10-24-2024, 06:27 AM
It's difficult for me to understand fully how (and why) witchcraft operates socially, in regards to political activism.
I have to ask if witchcraft is a matter of 'faith.' Or is it somehow more like a "guild" or an "order?" Are all witches doing this? Or just "some?"
If so, what tenets are true to witchcraft generally... as a common bond between them all. Is it a 'community' in the sense that stands for or against any particular person or thing?
Since it is commonly regarded as a function of feminine solidarity, is it then a question of 'women' (and female empowerment) or is it a question of an underlying code of conduct and focus? Is it then, restricted to those who embrace something that "Trump" appears to threaten?
Would any witch supporting "Trump" have to remain "in the closet" so to speak?
"Spells" and "influences" central to the practice are then regarded as 'tools' to effect the world... or perhaps just against or for individual targeted people?
And still, is it possible that being a witch means that the practitioner has to support or oppose a particular political celebrity... and reason or argument is powerless to affect the intentions and practices they engage in?
I mean, are there no witches that actually support "Trump?" Are there 'camps' or 'covens' which are specifically mandated to pick a particular side, is it a competition between them? Or are they universally "obliged" to operate against one side, or in support of another (as with some organized religions?)
I'm not judging people's choices... only questioning if it is a matter of "choice," or is it a 'position' one must accept to qualify as a "proper witch", or to 'belong and be accepted'?
I always thought that rituals and casting could be a strictly 'mechanical' practice... but I don't know.
I do know that phrases like "... against project 2025" appear to imply political choices... where witchcraft, as I understood it, requires a person to address as subject, not a 'conceptual document' like the Heritage Foundation's infamous publication... and also, once a publication is presented and disseminated, I might not expect witchcraft to find a useful "individual" target... as opposed to a concept or idea they would collectively choose to oppose (or support for that matter.)
The long and short of my ignorance is in not fully understanding if witches are the "body" of a "faith" who have a collectively accepted 'position' on incidental politics.
I guess I may be all screwed up in my (admittedly limited) understanding of this topic... I am looking to be educated... and I'm open to learning more.
I have to ask if witchcraft is a matter of 'faith.' Or is it somehow more like a "guild" or an "order?" Are all witches doing this? Or just "some?"
If so, what tenets are true to witchcraft generally... as a common bond between them all. Is it a 'community' in the sense that stands for or against any particular person or thing?
Since it is commonly regarded as a function of feminine solidarity, is it then a question of 'women' (and female empowerment) or is it a question of an underlying code of conduct and focus? Is it then, restricted to those who embrace something that "Trump" appears to threaten?
Would any witch supporting "Trump" have to remain "in the closet" so to speak?
"Spells" and "influences" central to the practice are then regarded as 'tools' to effect the world... or perhaps just against or for individual targeted people?
And still, is it possible that being a witch means that the practitioner has to support or oppose a particular political celebrity... and reason or argument is powerless to affect the intentions and practices they engage in?
I mean, are there no witches that actually support "Trump?" Are there 'camps' or 'covens' which are specifically mandated to pick a particular side, is it a competition between them? Or are they universally "obliged" to operate against one side, or in support of another (as with some organized religions?)
I'm not judging people's choices... only questioning if it is a matter of "choice," or is it a 'position' one must accept to qualify as a "proper witch", or to 'belong and be accepted'?
I always thought that rituals and casting could be a strictly 'mechanical' practice... but I don't know.
I do know that phrases like "... against project 2025" appear to imply political choices... where witchcraft, as I understood it, requires a person to address as subject, not a 'conceptual document' like the Heritage Foundation's infamous publication... and also, once a publication is presented and disseminated, I might not expect witchcraft to find a useful "individual" target... as opposed to a concept or idea they would collectively choose to oppose (or support for that matter.)
The long and short of my ignorance is in not fully understanding if witches are the "body" of a "faith" who have a collectively accepted 'position' on incidental politics.
I guess I may be all screwed up in my (admittedly limited) understanding of this topic... I am looking to be educated... and I'm open to learning more.
