Flying the Hedge

Altar Safety

When burning anything always keep a glass of water near you, unless you are working with burning oils, then keep a fire extinguisher or baking soda on hand.

When working with essential oils(EO), do not burn them they are highly flammable 

Never leave anything burning unattended, be it a burn bowl, candle, incense. DON’T LEAVE IT!

Please remove anything flammable such as paper or string from the candle, it will ignite and you will be alarmed.

Make sure that what you’re burning your candle in is fire safe, metal and cast iron are good bets. Do NOT burn in a glass, if you have to put it out and dump water on it, it will explode. 

Make sure you tie back loose hair and don’t have any floppy sleeves or necklaces to get in the way. 

When putting out a candle it is best to use a candle snuffer and do not use water. 

Don’t burn kitchen sage, it gives off a toxic smoke. Not something you wanna inhale.

Essential Oil Safety

Please, please dilute them properly. I have a chemical burn scar I can never get rid of due to undiluted cinnamon bark oil. The proper dilution is one drop per teaspoon.

Never ingest EO, there are some that are now generally recognized as safe by the FDA, but the quality of EO are not regulated. Who knows what a bad quality EO could do to your internal organs, not something I wanna test.

Essential Oils are photosensitive, meaning they deteriorate in light store them in a dark area to prevent them from spoiling.

DO NOT put them near on your skin and get in the sun or a tanning bed, especially citrus oils, they will blister.

Water will not dilute essential oils, only other oils(canola, olive, sweet almond, olive will all dilute). If you want to use them in a bath it is one drop per a teaspoon of oil.

Please seek medical attention if anything seems off after using EO, they seem harmless but can be very dangerous

Pets can be very sensitive to essential oils(particularly cats) and it is almost impossible to cover all my bases here. The sources provided below have some great resources.

Always go by the scientific name, German and Roman chamomile are very different products.

Kitchen Magic Safety

Wear shoes if you’re doing anything, I nearly lost a toe the other day cause I dropped a knife. I got lucky I was wearing boots. 

Wear correct clothing, and tie back hair. No matter if you have a gas, electric or induction stove, I’ve caught a lab coat sleeve on fire thanks to a torch while making a creme brulee. 

Use your knives correctly, learn about the pinch grip and use the correct knife for the job. Using a paring knife for chopping potatoes is asking for trouble. There are tons of videos online, I like the ones from Alton Brown and Jamie Oliver.

As a side note use sharp knives, a blunt knife will do more damage than a sharp one.

Don’t leave knives in the sink, someone could begin to wash dishes and cut themselves. 

Watch the steam. Steam can give a worse burn than dry heat, open pot lids away from you and don’t stick your face and phalanges in steam. 

Don’t leave food products unattended. 

Use your damn pot holders, they protect you and your counters. 

Store raw meat on the lowest shelves, and never store cooked meat on the same shelf

Wash your hands before, wash your hands after handling raw meats, wash your hands after. 

Don’t leave food that is meant to be cold or hot out for more than 2 hours, this is to decrease foodborne illness. 

When using the store turn handles in, to keep yourself from bumping them off the stove. 

Cook meats to proper temps(there is a chart in the sources)

If you are using herbs be sure to use kitchen grade herbs, those that are not kitchen grade are not held up to the same purity standards and could have more pesticide residue.

Herbal Safety

Please be aware a lot of herbs can work against prescription medications, or should only be taken in very specific doses( St. John’s Wort I’m looking at you.) Check in with your doctor or a licensed herbalist or naturopath before ingesting herbs.

Crystal Safety

Identify your crystals, some are water solvent some are not and it matters

Some that aren’t safe in water include malachite and selenite. They have copper and if aren’t sealed they can become toxic. There is no way to know for sure if it was sealed or not keep -ite crystals dry as a good rule of thumb. 

Some crystals fade in sunlight like rose quartz, amethyst and citrine, in order to prevent fading try cleansing them with sound, flower petals, moonlight and energy.

VIV Sassmaster, WHC Blog Manager, WHC Moderator @thestudiouswitch

Sources

http://candles.org/fire-safety-candles/

http://www.pixiespocket.com/2016/03/lets-talk-about-candle-safety.html

https://naha.org/explore-aromatherapy/safety/

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=182.20

https://www.thespruce.com/dangers-of-essential-oils-555089

http://www.thelavendercat.com/images/PDF-TheLavenderCat_temp_use.pdf

http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/do-essential-oils-pose-a-risk-to-pets

http://www.usingeossafely.com/is-it-safe-to-use-essential-oils-with-dogs/

https://www.thespruce.com/top-kitchen-safety-tips-481834

http://www.dummies.com/food-drink/cooking/kitchen-safety/basic-rules-of-kitchen-safety/

https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/mintemp.html

http://www.amfed.org/editor/BEAC/Articles/2011/AdultArticlesAdv/16.Minerals%20Safe%20to%20Handle-Some%20Require%20Caution.doc

Here is a list of unconventional and affordable ingredients that can be used in spells and witchcraft along with their correspondences; good for witches “in the woods” and witches on a budget. Many of these can be easily found for inexpensive prices or at home.

Acorns/Acorn Caps: security, abundance, longevity, good luck, youth and brings good health

Animal toys/stickers: relates to correspondences of that animal

Artist’s Charcoal: banishing negativity, protection; cursing

Baby Powder: cleansing, beauty, youth

Baking Soda: cleansing, purification, protection

Birthday Candles: wishes, joy; color magic and number magic depending on their color and/or what number they display

Black Tea Bags (used): earth magic, grounding, strength, stability, banishing negativity; ending, death 

Bottle Caps: prosperity, luck, material gain

Bubble Bath: self-love, relaxation, emotional healing, serenity; plus whatever scent the bubble bath is affects correspondences

Bubbles/Bubble Liquid: wishes, joy, whimsy, imagination, fantasy

Buckeye Nuts: luck, sexual energies, warding

Butter: femininity, flattery, friendship, warmth, happiness; good for fae work

Candy Bars: love, romance, happiness, lust, fertility, emotional healing, healing of the heart, forgiveness, friendship

Candy Corn: courage, imagination, endurance, energy, motivation, happiness, celebration

Candy Foil: sweetness, secrets, protecting one’s emotions; color magic

Chocolate Syrup/Milk: happiness, love, lust, romance, sweetening relationships

Cocktail Swords: strength, assertiveness, competition; cursing, revenge; ending rumors

Cotton Balls: beauty, gentleness, warmth, sleep

Cotton Swabs: cleansing, purification

Dice: chance, opportunity, luck; number magic

Dirt: grounding, earth magic, growth, prosperity, patience, home and family; cursing

Dish Soap: cleansing

Duct Tape: binding, storing energy, cursing

Egg Shells: cleansing, protection, warding

Energy Drinks: energy, motivation

Envelopes: messages, communication, protection during travel

Epsom Salts: purification, cleansing, protection, pain relief, serenity, comfort, stress relief

Fake/Play Money: wealth, prosperity

Fish Sauce: prosperity, water magic, curses

Foil: glamour, protection, storing energy, binding

Glue: sealing, immobility, binding, curses

Googley Eyes: vision, divination, scrying, creativity, protection, imagination; curses, paranoia, nightmares

Grass: growth, nature, learning, healing, new beginnings, recovery from loss

Hand Soap: cleansing, curse removal

Hole Punches: good for cursing

Hot Sauce: motivation, lust, confidence; cursing, anger, revenge, emotional pain

Koolaid: youth, sweetness, happiness; color magic, corresponds with flavors as well

Lip Balm: glamour, confidence in speaking, honesty, beauty

Lollipops: sweetness, innocence, ending rumors and lies, lust and sexual energies, love

Lotion: protection, beauty

Laundry Soap: cleansing, purification

Marshmallows: friendliness, comfort, gentleness, fidelity, sleep and dreams

Metal Crafting Wire: binding

Modeling Clay: poppets, earth magic, grounding, balance, stability, creation, change

Mud: grounding, earth magic; curses

Muslin: poppets, change, creativity

Noodles: Longevity, good health

Pompoms (craft): gentleness, comfort, love, sleep, dreams

Paper Clips: balance, focus, organization; curses, binding

Pennies: luck, wealth

Pickle Juice: curses to sour things

Plastic Bags: protection; binding

Plastic Ribbon (wrapping): happiness, glamour, delight; binding; color magic

Plastic Wrap: binding

Popsicle sticks: poppets

Scissors: offensive magic, curses

Seltzer Water: purification, removing negativity; curses

Sewing Needles: curses, pain

Shaving Cream: cleansing, softness, patience, calmness

Stamps: travel, communication

Sour Cream: cursing

Soy Sauce: protection, banishment; cursing

Sticky Notes: communication, memory

Strawberry Milk: love, self-love, beauty, sweetness, friendship

Syrup: joy, sweetening one’s emotions

Taco Sauce: Focus, Energy, motivation

Taffy: joy, flexibility

Thumbtacks: curses

Tissue Paper: softness, serenity; color magic

Toothpaste: cleansing

Toothpicks: curse

Walnut Shells: protection, warding

Wasabi: Energy; curses, anger, envy

Whipped Cream: beauty, light-heartedness

Whistles: communication, attention grabbing, warding

Other Tips:

Recycle bottles, jars and medicine bottles for jar/bottle magic

Reuse tea bags (though not too long after use) in bath magic

If you do wish to use herbs, it is cheaper to order them online in bulk rather than the supermarket. Trust me, supermarkets and grocery stores really over price most herbs. You can get triple the amount for 2 dollars less online

Make up and toiletries are great for glamours

Its fine to use kitchen knives if you can’t afford am athame

Look at the ingredients in food you eat to see what is in it and determine that food’s correspondences, quick and easy kitchen magic

Crayons, colored pencils, markers and pens are good for easy sigil and color magic

Sourced from Grey Necromancer on Wordpress: There are a number of plants which can be extremely useful to the necromancer. Among these are the following.

Mullein: Erroneously described as a substitute for graveyard dirt, this in fact is a misconception. Known as the “Hag’s Taper”. The soft leaves are used as candle wicks and the dried stalks are soaked in beeswax or tallow to make a torch for rituals of necromancy. It is also burnt to see manifestations of spirits of the dead at night, to see into the Otherworld, and communicate with the spirits and deities that dwell there. Can also be used in talismans.

Wormwood: Used for summoning spirits and to help them manifest.

Cedar: The dried needles when smouldered serve both as a sustaining feast and call for the blessed dead, and the smoke is used to exorcise malevolent shades. The wood works for this purpose as well when turned into a fetish or as a staff.

Dittany of Crete: Used to aid in the manifestation of the spirits of the dead. Also has somewhat of a nasty reputation because of where it tends to grow. Harvesters tend to fall from the cliffs and crags where it grows and plummet to their death.

Aconite: Also known as Wolfsbane or Monkshood. Because of its incredible toxicity it is better to not to harvest it. If one has the dried root it can be preserved in order to serve as a tutelary spirit. Not to be used by amateurs.

Yew: Known in European countries as the Death Tree, it is a symbol of death, reincarnation, and longevity. Is planted in graveyards to protect the spirits of the dead. It can be used to banish malevolent spirits of the dead. Often associated with sorcery and dark magic. It is considered the sister of the Tree of Life, the birch.

Apple: Considered the food of the Irish dead and the inhabitants of the Otherworld. Can be added to incense blends to feed the spirits of the dead and ancestors.

Mugwort: Ingested as a tea to aid in divination and talking to the dead. Also boiled in water and, then the liquid is used to wash divination tools.

Copal: Serves as a offering to the dead and can be used to appease the spirits  who remain in states of trauma or confusion after death.

Willow: The wood of the willow is used in incenses and in the construction of fetishes dedicated to the dead.

Tobacco: May be presented as a herbal offering upon a ancestral altar or a grave in the form of a incense or sacramental smoke to honor the shades of the dead.

Cypress: The oil of this tree serves as a great addition to incenses and formula of the underworld.

Myrrh: The oil aids in all blends of a necromantic design. Can also be mixed into incenses.

Graveyard Mold: Technically no folklore or magical traditions associate this herb with necromancy of any kind. However I have included it here because I believe it can be used as a compound in necromantic incenses. Since it grows on graves it should contain some of the essence of the dead.

Mandrake: According to legend King Solomon carried a piece of this root in his seal ring to give him sovereignty over souls. Since one of its names is the “Little gallows man” it can be used as a poppet for laying curses of death, illness, pain, etc.

Birch: Petitions and blessings are written on the bark of this tree which is then burnt or buried in the grave of the spirit.

Bay Laurel: Used to communicate with the dead, possibly through use as an incense. Easily available in the form of bay leaves.

Chervil: Also known as garden chervil or “gourmet’s parsley” a tea or other drink made with it can be imbibed to aid in rituals of communion with the dead.

Lavender: Burnt as incense in order to bring peace of mind to the dead.

Marigold: Associated with funerals and used in funeral sprays.

Asphodel: In Greek legend is connected with the dead and the underworld. Sacred to Hades, Persephone, and Hekate. The roots were eaten by the poor of Greece and hence thought good enough food for the dead. Could be burnt as incense or the roots could be given as food offerings.

Thyme: Burnt as an incense helps ease the soul of a person who died a violent death.

Re: Mandrake:

The Galgen-Männlin (Little Gallows Man) is not used for cursing, death, or illness. The familiar specifically procures wealth, and falls along the lines of the ‘Hand of Glory’ found in the Black Dragon, some editions of the Grimorium Verum, & etc.:

“At the awful yell which the plant utters in the process, the poor dog drops dead to the ground, but you have got the mandrake. All you have now to do is to pick up the plant, wash it clean in red wine, wrap it in white and red silk, and lay it in a casket. But you must not forget to bathe it every Friday and to give it a new white shirt every new moon. If you only observe these precautions, the mandrake will answer any question you like to put to it concerning all future and secret matters. Henceforth you will have no enemies, you can never be poor, and if you had no children before, you will have your quiver full of them afterwards. Would you be rich? All you need do is to lay a piece of money beside the mandrake overnight; next morning you will find the coin doubled.” - James Frazer, Jacob and the Mandrakes.

Compare with:

It’s the flower stalk of Mullein, not the leaves, used to make hag-tapers. The leaves are anything but “soft” when dried and are more akin to the texture of a crinkly paper bag, but covered in needle-fine, itchy, hairs (that suddenly dislodge in your eyes, nose, mouth, lungs, and skin). In short: Not just a “bad” time, but the WORST time. 

1) be curious and develop your critical thinking - ask questions. Allow yourself to follow down rabbit holes of thought. Let yourself follow link after link through Wikipedia. Fall asleep in a bed of library books with conflicting information and have the skills to sort out what’s right and true for your practice.

2)  learn a bit of the history of witchcraft - Enough to know that the “Burning Times” were not a thing, there is no unbroken line of ancient witches, that the rise of modern witchcraft and our contemporary understanding of it grew (and changed) out of the Wiccan religion from the middle of last century and filtered through the 80s “Satanic Panic” and the 90s “love and light”, that actions and beliefs that look like witchcraft exist in many folk and cultural traditions but they are only witchcraft when self identified as such.

3) The mechanics of your practice - whether it is an existing magical tradition or a practice you have built from scratch, whether is is religious or secular - know your own mechanics. Knowing mechanics isn’t the same as knowing how magic works. Knowing mechanics is understanding the why of you practice and the how you do your practice. What value do you find in techniques, correspondences, paradigms, and methods that go into your practice? Are you doing things by rote or have you found personal gnosis? That being said, you don’t owe anyone any explanation, you should just know it for yourself.

4) Know theyself- this is more than just high magick navel gazing. Know yourself and what you are capable of. What your boundaries are, how you react to certain things, whether you can actually commit to celebrating every moon cycle, setting realistic expectations and goals for yourself, learning that constantly comparing your practice to others can be a hindrance and keep you from focusing on you own practice.

5) How to claim your space - this, to me, is such an important foundation and a way to put all the other things in practice. This can be your own combination of cleansing (mundane and magical) , protecting, warding, defense, and safety. This can be applied to physical spaces and witchy spaces. This is making your house or other space your sanctuary. Also, knowing some fire safety so as to not set your claimed space on fire or knowing enough about herbs you decide to work with so as to not get poisoned.

First things first, re: papers, check to see what you have access to through your local library! Lots of them subscribe to databases that their users can access completely free. I know mine gives me access to the entire online archive of National Geographic magazines and even JSTOR, amongst so many other things, which is a pretty big deal!

LibGuides! If you’re not familiar with them, LibGuides are essentially webpages of resources that librarians put together for people researching specific topics. Often the university-affiliated ones will have certain paywalled links or sections, but they’re still great places to find thematically-organized book recs or lists of reputable, academic websites on specific research topics. 

Also!! Some other options to add on here as someone who’s working in an academic library (and has my MLIS so please feel free to reach out if you need quick and dirty reference help):

The Open Access Button, which also has browser extensions, and can   link you to free, legal, full text articles instantly (in essence, it searches for open access copies of articles)

Unpaywall, also for free, legal, full-text sources

Check Institutional Repositories to get free access to theses and dissertations, other scholarly materials hosted by the institution, and more! Also: IRs are increasingly used to house pre-prints or post-prints, which are open versions of articles. A pre-print is the version submitted to a journal before it goes through peer-review; a post-print or author accepted manuscript is the version that’s gone through peer-review and been accepted, but hasn’t been formatted for a journal yet. Post-prints in some cases can be self-archived by an author to an institutional repository, and are freely open for others to read, access, and cite - and since they’ve been peer-reviewed, they’re of really excellent quality.

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals can help you locate open access journals or articles from all over the world, which have been vetted for quality. The DOAJ can be searched by subject area and other fields, and will link you directly to the journal or article!

As a starting point you can check out:

eCampus Ontario Open Library

BCCampus OpenEd

OpenStax (Rice University)

OER Commons

Open Textbook Library (University of Minnesota)

MERLOT (California State University)

Okay, this is annoying and racist and I’m tired of seeing it scrolling through witchy tags.

What am I talking about? Calling good, peaceful, positive, etc. magick “white” or “light” magick, and baneful, evil, or negative magick “black” or “dark.”

If I hear you talking about light/dark magick, you had better be talking about magick literally performed in the daytime or night time, or in physically bright or dim environments. Or, like, color magick specifcially.

Think about where you got the idea light is good and dark is bad. Even in magick, while black is obviously associated with negative energies, it is also associated with banishing negativity and protection and the night. No color is all good or evil in magick. Red is associated with anger, revenge, violence and aggression, so why aren’t you calling aggressive magick red magick? Green is associated with wealth, positivity, and more–why isn’t that your term for positive magick?

“But I’m talking about shadow work, which is dark!” No, that’s shadow work. You literally just said it. It’s looking into what is obscured and eclipsed by your more known self, not looking “into the evil darkness.”

“Why is it racist, then?” I think I kind of explained, but to be even more clear: treating it like white means good or acceptable and black means bad or scary is extremely colonialist and based on white supremacist ideals.

“Oh no, I’ve been calling it that! Am I a bad person?” Probably not, just stop and correct yourself when you make mistakes.

“But x BIPOC tradition uses the terms light/dark!” A.) Are you a member of that tradition or just using it as a defense? B.) Do they, or is that assigned to the tradition from the outside? Ie. all Voodoo is often called black by outsiders, but not all is considered baneful/”black” within the tradition C.) Are there more specific and preferable terms within that practice/is it just mistranslated? D.) Does it hurt you to not use terms with racist implications regardless?

Looking for alternatives to “light/dark”? I’ve got you! And even better, most of the alternatives are more specific and accurate–pick whichever suits your craft!

White/light: Positive, healing, selfless magick, used for pure good, protective, helpful, peaceful, sun, right-hand path, intuitive, divine, angelic, heavenly, gentle, moon/lunar, sky, heart, astral

Black/dark: Negative, underworld, death, secretive, shadow work, selfish, baneful, introspective, hexing, left-hand path, satanic, pagan, malicious, unknown, mysterious, demonic, night, moon/lunar

Context: This makes Spells work.

1. The Universe makes spells work.

Under this paradigm, the idea is that the universe as an entire whole of all things (including us) is what creates anything in this world. It’s a known, “awake” figurehead and out of this vastness called The Universe, we see that the Universe is known for making things - ie all the things that it is it makes.

Therefore, in order to make change, the Universe must be involved in the spell. Be it from the standpoint that the Universe’s energy needs to be involved or the figurehead/the All/the Consciousness needs to be prayed to in order for the spell to be worked through the creation which the Universe does. [Ie it’s the Universe’s Job to create things]

2. Harnessing the natural energy or living force or what have you of objects makes spells work.

See some forms of Animism.

Basically the idea here is that objects inherently hold some type of energy or living force or something which can be used within spellwork, in order to get something accomplished. For example, an herb or a plant, inherently based on it’s natural properties (ie a flower that’s shaped like a heart, would be good for spells about hearts [in every sense of the word]) - has a form of energy residing with it.

When it is used in spellwork, it is being drained of it’s energy/living force OR it’s living force/energy is being tapped INTO (see 1.) in order to symbolically create change. In some aspects this is literal rather than symbolic, such as a plant which may have healing abilities being utilized not just for it’s natural items but also for it’s spiritual ones (ie a pain reducer, which also spiritually counteracts anything supernatural that might be causing the pain). 

This is a lot harder to discuss without actually coming from the place of this paradigm.

3. The Human Will/Willing Things makes spells work.

This one is probably the most commonly discussed paradigm that there is in all of spellwork. It asserts that the human will is so powerful, that it can literally affect the world. And in some cases, which is used as examples of this, this is true. Such as the human will to create living spaces for themselves or manipulating elements to make nuclear facilities. In any case, the point is that the human will is the only thing that one needs in order to make spells work.

How the human will is harnessed depends on other levels of paradigms. It may be through using mental facilities, symbolism, rituals, and a lot of other things. 

4. Doing the spells makes spells work.

To sum up: If a spell is never performed, no results will come from this spell.

5. Asking/Praying to Deities makes the spells work.

In this paradigm, humans may or may not have any power, but the point is that in order for any of this spell to work a Deity must be asked either for permission for the spell to work or for the power to complete the spell. 

Basically, the deity is the only one who can fully accomplish the spell for one reason or another or yet another. 

6. (Old) Time makes spells work.

This paradigm is more explicitly stated: As the only working spells that exist are those which have been carried over time, why? Because if they didn’t work, then they wouldn’t be around. This paradigm basically uses time as an authority figure of what makes spells work. 

7. Going into the Astral Plane makes spells work.

This idea is that the Astral Plane is the place where the ultimate truth exists. This plane is a shadow plane of this True, Truth plane, ie a reflection or a bad copy. What happens on the Astral Plane happens on this plane through being a reflection (like a mirror, when you move your hand, your reflection moves it’s hand). 

In order to get to the Astral Plane, the Ultimate Truth place - is through Transcending this shadow plane and getting onto that Plane. How you manage this, is through layered symbolism and thought process. Ie you must think upon this symbolism and process it, and while also dealing with this symbolism you are deepening your thought processes and becoming a symbol yourself, and somewhere in here you break through the shadow realm of the physical world and transcend into the Astral plane to affect the change you want. 

8. Spirits make spells work.

This is like the Deity, this revolves around some level of asking a Spirit (whatever that is in this paradigm’s other spectrums) for some reason. Though this may or may not be due to the fact that the human cannot complete the spell itself, or the Spirit may be better equipped to handle the spell (like traveling through walls/down chimneys/invading people’s dreams/etc). 

However, unlike a Deity, the Spirit is not necessarily a Ruler over something and may actually be an aspect of some item (see Elementals) which may be why a Spirit is contacted in this kind of paradigm.

9. Doing spells the proper way makes spells work.

The idea here is that spells, if altered or done in some kind of incorrect manner, it will not work. This concept is directly related to the idea that spells are concrete recipes which can not and should not be altered or customized to fit personal perspective. 

There’s also the added, altering the spells may not only make it not work - but could cause problems due to the alterations. Ie a punishment for altering a spell. 

Some of this may actually be related to a long standing mystery tradition or religious association [ie a Deity has handed down these instructions and it is important to keep them true].

10. Being in the Spirit World makes spells work.

It uses the “Witchcraft” and “Wicca” fuckin interchangeably 

It suggests you’re one dreadlock and eagle feather away from being your very own, white Shaman

It claims “Voodoo” is a super fun, spooky thing that everyone should join in on

Smudging is cool, also, has anyone seen my works cited? Oh that’s right, I didn’t make one.

If you curse, you are mustache twirling devil and the 3 fold law is gonna send your ass to witch hell 

All witches, Wiccan or not should abide by the rede or burn the hell up in the aforementioned fictional witch hell

Ignorantly throws around the word “Chakras” like fuckin mardi gras beads 

You even see the word gypsy once

Spices things up with some sacred, closed and wildly un researched Native American Spiritualism

Miscellaneous new age white person spiritualism

And here’s some Ohms.  ૐ ૐ ૐ 

I’m not sure what what they but have some more Ohms ૐ ૐ ૐ ૐ ૐ 

If you say that people with Chronic Illnesses or who are Disabled cannot perform witchcraft, spells, or magic. 

If all of your spells are visualization spells, and then you turn around and mock people who cannot visualize. And you seem to imply that spells are only all visualization.

If you post everything from a Heterosexual point of view. And I do mean everything. 

If you post even a single fucking thing that reinforces the gender binary. 

If you spend 30 pages on “History facts” without citations on any of it, and if you reference people’s shit that has been straight up disproven. 

If you reinforce the Witch Stereotype as a good thing, when it’s an antisemitic hatred symbol. 

If you not only reinforce a gender binary, but you also fucking make it as misogynistic as possible while simultaneously saying you are “feminist” and bringing a “feminist point of view.” 

If your book is a spell book but it reads like a fucking documentary on trying to convince people that a certain religious or spiritual practice is the best. 

If you have pseudoscience in you book. Seriously. If you cannot do science, don’t fucking put it in your book. You make us look bad. 

If you think Hoodoo is just a for funsies cute southern tradition which doesn’t need to be respected. Especially if you talk about graveyard dirt without context. Especially if you talk about Mojo Bags without context.

If you make your entire book basically about White Europeans by saying that everyone reading your book’s grandparents and family members come from Europe (specifically Western Europe). Like can you be any louder that you fucking think only white people practice witchcraft, magic, or occult.

If you wink and nod at the readers about your paradigm, and basically think that you don’t need to explain what the fuck you believe in, that we all just agree with it to start with, and explain nothing about how your paradigm works or what all the terminology means. You are just shit. You are literal shit. Stahp.