#critwitch

Capitalism loves to be able to sell you things and keep you buying things from self-help books disguised as witchcraft to crystals of explorative extraction. Capitalism loves to isolate you and focus on your individualism leaving you open to shit like the "Law of Attraction" shaming you for just not wanting things enough and never considering all the cultural obstacles from racism to sexism to class that permeate society.

Capitalism replicating itself in magic says you will be happy if you just buy the next thing and that your spiritual enlightenment can be just one purchase away.

It never focuses on community or cooperation or connection, unless it is to make money for someone else.

I know so many of us are solitary due to location, or needing to hide our practice, or not finding a lineage you would want to join. But that does not preclude you from having community with other witches, which is kind of what Tumblr is about when we share and grow together.

But in the real world you can have study groups or attend one of our free CritWitch Brews. We always share and learn things and we have guides breakout rooms with questions to answer so it's not so awkward. It's good practice to talk about magic if you aren't used to doing that in real time.

Not everyone who comes to the CritWitch events is atheist, agnostic, or secular in their practice. A lot are animists or pagans who genuinely enjoy the critical thought aspect of what CritWitches focus on.

The concept of animism crops up a lot in witchy circles, but sometimes it's hard to see where the idea of spirits might fit into a skeptical or secular practice. The lovely thing about belief is that it's a spectrum, and we have plenty of room to play with the innate value and being of a tree, a river, a plant, a place without drifting into more woo than we're comfortable with. ✨ If this piques your interest, consider this your invitation to join our FREE online event next Saturday, May 30th, 2026 ✨ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989548712757?aff=oddtdtcreator Our seasonal Witches' Brews are FREE online witchy mini conferences that include potion making (our magical beverage segment), guest presentations, sometimes a hands-on project, and time to socialize & connect with other attendees, Brew guests & hosts, & the CTWC community. Our Brews are a wonderful way to dip your toe into the CritWitch community, and a great preview of what you can expect from our annual 3-day virtual event CRITWITCHCON. This month's Witches' Brew: Dig Into Animism features presentations by our own History Witch Lee Ignire on animism; potions (potable & otherwise) with Jul Bloomfield and Alex Wrekk; and creating our own genius loci sigil! There'll be in-event chat, plus our favorite breakout room sessions for community connection and discussion! Witches' Brews are recorded (minus community chat) and available to our paid Patreon subscribers later in the season, so you can revisit our presentations. Learn more about us at www.criticalthinkingwitches.com

Happy May Day and joyous Beltane, witches! With the official shift from spooky season to uh, frisky season, we are thrilled to announce CRITWITCHCON2025! ✨

CRITWITCHCON2025

A *virtual* convention for science-minded, agnostic/atheist, secular, skeptical Witches and seekers around the world! ✨

Dates:

Friday September 26-Sunday September 28, 2025 ✨

This year's theme:

Critical Connecting: Conscious Communication in an Often Conflicted World ✨

Speaker & vendor applications will be available in MAY, early bird tickets go on sale in JUNE, and look for a full schedule of events this summer! ✨

Bookmark our website and check back for all the details! ✨

Critical Thinking Witch Con 2025 ~~ Sept 26th - 28th ~ ~ A Virtual Convention ~

In 2025 we have built our virtual Con around the theme of: Critical Connecting: Conscious Communication In A Conflicted World. Join us while you discover and discuss some of the different ways we interact with each other and with the world. Connect, learn, and get involved with a community of science-minded witches and seekers from around the world.

Stream live with us and your community members in Zoom and Discord!

Access to the recorded videos and your community in the Discord.

Scholarships available!

Tickets on sale now! We can't wait to see you there!

About the Critical Thinking Witch Collective

Happy Friday, witches! Hayley Jay here, your hedgewitch & CTWC organizing team member, with some musings on our upcoming FREE Witches' Brew online event centering on ✨glamour magic✨

As a queer, gender squishy, femme-averse witch, I fully confess that glamour magic was never anything I gave much thought to in my practice. I'm not looking to seduce anyone, I don't want to be the center of attention or the belle of the ball, why would I need glamour?

WELL. It turns out that glamour magic is so much more than my envisioned lipstick-&-manipulation. We can utilize glamour magic for a host of reasons, in a litany of ways, and there's so much room for a broader discussion of it as self projection, self protection, & exploration of ourselves

✨If this piques your interest, consider this your invitation to join our FREE online event next Saturday, February 28th

✨https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1983177634691?aff=oddtdtcreator

Our seasonal Witches' Brews are FREE online witchy mini conferences that include potion making (our magical beverage segment), guest presentations, sometimes a hands-on project, and time to socialize & connect with other attendees, Brew guests & hosts, & the CTWC community.

Our Brews are a wonderful way to dip your toe into the CritWitch community, and a great preview of what you can expect from our annual 3-day virtual event CRITWITCHCON.

This month's Witches' Brew is a very special rewind edition, where we plumb the archives and rebroadcast some of our favorite events, with a new potions segment, LIVE in-event chat, & LIVE community discussion time so that we can talk about what we've seen, heard, & learned! Glamour & You features presentations by our own History Witch Lee Ignire on glamour in history & pop culture; Bree Nicgarran, author of Grovedaughter Witchery; Savannah Rayne, the DIYWitch; and a panel discussion including Bree, Savannah, and our own Alex Wrekk & Jul Bloomfield.

Witches' Brews are recorded (minus community chat) and available to our paid Patreon subscribers later in the season, so you can revisit our presentations.Learn more about us at www.criticalthinkingwitches.com ✨

Mark your calendars & roll up your sleeves, witches! It's time for a FREE Witches' Brew! ✨🌱 Saturday May 30th 9am PST / Noon EST / 5pm BST / 2am AEST (May 31) ✨🌱 Get your FREE tickets & register here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989548712757?aff=oddtdtcreator ✨🌱 Our seasonal Witches' Brews are FREE online witchy mini conferences that include potion making (our magical beverage segment), guest presentations, sometimes a hands-on project, and time to socialize & connect with other attendees, Brew guests & hosts, & the CTWC community. Our Brews are a wonderful way to dip your toe into the CritWitch community, and a great preview of what you can expect from our annual 3-day virtual event CRITWITCHCON. This month's Witches' Brew is a dive into all things animism: what it means, how it can inform our practices, and how we probably have it woven into our lives already! We're thinking about genus locii, stewardship of our immediate environments, the ways we connected with nature as children, and how to integrate it into our witchcraft without falling into extractive practices ✨🌱 Witches' Brews are recorded (minus community chat) and available to our paid Patreon subscribers later in the season, so you can revisit our presentations. Learn more about us at www.criticalthinkingwitches.com Welcome to the Critical Thinking Witch Collective! Formed in 2021, we came together to make a space for critical thinking witches; witches who research, who apply scientific reasoning, who learn from history, and who question assumptions and biases. Our name has changed, but our mission remains the same: to bring together a community of critical thinking witches and seekers who respect reason, logic, and science as we also acknowledge the genuine beauty and meaning in the mysterious. And we plan to have fun while we do it. Connect, learn, and get involved with this community of like-minded witches and seekers from around the world. Join the Collective! www.criticalthinkingwitches.com

Coming to CritWitchCon2025! Meet some of our amazing guests

Critical Thinking Witch Con 2025

~ Sept 26th - 28th ~ A Virtual Convention

Bree has been a part of the CTWC community for years, and is one of our favorite returning guests! She'll be joining us with a LIVE episode of her long-running podcast Hex Positive, book recs, and a spicy Cauldron Talk about the importance of doing our own work as witches 🖤

@breelandwalker grew up in the wilds of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and now resides in Tidewater, VA. She is the host of the Hex Positive podcast and her breakout work, Grovedaughter Witchery, has been hailed by the online pagan community as a new standard text for beginner witches. She lives with her husband and two very spoiled ginger cats, and is very glad that none of them seem to mind having a pagan altar in the living room.

Critical Thinking Witch Con 2025 ~ Sept 26th - 28th ~ A Virtual Convention 🖤

Get your tickets now! 🖤

Summer is winding down, but the CTWC is in full swing as we head into the final stretch before CritWitchCon in September!

But for now, it's time for another FREE Witches' Brew with the Critical Thinking Witch Collective! It's our FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, so this one's extra special! Come join us for this FREE VIRTUAL EVENT!! Crafting Art Magic: get creative with your practice! Join CTWC hosts Jul Bloomfield & Alex Wrekk for a discussion on the magic of art, hands-on session of zine making, paint water cocktails, community socializing & more! Saturday August 23rd 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST / 4 PM BST / 1 AM AEST (8/24) Register for free here: