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If you can’t reblog this, unfollow me now.

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january is one of those months where you experience every feeling on the human spectrum and you just have to go about your day like that isn't happening

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the student loan forgiveness application site just went live btw

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Antisemitism in Witchy Spaces

I decided to start writing down every time I saw/experienced something in hopes that it will help shed light on some specific stuff Jewitches go through. My hope is that people will see antisemitism as a community-wide issue and not the fault of just a few individuals. We all play a part in making it better.

Facebook Witch Group: post is made by a user with a profile picture of a clear nazi swastika. After being notified, admin declares the user is allowed to stay because the group is a “judgement free zone.”

Facebook Witch Group: Jewitch witches were assumed white by default and pitted against other groups, as if Jewish people are leveraging their identity to “play up” their own oppression and undermine others. Many openly Jewish witches are harassed out of the group.

A witchy discord group implements a rule that outlaws all mention of all closed practices (including Judaism) “to protect from appropriation,” even if the person has legitimate claim to the practice. When I pointed out this basically forced me into hiding, admin says, “you can be Jewish. Just not here.”

A user identified themselves as a Kabbalist. Later in the discussion, they were surprised to learn Kabbalah was Jewish in origin, admitted they didn’t know a single Jewish person in real life, and argued that Kabbalah couldn’t be that bad because Arianna Grande also used it. (”Are you saying she’s wrong too??”)

Another user is called out for appropriating Kabbalah and proceeds to sling antisemitic jokes until they are banned.

Just. So many more people appropriating Kabbalah and just becoming really nasty towards any Jewish person that expresses discomfort. (Including one person that even gave themselves a Hebrew username)

A group of users too big to argue with talking about how amaaaazing working with Lilith is. A few Jewish folks respectfully ask them to be mindful of her origins. They’re not given attention. (Or what attention they are given is only to debate her origin.)

Discord server has rooms for every major subcategory of Paganism and one room for “Abrahamic.” Christian witches completely dominate the conversation.

I mention on my blog that I am a proud Jewish person. One of the comments shortly after is “go be Jewish in Israel.”

A Nazi sympathizer joins a Discord group, reveals themselves, is banned, and proceeds to try and join again over and over again through different accounts.

I’m checking my blog activity and see a nazi witchy blog had gone through my blogged and liked a ton of stuff so I’d be sure to see their username (they did this to other notable tumblr blogs as well.) Looking at their bio revealed their agenda of proving Nazis “weren’t all bad,” and their dash included an open invite to a holocaust denial discord server.

A tumblr thread gets big of a bunch of witches arguing to cancel the word Sabbat because of supposed antisemitic origins. Jewish people chime in to insist that we really don’t give a shit about Wiccans using the word Sabbat, and not to speak over Jewish people and declare what we’re offended by. Tumblr arguments ensue.

I get “called out” for baking challah. That’s not antisemitism but it made me laugh really hard. (It’s okay for goyim to bake bread, obviously. Just don’t be weird about it.)

“High magic” and ceremonial practitioners ignoring or brushing off their tradition’s origin in blatant appropriation.

A user shares a magical chant to a group for everyone to use. The chant is in Hebrew. It includes a name of Gd. They didn’t realize that was a part of it.

Another discord group asserts in the rules that members of closed cultures may be openly themselves and discuss their craft, but not in an educational way. A mod practices exclusively Hermetic Kabbalah. I don’t have the strength to get into it. (Thankfully we had an actually decent discussion but it still made me feel kinda shitty.) 

Everyone is free to reblog. Jewish witches, please feel free to add your own experiences! 

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An emoji spell to clear away all the negative energy that is sent towards my heart and soul. With the bright, white light surrounding my body, I am Divinely protected.

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🤍 to charge, reblog to cast.

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I feel like I saw this at the right time

Manifestation.

So yesterday I quit my job. I was a covid vaccination advisor, and if y’all don’t know anti vax people are absolutely nuts.

Knowing I can’t go without a job, because you know, bills, I decided to do a manifestation working at 3am. The result being I got a call for an interview on Friday at a huge Finance company.

Here’s what I did:

I took out my shadow work journal, I wrote down all the things I hated about my job. Every stress, every gripe, every piece of stress. At the bottom of the page I wrote “I will never feel this way in a work environment again” and sealed it with my blood. I set that puppy on fire and watched it burn out.

Next, I chose a clean page.

I wrote down everything I wanted in a new job. All the positives, what type of role, what growth opportunities I wanted, how much money. I also wrote down what I DIDNT want my new role to have - aka the negatives.

At the bottom of the page I wrote “I bind these words to me, only positive situations will come my way”. Again, I sealed it in blood. I folded the page toward me three times ( to honour Hekate and her modern representation of the triple formed Goddess). I bound it with black thread ( for protection) green thread ( for money) and Gold thread ( prosperity). I slept with that piece of paper on me.

Next I wrote down where I saw myself next year at this time. I wrote this down in detail. What my life would look like, where I would be living, what my finances would look like, my relationships etc. I repeated what I wrote down 3 times over and over.

I meditated and kept that vision in my head, while releasing the tension and stress my job had caused me the last few months. I did this until I felt sure and content with myself.

I got the phone call for the interview at 10:30am.

Do with this what you will.

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I always see “take your meds!” reminders but I’ve never seen one for medical equipment so here!

Friendly reminder to charge up, change out, clean, reapply, adjust, refill, or wear your medical device or equipment if you have any! Love and spoons 💛

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george floyd wasn't a martyr. he wasn't a hero. he didn't sacrifice his life. he was murdered. stop thanking him for bursting your bubble of ignorance. stop talking about his legacy as if he chose to die. stop ignoring that police violence continues to exist and continues to murder people.

remember that black lives matter. all over the world.

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Emoji spell to sense your soulmate/twin flame

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Like to charge, reblog to cast! 🖤

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You should be outraged. You should be enraged and if you are not, if the senseless killing of the black community at the hands of our police force does not anger you please reevaluate your humanity.

To be unmoved by the current issues of our society is a privilege. To prioritize looting and damage to property over lost black lives and police brutality is to lack humanity.

Please evaluate and educate yourself, this is a major issue and we need serious reform and revolution in this country.

You can’t love the Romantics and academia and remain ignorant and complacent.

Photos taken from @thetogfather on Instagram

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Dark academia look book: plus size 💓

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Academia style but make it inclusive 🦇✨🥀

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A hummingbird thought a man’s orange hat was a flower [x]

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‘anarchy is for lovers’

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The whole self love thing is good and all but some people can’t fathom being loved. They can’t imagine there being anything good about them. So they can’t simply just stop doing unhealthy things, there’s a process.

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I know we like to talk about as autistic kids who’re geniuses with numbers, or beautiful musicians, or incredible artists. But that’s really not the norm. Autistic kids aren’t all savants. I have an autistic sister, and have worked with people on the spectrum, and most of the time you’ll find that autistic people are just autistic. And they don’t have to make up for it by having a brilliant mind. They don’t have to prove their value by being special in certain areas. They’re valuable because they’re people. Don’t spread the idea that autistic people have to be savants. That’s just perpetuating the idea that impairments are something to be ashamed of