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  • Check out our upcoming event in #portlandoregon at @q.mebpdx this Friday, February 22. #witchy #coven #magick #rootworkersofinstagram #heathensofinstagram #witchesofinstagram #pagansofinstagram #pdx #pdxevents #thehouseoftwigs #THoT
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  • A new piece out by @root_witch_13 on gatekeeping, splaining, and telling people how to Witch ~ “A dear friend of mine came to me the other day, emotionally shattered about various things. And most importantly, defeated. Why? Because some prominent people she admired, people she considered elders in craft and sources of education and clarity gave her nothing but darkness. They spoke brazenly and unapologetically about how only certain people can claim the title “Witch” (like it is some badge to be won) as long as they adhere to specific standards of practice. “You must light a candle on this day..”, “You have to use x,y,z to get said result, otherwise your work is shit..” Basically, the mood of the conversation was “Here are guidelines to being a witch. If you stray, you must abandon your title and call yourself something else. But witch, bitch you aint it!” Despite all her success, despite the books that bear her name, the shop that is her blood sweat and tears; It is not enough. She must give even more of herself, as a literal sacrificial lamb to be given the title. She isn’t a witch because she ain’t got a damn green candle on a Thursday lit at three P.M. Are you fucking kidding me? *SIDE EYE FOR DAYS*” #thehosueoftwigs #thot #witchy #witchesoftinstagram #rootworkersofinstagram #witchcraft #gatekeepers #pocwitch
  • You don’t own my WITCH ~ “Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been told that despite my melanated skin, curly hair and thick lips, I wasn’t allowed to claim my blackness as a biracial person. I “spoke too white” they’d say. My taste in music consisted of: trip hop, Sneaker Pimps, Punk rock, Rancid, Ska/punk fusion, No Doubt, and Sublime. It was not in alignment with black culture to identify to this music. These “ways of life” were not certifiably approved by the gatekeepers that apparently provided access to my own identity. Despite facing the same discriminations as others with equally dark skin, I was not allowed to accept myself in that capacity, simply because no one else did either. I have always said that society choses who you are as a biracial person, as I was either too black for the white kids or too white for the black ones. I was involuntarily banished to this liminal space where I was only allowed to exist if I cosigned on to other’s versions of what I was. And after a few years of pure identity confusion, I decided to make my own fucking path because I aint the main character in anyone else’s story but my own. Fast forward to 2019. Here I am, in another capacity of terminal duality. You either are or your not. Full stop. In every aspect of my life it seems no one is comfortable allowing me the right to exist in the in between. I can’t agree with certain political movements or agendas without being labeled either a conservative or a liberal. I can’t uplift women in their power without it being assumed that I simultaneous shit on men. And now I apparently can’t be a witch if I don’t adhere to certain guidelines set forth by prominent figures in the magickal community.” - Just our on #thehouseoftwigs #thot #witchy #witchesofinstagram #pocwitch #rootworker #pagansofinstagram #heathensofinstagram
  • @poisonersapothecary new writing on #thehouseoftwigs #thot - “By using the planets Venus, Saturn and Mercury we can come to a greater understanding of the forces at work within the plants that comprise the baneful herbs of the witch’s pharmacopoeia. These three planetary forces allow us to understand the nature of these botanical allies as well as the greater forces underlying the path of traditional witchcraft. We have Saturn, the Old One, an ancient and maligned agricultural deity with the oldest of origins embodying the force of the chthonic god-force, the Witch Father. Then there is Venus, the mother and seductress, both dark and light, she is the primal face of the Witch Queen. The Goddess from which all life emerges. Between these two is their shapeshifting offspring, the Mercurial Master of Ways, the Horned God and Solar Child. This triad represents a synthesis of the most primal of forces, representing one of three reoccurring aspects in the witchcraft mythos. The plants of the green sorcerer are influenced by both the celestial rays of the planets as they dance across the sky, and also by elemental currents that manifest in their physical characteristics and chemical components. It is the dark green-fire of the Earth, the hidden telluric currents that we seek to connect with on the Path. It is our focus on the cthonic and creative forces of the Land and its spirits that is quintessential to this particular practice. “ #poisonpath #witchesofinstagram #pagansofinstagram #henbane #belladonna #datura #mandrake #witchy #magickalherbalism
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