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Black Witch interviewed by Madam Noire about witchcraft and the Black identity!

New Black Witch post: "Black Witch interviewed by Madam Noire about witchcraft and the Black identity!"

Been a while, hasn’t it? I’m still trying to find a balance between MultiMind Publishing and here but I’m still around! I was recently interviewed by Madam Noire along with other Black witches about practicing witchcraft and Blackness. Make sure to check it out! I super agree with Frankie when asked about what the media gets wrong about witchcraft when they said: “It’s like ‘Let’s get this…

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Gina Iacobe

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Emperor Tarot Card (by Brandon Duffy)

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good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

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Spooky Halloween Apothecary by Pizzazz Design

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Witch’s Ladder

A Witch’s Ladder is a spell or several spells consisting on 3, 9 or 13 knots. Traditionally 9. A cord , rope or sometimes hair can be used to make it and it has been a practice from long time ago. Charms are knotted or braided with specific magical intention into the cords. The number of knots and nature of charms varies with the intention.

Some people like to chant a specific rhyme while knotting the charms, others will just think about each spell in their minds.

In other versions it can also be several spells that are waiting to be used. So each time you need one, you untie the knot with the specific intention and release its energy.

Have you tried making a witch’s ladder?

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✨ this is the good vibe Keanu✨

❤️ to charge ❤️

🔁 to bring good vibes your way🔁

😇 nothing bad will happen if you don’t, but who doesn’t want some good vibes in these trying times😇

Remember: ✨You’re Breathtaking!!!✨

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If you become frustrated or impatient while meditating:

Slow down your breathing. You may be unconsciously breathing faster than necessary and the quickened breath encourages impatience.

Remind yourself as to why you're meditating in the first place. Is it to unwind? To help with spiritual growth? Something else? We're conditioned to gamify everything that we do, but we can fight that conditioning.

Try to disregard your timer. The clock is ticking, it'll go off when your allotted time is up.

In this fast-paced world, taking time to simply breathe and be is an act of resistance within itself. I know it's a cliché, but change really does start from within.

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Spellcrafting by Gerina Dunwich

So, uh…she’s definitely Wiccan.

When I picked this up, the title implied that this would teach a witch how to craft their own spells and not just rely on pre-written spells from other authors. Well, this does have a lot of pre-written spells. The section on describing how and why to use this book that is 99% correspondences is about three pages long. She spells magick with a k, mentions that the Devil isn’t real to most pagans and Wiccans, writes G*psy to describe the Rromani people, makes really vapid moral accusations about practices and religions of the African Diaspora, and honestly, doesn’t provide much of a format change from a Cunningham book. Considering how long she has been writing her books, it makes sense that a lot of her writing is very similar to the era she has been writing since.

Despite the hot, new, and trendy title, I would have expected something similar (although, to be fair, not quite this) to be available on Thriftbooks in paperback for $5.99. That is how old it feels to me. Do I think it is a bad book? Yes, but I am biased, since I am wildly bitter that she continues to refer to magic as “black” and “white” and calls African and African diasporic magics “primitive”. Hey, fuck that! Calling a poppet a poppet when used for healing and calling a poppet a “voodoo doll” when used for harm is textbook racism. I will give two bonus points for referring to the gays and the bis, and subtract them again for not mentioning trans folks. The author also implies Wiccan-style tools are necessary to perform magic, but dunks on Gardner for his influence on certain things due to his own personal preference. It’s a mixed bag of messages here.

It’s a correspondence book written from a Wiccan perspective. That’s what it is. The cover art is cool, but I would not take it too seriously. Gendering the planets are fine and all but this is not worth $15. Read it from the library. The history is spotty and downright insulting in some places, but the correspondences are thick with details and if that’s up your alley, so be it. Gonna say it’s just above absolute beginner difficulty but rates extremely low for cultural insensitivity and appropriation.

Blessings!

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Hoodoo Tips: Coffee

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Source: Sugarxndspice

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