Feathers, twigs, and shinny things.

Me: yeah

Stranger: are...are you a BAD witch????

Same thing happened when I got into fighting. I got even stronger, and I got *fast*, man, and nimble, like a cat. Still chubby.

Body-building culture is a bunch of crap, my dude. Functional muscle is not necessarily toned or lean. You can be swole as hell and still be heavy. And that’s cool.

And every damn one of those huge shredded motherfuckers has the endurance of a fucking newborn puppy. Fifteen minutes into warmups and they’re panting for air like like they’re about to die. I’ve sparred them and every one of them telegraphs their moves about two weeks in advance, and are slower than my dead grandpa because their huge useless muscles get in the damn way. 

Now. I also work with a couple of guys who are not weightlifters. They do, however, do very physical jobs and are Big Dudes. Picture this sort of build. 

No abs to speak of, a bit of a tummy, and those motherfuckers can pick up one of the weightlifters and throw them. 

And they’re fast. Like, unfair fast. 

stopped clocks

people accidentally speaking in unison

cold wind at night (when it’s not snowing)

seeing a light go off in a window

static in the air - everyone’s hair is standing up

slow piano music in a place that’s otherwise silent

Björk

On numerous occasions, Bjork has admitted interest in metaphysics and the occult in general. From a 1995 interview, “I think she took me to all the occult creatures of Iceland… I think I probably believe most of it, actually. I’ve got Pluto in a very important place, and that’s what I’m about. I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up. And kill it in the evening, which is a bit outrageous, but there you go.” This statement points to an interest in the occult, and of course the zodiac. Bjrok’s first band was on the British anarchist label, Crass Records. The band was called KUKL, which is the Icelandic word for “witchcraft.”

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Azealia Banks

Recently the “212” singer announced her practice of “brujería” (Spanish for witchcraft) and her bizarre nature made a bit more sense. That is until she posted a video on her Instagram revealing she had been sacrificing chickens in her closet! In December of 2016, Banks posted a video of her herself cleaning up what appeared to be blood and at least two dead chickens while wearing goggles. While literally no one is surprised by her interest in witchcraft, killing chickens is pretty extreme. In an interview with Broadly, she said that she got her interest in witchcraft from her mother who would practice “white table magic.“ “Real witches do real things,” Banks said. If by real she means slaughter birds from the comfort of her own home, then totally.

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Kate Bush

Everyone already knows this one, as Bush is very open with her love of the occult.Her 1993 album The Red Shoes is credited with being an occult retelling of a Hans Christian Anderson fairytale. One song from the album featured lyrics taken from the Lesser Banning Ritual of the Pentagram, a ceremonial ritual used in modern occultism. She also has a song titled “Waking the Witch” perhaps a reference to her own growing interest in the occult. She has stated about the song, “What fascinated me in doing that song was the idea of a witch-hunter hiding behind the priesthood, as a guise, and coming to get this woman who is not a witch, but he wants to make her so.” Her music paved the way for similar artists such as FKA Twigs and Grimes (who also has made the list), another possible musically talented witch.

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Stevie Nicks

The Fleetwood Mac singer has denied being a witch time and time again, but the denial itself is cause for speculation. Her song “Rhiannon” tells the story of an ancient Welsh witch goddess. The show American Horror Story: Coven asserts that Nicks is indeed a white witch while discussing the song. 

Nicks even appeared on the show herself as a white witch, further cementing her witchcraft status. She has been seen wearing pagan inspired jewelry while performing and has also been quoted as saying, “I totally believe in magic. Because my life, I think, has been very magic, and magical things have come true for me time after time after time.” While she denies being involved in witchcraft itself, she has mentioned that she dabbles in Goddess Worship.

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Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez’s grandmother lives in Miami and has an affinity for the Caribbean form of witchcraft known as “santeria.” The claim is that Lopez’s grandmother does rituals, with and without Lopez herself, to help benefit her career.

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Grimes

Grimes refers to her musical style as “Witch House”, a subgenre of electronic music that uses occult and dark themes. The Witch House visual aesthetic can also be seen in her music videos. She claims the album “Visions” was created after performing a spell that required her to not sleep or eat for days and create the music with the effects of sleep deprivation.

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Fairuza Balk

The Craft is known for showing just how cool and trendy witches can be, but Fairuza Balk, one of the four main cast members, believes in Wicca in real life. Balk is openly pagan and at one time owned an occult pagan shop called Panpipes Magickal Marketplace, which claims to be the oldest occult store in the U.S. She purchased the shop in 1995 while working on The Craft but reportedly sold it in 2001. 

Wicca, or Pagan Witchcraft, is a contemporary form of paganism. Wicca, as it is currently practiced, is still a fairly new religion, leaving a lot of room for interpretation and practice. Balk and her fellow cast members from The Craft may not have been practicing Wicca, but they definitely were witches. Balk’s character Nancy goes on quite the magic sparked rampage in that movie, while the real Balk sells scented candles online. She has been quoted with saying, “People don’t understand witchcraft, they just make fun of it, but is is something very sacred to me.”

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Daryl Hall

Who knew the blonde haired half of Hall & Oates was interested in witchcraft? “Around 1974, I graduated into the occult, and spent a solid six or seven years immersed in the Kabbala and the Chaldean, Celtic, and Druidic traditions [and] ancient techniques for focusing the inner flame,” he said when interviewed by Penthouse in 1987. During this time he worked on an album with Robert Fripp of King Crimson called “Sacred Songs.” A track titled “ Without Tears” is based on the book Magick without Tears by Aleister Crowley. 

The pop rock singer has also claimed to be related to Crowley and the great-grandson of a male witch. Many of Hall’s lyrics allude to his interest in esoteric magic but it seems that recently the singer has cooled off on his occult studies. 

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Viggo Mortensen

Mortensen has claimed on several occasions to be a proud Pagan and openly shows his worship of Norse gods. He has several Pagan symbols tattooed on his body and always wears his necklace of Mjolnir and the Pagan cross.

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Yoko Ono

Ono has asserted on several occasions that she practices New Age Witchcraft. In a recent interview she is quoted saying:

“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them. It’s the male chauvinistic society that we’re living in for the longest time, 3,000 years or whatever. And so I just wanted to point out the fact that men and women are magical beings. We are very blessed that way, so I’m just bringing that out. Don’t be scared of witches, because we are good witches, and you should appreciate our magical power.”

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Robert Plant and Jimmy Page

The creators of Led Zeppelin are both known occultists, Page perhaps being a bit more interested in Satanic magic than Plant, who has written dozens of songs based around Gaelic/Celtic Paganism, Druidism and Norse mythology.

In their unnamed album, each member of the band is assigned a sigil from the “Book of Signs”. Robert chose the the feather of Ma’at, the Egyptian goddess of justice and fairness, and is the emblem of a writer (ie song lyrics).  It can be found in “The Sacred Symbols of Mu” by Colonel James Churchward.  This is not a common symbol, but does turn up in Egyptian and Red Indian texts. Jimmy chose “Zoso”, which is a Saturnical symbol that has multiple meanings both astrological and demonic. It is mentioned in the Grand Grimoire and Aleister Crowley’s writings.

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Jayne Mansfield

Perhaps the biggest sex symbol of the 60s alongside Marilyn Monroe, Mansfield was actually a member of Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan. LaVey had given her the title “High Priestess” of San Francisco’s Church of Satan and she was also rumored to have been in a relationship with LaVey. 

Despite her Satanic practices, her family insisted she have a Methodist minister conduct her funeral ceremony.

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