatao, a top figure in the State Department and longtime friend of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, attended a fundraiser for her nonprofit in Dallas and once donated $5,500 to her charity, according to a former colleague of Chang's.
Why didn’t anyone ask her for her official Harvard transcript?
Chang says in her official biography that she is as an "alumna" of Harvard Business School. According to the university, Chang attended a seven-week course in 2016, and does not hold a degree from the institution.
Why didn’t anyone ask her for references and do followup?
Chang, who assumed her post in April, also invented a role on a U.N. panel, claimed she had addressed both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and implied she had testified before Congress.
She was being considered for an even bigger government job, one with a budget of more than $1 billion, until Congress started asking questions about her résumé.
She earns a six-figure salary in a bureau with a $6 million budget
"But you're part of the vetting process, you know? I give out a name to the press, and they vet for me. We save a lot of money that way.", Trump ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you’re still not disgusted, there’s way more Ethics Poverty #BeBest
Me scrolling through a blog to see if I'll follow them:
Hmm. Yes. Description says they're some sort of gay. Promising.
A post supporting trans people? Good. Good.
Not a racist, excellent.
Autistic? Yell heah! Relatable
Feminism, anti capitalism, supports aro/aces. Yes, yes.
I think I will follow; they appear to not be an asshole.
The Biden administration is reopening an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program it paused abruptly earlier this summer due to conc
To get a sense of the incredibly arduous path refugees must navigate, listen to this @ThisAmerLife episode https://t.co/66bIj015Y5 [End]
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) January 26, 2017
7/ There are an estimated 65 million refugees. Last year, the U.S. admitted 84,995. https://t.co/uy0t7fyBTa
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) January 26, 2017
6/ Refugees actually get way more vetting more than others entering the U.S. https://t.co/tjlHOcaykl pic.twitter.com/CnnQ1lWIl2
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) January 26, 2017