#nonbinary witch

[the-intuitive-divine]

as a reminder, since a TERF tried to follow me, you aren't allowed here 😄👍

my blog is a safe place for all of my LGBTQIA+ brothers, sisters, and siblings.

i do NOT tolerate homophobia, transphobia, ableism, sexism, racism, anti-semitism, xenophobia, etc. and if i see it on your blog when you like my posts, reblog, or try to follow me - you WILL be blocked.

[mercuryferns]

I can’t be arsed to check whether or not I posted this but here’s an unfinished flat colour drawing from last year (?) of my friend Jay for a secret Santa exchange I do with my friend group every year, it’s nice I reckon

[lyricalrin]

Raine Whispers | The Owl House

I love them so much!

[maventheraven]

Happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

[hotwitchproblems]

Any fellow witches have tips on where to find things like dried rosemary, beet chips/dried beets and dried apricots in person on the cheap?

Besides a new age shop ofc! I have exactly one (1) near me and I don’t believe they carry dried herbs unfortunately :0(!!

I’m thinking things like the beets and apricots could be found in a health food store, which I think there may be one or two of near me!

But I would like y’all’s tips & input! Ty in advance 💜💜💜!

[entanglementdivination]

never thought i'd find myself back on this website, but here i am. hello fellow genderfreaks of the pagan persuasion! let's talk gods and wights, cartomancy, forces of Nature, decolonization, and the building of a better world. how's the community been since i left?

[pigeonflavouredcake]

i'm so close to finishing the edits on my theory chapter so here's a extract about Terf witches

I'm directly taking this from my grimoire Book of Magic (BOM), literally just copy and pasted. I'm sharing this page specifically because I'm trans and I experience this everyday so understanding the signs of TERFism in the witchcraft community was something I had to learn.

All references will be at the bottom.

-Feminism Appropriating Radical Transphobes-

TERFism (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism) and gender essentialist ideology in spiritual spaces are a common sight but often overlooked as a necessary part of spiritual practice. They’re not. There are some well-known dog whistles used by TERFs that are very commonplace; “we are the daughters of the witches you didn’t burn” “divine feminine” “pussy power”. Many TERFs deal with misogyny or internalised misogyny disguised as "pussy power girlboss" feminism.

The idea behind TERFism is that gender is a patriarchal construct and that your sex assigned at birth is the only thing that can tell you if you’re a man or woman. (Wynn, N. (ContraPoints). 2019)

The problem with that is that because no-one is able to tell what someone’s sex is at a glance, TERFs use gender essentialism and white centric stereotypes to point out who they think is a man or woman and often getting it wrong which puts both transgender and non-conforming cisgender people in danger, more so if that person is also a person of colour. Due to the racialization of masculinity and femininity and the pervasive white standards of beauty it makes it near impossible for feminine presenting people of colour to be perceived as such without leaning into hyper feminine styles akin to Barbie or Marylin Monroe.

How one would recognise a TERF out in the wild may be tricky considering many of them are self-aware enough to never share their true feelings out in the open. Many of them use covert statements or gaslighting techniques in order to portray the narrative I spoke about in my previous section on cults, a narrative of heroism. A TERF isn’t spouting dangerous ideologies that put transgender people at risk of political, medical, and social discrimination, they’re just looking out for what’s best for you, they want to protect young gay men and lesbians from being influenced by a predatory agenda and to fight for the rights of women. 

A TERF will do a lot to portray themselves as the hero of an oppressive regime in order to experience the power and respect they may have been denied in life due to their own minority status as women.

Examples of Transphobic/Gender Essentialist Ideology

(primarily: Cambridge SU. 2021-22. Other sources as specified)

Refers to themselves as gender-critical, radfem, adult human female/male.

Refers to trans/nonbinary people as ‘TRA’ (Trans Rights Activists), ‘TIF’ or ‘TIM’ (Trans Identified Female/Male). (Stone, G. 2020) 

Refers to trans-feminine people as predators and trans-masculine people as victims of the patriarchy/woke agenda.

Conflates gender affirming care with gay conversion therapy aka torture, another method of attributing transgender people to confused children or victims of an agenda. (Corry, W (Sci Guys). 2020)

Refers to trans women as ‘transwomen’, the removal of the space is an intentional othering and separation from women and womanhood. (Mildred & Thorn, A. (Thought Slime. 2023)

Disagrees with the term cisgender or asking for pronouns saying “i don’t have pronouns i’m a woman/a man/normal”.

Believes certain traits are, by nature, more exclusive to men/women and believes women are inherently more powerful because of maturity, periods, childbaring etc…

Sides with LGB spaces or argues to “keep penises out of lesbian spaces”.

Uses the term ‘womxn’ referring to women as people with XX chromosomes exclusively.

Uses 1st/2nd wave feminism to exclude the transgender/nonbinary/intersex/bi/pan/poly community from feminist spaces (essentially excluding anyone that could potentially not not have a vulva/uterus or who interact with people who may not have a vulva/uterus).

Covertly refers to nonbinary people as women adjacent through women and nonbinary spaces and stereotyping.

Uses dinosaur emojis and/or the colours of the British suffragette flag (purple, white, green). (Stone, G. 2020)

TERFism in Spirituality

In the witchcraft and pagan communities TERFs abound spewing this kind of nonsense with a spicey, new age flavour masking the rotten fruit beneath. You can learn about how TERFism is portrayed specifically in Hellenism on another page but generally speaking a TERF witch is one who excludes the title of ‘witch’ to cisgender women, denying and demonising anyone adjacent to men and masculinity, including cisgender men and the whole transgender and nonbinary community citing the points listed above. TERF witches believe that this community is a super special ‘girls only, no boys allowed’ club which gives them power over misogyny and sexism that caused them so much pain and frustration in their life however they forget that everyone is a victim of misogyny and sexism, including men and trans people. 

I am using Lisa Lister’s book Witch as an -admittedly obvious- example of how TERF rhetoric is displayed in spiritual spaces. In their book, Lister outlines who is a witch and her power as a force of nature and a “creatrix” making constant references to “divine feminine” periods, wombs and using exclusively she/her pronouns.

The Introduction

“The part of us that was once anaesthetized, domesticated and kept numb by food (or by shopping drugs and media) is now awakening in each of us. It’s our wholeness, our intuition, our magic and our power - the power that lies between our thighs” (p xiii)

“Waking up and reclaiming the witch within us takes really big ovaries. It takes womb-deep recognition that you are: a woman who is powerful: you bleed for five days and don’t die. A force of nature who knows the ebb and flow of the moon, the seasons and mumma nature and her own body….” (p xiv)

The Witch Wound

“The pelvic bowl is a witch’s most powerful magic making tool, a place where we create, make life and connect directly to the source” (p 90)

Lister directly infers that the title of witch is exclusive to women and only the ‘working’ cisgender ones. This is dehumanising by reducing a person's power to their genitalia and only if it ‘works'. This correlates with the TERF belief that women are inherently more powerful because of a female reproductive system as opposed to women being powerful because of their autonomy as human beings. If the latter is the case, then what is stopping cisgender men or trans/nonbinary people from becoming practitioners? The answer is nothing. 

My thoughts

While a spell or task one may find in specific kinds of magical/holistic practices may call for the excrement produced by a specific genitalia -such as menstrual blood used as plant fertiliser- I firmly believe an individual does not need any specific anatomy or gender to practise witchcraft. However I also think that believing your magical power comes from your own sexual anatomy isn’t necessarily bad if that is as far as the concept is taken. As long as you don’t take it upon yourself to enforce that idea upon others and deny different concepts of power and magic, it’s harmless, even empowering.

I personally try to avoid any reference to power coming from genitalia as I find the idea redundant to my own practice. I believe power comes from individual autonomy and what the natural world provides but that does not make nature a mother figure in my eyes. Nature simply is, it is its own force, always creating, destroying and recreating itself, always demanding balance. It is sexless, genderless and bodiless but it is none-theless a god.

Finally I cannot emphasise this enough, you cannot ‘always tell’ when someone is trans. Butch cisgender women being perceived as predators and harassed for using the women’s loos is evidence enough. (Maurice, E.P. 2021)

References

Cambridge SU Women’s Campaign (2021-22) How to Spot TERF Ideology 2.0. Cambridge SU. [PDF] https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/pageassets/resources/guides/spottingterfideology/How-to-Spot-TERF-Ideology-2.0-2.pdf

Corry, W. (Sci Guys) (2023). The Science of Conversion “Therapy” | Sci Guys Podcast #239. Youtube. [Video] https://youtu.be/sFI5Ycs-nig?si=NYVKe0YydykcWsTp&t=3359

Lister, L. (2017). Witch: Unleashed. Untamed. Unapologetic. Hay House. London. [Book]

Maurice, E.P (2021). Butch lesbian harassed ‘tens of times’ in public toilets as anti-trans hostility spills over. Pink News [Web Article] https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/01/19/public-toilets-trans-bathroom-butch-lesbian-harassed-gender-critical-feminists/

Mildred, Thorn, A. (Thought Slime). (2023). Is This the Weirdest Transphobic Lie Ever? - Cringe Corner Ft. Abigail Thorn & Sophie From Mars. Youtube. [Video] https://youtu.be/EfzUtEcGluA?t=2039

Stone, G. (2020). A glossary of Transphobia. Medium. [Web Article] https://medium.com/@notCursedE/a-glossary-of-transphobia-a31a001d279

Wynn, N. (ContraPoints). (2019). Gender Critical. Youtube.com [Video] https://youtu.be/1pTPuoGjQsI

[xiaolumi-love]

free tarot and oracle readings!!!!!!! 🦋💗🍃✨

i'm once again offering free tarot and oracle readings. i'm only amending the rules because i learned more about my practice. again, i seek only kind, generous and thoughtful feedback in return, because that's what feels the most fulfilling and rewarding.

rules:

read my site.

like + reblog this post. follow me too!

if you have a default icon/header or zero posts i'll just block and delete your ask. no anons either, i'll block.

you can give me a specific question if you want, but i'll probably delete it. BE AS GENERAL AS POSSIBLE. "what do i need to know right now?" is the perfect question for my practice. if i'm meant to help you, my answer will serve you. have faith.

address the ask to "alice the witch".

tell me a little about yourself.

if you've sent a question to me previously and i haven't answered it yet, feel free to try again. if you feel called to ask me what you "need to know" now, please, go for it! remember to be patient, as answering these questions takes time and energy. i'm wishing you all the best.

💗🦋🍃✨

[the-intuitive-divine]

this is your reminder to rest if you are tired.

this is your reminder to nourish yourself if you are hungry (or check in with yourself if you aren't sure).

this is your reminder to take a deep breath.

this is your reminder to unclench your jaw.

this is your reminder that you are worthy of rest, nourishment, relaxation, and love.

i'm sorry if you're having a hard day. tomorrow is always a new beginning, just take it day by day. this will always be a safe place for you.❤️‍🩹

[witchcraftndwhims]

Feeling gender, might consider starting a work relationship with hermaphroditus to aid me in my transition/for androgyny "glamours" and energy

[witch-of-the-creek]

Follows, likes, and asks from @riverlett-arboreal

Hello! My names river, I’m a student of ethnobotany and medicinal herbology

HMU if you wanna be friends on Pokémon go

I’m a nature conservationist, aspiring ethnobotanist, a huge geology nerd, and I love natural sciences

As for stuff that’s generally considered more witchy- I haven’t delved as far. I’m still learning in all the fields I’m interested in, but witchcraft is more new to me than geology and botany. So far most of the witchy stuff I’ve learned is correspondences, so I’m trying to branch out.

My contributions!

Fascinating flora is a series I’m doing on information about plants!

Dandelions Mint Garlic Cinnamon Mugwort

Upcoming: chamomile, calendula, broadleaf plantain, rosemary, pineapple weed, thyme, bleeding hearts, wild blackberry, feverfew

I would love to share knowledge, both giving and receiving! Ask me about plants! If I don’t know the answer, I will find out!

This blog is safe for and supportive of trans/gender queer people, people of any religion or race, and for people with disabilities, mental or physical.

That goes double for plurals, narcissists, and anyone with any other stigmatized disorder

Things I will block people for-

H*rry p*tt*r, transabled/trace, ‘l*ll*th’ following, new agers, gender crit/radfem, starseeds, ableism, sanism, cultural appropriation, ‘anti ship’

[vampireb1tez]

Pretty

Just a little drabble I wrote. Short, but sweet.

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Thorn sank into bed, snuggling beneath the thick handmade comforter. He wrapped his arms around Ebony’s body and hugged them close, rubbing their back as the sleeping witch nuzzled into the crook of his neck. Beneath their soft shirt, Thorn’s fingers ran over a familiar texture.

“Hey, Bunny?” Thorn gently patted Ebony’s back. They blinked their eyes open as they slowly woke up. “Mmm… yes…?”

“I think you forgot to take your bandages off.” Thorn kissed their partner on the head, before Ebony slowly sat up. “Oh… Thank you, sweetie.” Hoisting the shirt over their head, they set it aside on the bed and began unwinding the bandages on their chest. Thorn sat up on his elbows and watched as the moonlight illuminated Ebony’s soft body. He loved every part of them; from the gentle curls of their coffee-colored hair, to the glow of their deep green eyes, to the countless freckles dotting their skin.

“Alright… that should do it.” The young witch neatly rolled up the long strip of gauze, and stuck it in the drawer of the nightstand. Putting their shirt back on, they laid back in bed, noticing the fondness in their lover’s eyes.

“You’re so pretty.” Thorn mused softly. Ebony’s cheeks grew warm, seeing his shirtless body highlighted by the shining moon. Ebony shifted closer to Thorn’s body, snuggling close to him again. They gently ran their tiny fingers against the crescent-shaped scars just under the vampire’s chest, making Thorn blush at the witch’s touch. Tenderly, Ebony kissed one of Thorn’s scars, holding his body close to their face.

“You’re pretty too.”

[hiswitchcraft]

As a nonbinary magic practitioner, I am now assigning new genders to the planets. Mercury would wear a hat. Venus’s gender is seeing a dog thats excited to see you! Earth’s gender is the capital of france. Mars’ gender is least likely to call a feather macaroni when plced into mercury’s hat.

HisWitchcraft(TM) approves of this message. We should, in fact, be making up genders.

[maventheraven]

What are some witch blogs I can follow that aren't women? Not that there's anything wrong with that lol I just wanna follow some non-women witchy blogs 😊 I'm nonbinary myself so I know we're out there lmao

[milkandhoneywitchcraft]

An Update About Me, a New Face Reveal, and a Question for You!

Oh my gosh. 5k followers?! Holy moly!! I just wanna take this opportunity to extend my thanks to you all. You are all such beautiful people with beautiful souls, and I am so grateful for the community I've found here :) I have so much love in my heart for each and every one of you 🥰❤️❤️

Hi! My name is Bug :) I'm a 22 year old queer, nonbinary witch. I use They/Them pronouns :)

I love creating art, writing & playing music 🙃 I'm also a vegan now, so this blog name may be a little out of date... I may change it in the future, but the name reminds me of all the gentle sweetness I have found here among you all :)

A few years ago (pandemic times), my mental health began to severely decline. As such, my spiritual practices have changed a lot over the years-- fluctuating and ever-changing as I continue to grow and learn more about myself, my mental health, and what my beliefs mean to me.

As part of my recovery, I had to take a step back and examine not only my beliefs about myself, but my spiritual beliefs as well-- where they stem from, and whether they were still serving me. For that reason, I no longer work with a patron deity. I also haven't been making spell jars as of late, as I realized that doing so exasperated some symptoms of my PTSD.

Rather, I now focus my craft on fostering a healthy, happy relationship with myself. I also work with the earth and nature!

This includes (among others) walking barefoot in nature; asking Gaia and the Moon to guide & ground me in times of distress; asking water to cleanse my energy as it so too cleanses my body; and taking care of my plant babies to help me feel connected to the earth (plants also absorb negative energy, so many thanks to Robert Plant and Pierce Hawthoria! 🍃)

I also love working with my runes, and still have my pendulums, crystals, wands, and books, which I love :)

Figuring out what serves me has been, and continues to be, a journey. I can now proudly say that both my mental health and spiritual beliefs are much more sound than they have been in the past. Growth, babey!

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All this being said, I am hoping to become more in touch with my spiritual side, as I lost a lot of that to mental illness. It is for this reason that I want to ask you all:

What kind of things are you looking for in your spiritual practice?

What sorts of things do you spiritually engage in, or wish to learn more about?

I'm hoping to become more active on this blog again and would love for some post ideas. Please let me know what sorts of things interest you, and I will do my best to research and relay information and resources for you all :)

I love my little online coven here and would love to hear from you :)

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And, as promised, a new face reveal! I look a lot different than I did in May 2020, after all 😅

Apologies for the long post, and thank you all for reading! Please send me asks for questions/topics you’d like to hear more about :) you can also find my personal blog @moneyfor-nothing!

Much love to you all and blessed be! 💛

[hotwitchproblems]

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