#seqe

Sumaq sukha masiy!! that's such a great question thank you!! añachayki. I'm assuming it's stemming from my pinned post, where I specify "Witch (the fate-weaving kind)". Kind of my meaning of identifying as a Witch, or what Witchcraft means in my practice, to differentiate it from more general definitions where witchcraft is accepted as anyone who performs any sort of magic.

I mean someone who twists fate to their will by force. It's important to mention then that, in my views, there are forms of magic that do not force an outcome entirely, and not to one's will exclusively. Sometimes, I'd argue that most of the time, we're not "re-directing" fate, we're just enticing it toward it's natural direction. Speeding an already natural outcome, or embellishing it with some extra details. We're often also working for somebody else's good and not just our own, even if we're not entirely aware of that. Most magic works with the already-spun thread into already-woven pieces of the tapestry, as a continuation of them, and in a context where things already favor you in one way or another as a small part of a bigger image. It's like a singular dark spot in a gold sea, mending that spot wouldn't be a problem at all, if what you're doing is mending a hole or a stain to restore it to it's original state.

Fate-weaving is strictly unnatural and what my Elders would describe as strictly selfish work, damn the consequences and damn how it affects others. It requires special care because the consequences of Witchcraft rest entirely in the Witch's hands, however kind or cruel those may be, and you have to be prepared to pay the price, and shoulder the responsibility. Instead of restoring or embellishing the tapestry, you rip apart a section and re-weave it to your liking, to suit your needs. But that tapestry is made up of past and present actions of other people, their sovereign decisions... who's hands you're now forcing. When it's not directly manipulating someone else's will or decisions (which some witches outright refuse to do for ethical reasons), it's manipulating the environment around them enough that their hand will be forced either way (functionally, the same thing).

Notice how I'm not saying it's strictly harmful work, because it isn't. Most of my work as a Witch is actually tearing apart otherwise perfectly woven pieces of the tapestry of fate to help someone, myself or others. To avoid unjust treatment or the consequences of prejudice, to prevent harm from systems that have been set up, and their power solidifying itself, for centuries. It's the magic you do when the odds are stacked entirely against you. Often, because of deeply rooted behaviors in someone's psyche and actions that would otherwise cause harm. But I am forcing their hand to stop, or at least, give relief to someone in a particular circumstance to be able to achieve something good, or get out of harm's way. But that's not all it is. The same methods are used by others to prevent an enemy's success out of pettiness, or to harm without considering who they're harming in the end. In my practice, you have to understand what it will do to the rest of the adjacent pieces before making a final decision. It is a living tapestry and what you change in one spot will inevitably spill into other lives, around you and around your target and around every person, spirit and place, involved in that situation.

Seqekuna are spiritual ties to everything that surrounds us, to the plant spirits (Yurakuna), to the animals (Uywakuna), to the Mountains and other Guardian Spirits (Apukuna) and to the Stone Spirits (Rumikuna), and of course, to other humans. They form a spiritual woven network of life that we're all part of.