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“But x deity reached out to me why would they reach out to me if they are closed to people outside of x culture?”

That is a bullshit excuse lol

First of all, the voices of physical, tangible human beings that are a part of a marginalized group are who you should be listening to.

Second of all, I am sorry, but no amount of “x deity reached out to me so I am gonna listen to them before I listen to you lol” is going to erase the fact that you are choosing to be disrespectful and violate living cultures and living people, rather than using discernment to see whether or not that closed deity is even actually communicating with you. 

Some of you folks claiming to be communicating with Lilith, despite not being Jewish, are so desperate to work with a Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss™ that you are not taking into consideration the countless, COUNTLESS deities and spirits who actually DO fill that role, and are not part of a closed practice.

At the end of the day, there is no true tangible proof that you are communicating with a god. We are all believing in what we do out of faith. But practitioners, minorities, and people who are part of closed cultures are 100%, undoubtably, sitting there and watching you show your ass in the name of disrespect and ignorance.

It costs 0 dollars to listen to active practitioners.

Stop stealing from Judaism.

Stop stealing from Vodou.

Stop stealing from Brujeria. 

Magic is far less about the "flavor" of the energy you put out and much more about your intentions and your will. If I only did witchcraft when I was in the best and most productive mood, I'd never do anything either.

The whole "the energy you put out comes back" / "you attract the things you feel / project / think about" is some Law of Attraction nonsense, and I promise you - I PROMISE you - your thoughts and emotions are not poisoning your life and they will not poison your magic.

If you're in a slump and you don't have the spoons for witchcraft and you want to wait until you feel better to cast spells, that's okay. Happens to all of us. But please don't fall into the trap of thinking that you CAN'T do the magical thing because of depression. You absolutely CAN and there are plenty of spells out there that you can work into a self-care routine while you're riding out the low.

Magic is far less about the "flavor" of the energy you put out and much more about your intentions and your will. If I only did witchcraft when I was in the best and most productive mood, I'd never do anything either.

The whole "the energy you put out comes back" / "you attract the things you feel / project / think about" is some Law of Attraction nonsense, and I promise you - I PROMISE you - your thoughts and emotions are not poisoning your life and they will not poison your magic.

If you're in a slump and you don't have the spoons for witchcraft and you want to wait until you feel better to cast spells, that's okay. Happens to all of us. But please don't fall into the trap of thinking that you CAN'T do the magical thing because of depression. You absolutely CAN and there are plenty of spells out there that you can work into a self-care routine while you're riding out the low.