#queer wicca

[wiccan-twink]

Happy Yule, twinks!!!!

[occultismtomorrow]

For every disrespectful Christian who comments "God Loves you" and the Lords Prayer in the comments of a Pagan/Satanist/Literally anyone's comments, there needs to be an equal reaction of "The Gods love you" and "Satan loves you," to make the Christians think about why that would bother them when they do the same thing.

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Often the idea of divine feminine in spiritual contexts is based entirely on reducing AFAB people to their reproductive organs.

The mother, maiden crone archetype or the “life cycle” of a female revolves around reproduction and whether or not it is being done. Ones “divine feminine” and spiritual wellness is judged on reproductive factors being “in sync with your cycle” and the like.

I think it is time we move on from this. We are not defined by our ability to reproduce, witchcraft and paganism claims to be a freedom for women free from the misogyny that plagues all other faiths. Yet just like these other religions spirituality, paganism and witchcraft reduces AFAB people to breeders.

People with children are first and foremost people. Their spiritual purpose is not just child bearing and should not be forced into a lifestyle where they are treated as nothing but a mother.

A person who chooses to not have children is not “out of touch with the divine feminine” one does not need to have children to “spiritually level up”.

People who do not have sex or are perhaps on the asexual spectrum are still divine. Getting your tubes typed or going on birth control doesn’t make you of less value. Those who can have children are not any more divinely feminine then those who cannot

AFAB people who have periods and female anatomy but do not associate them with femininity should be respected. Reproductive organs do not define a person.

Trans women who cannot have periods are not any less divinely feminine. A trans woman who never got to be a maiden in the outdated, traditional sense should not be considered any less.

If the language you’re using to describe AFAB people is the same way that a dog breeder describes a breeding dog, you’re doing something wrong.

[samwisethewitch]

Queer witches have always been here

We all know the gays love tarot and astrology, but did you know that the connection between witchcraft and queer sexuality goes back to ancient times?

Throughout history, cultures all around the world have believed that queer people have special spiritual or magical abilities. While "queer" and related labels like "gay," "lesbian," and "transgender" are modern terms, all cultures have people who exist outside of mainstream gender and sexuality norms. These people with non-normative identities are sometimes believed to have a special connection to the world of spirits.

(I am using the word "queer" as a convenient umbrella term for all of these complex identities, but I do recognize that this isn't historically accurate.)

In some cases, such as some parts of Europe, these queer people were explicitly called witches or magicians. "Deviant" sexual behavior was often part of accusations during the English witch trials, for example.

In other cultures, queer identity is connected to other special spiritual roles. Some examples include:

Ancient Mesopotamian sal-zikrum (literally “women-men,” priests of Inanna)

Ancient Roman galli (male priests of the goddess Cybele who were castrated as part of their initiation)

Old Norse vitkar, men who practiced a feminine magical art called seiðr and were sometimes accused of having sex with other men

It's interesting to note that many cultures assign a special spiritual role to people who fall outside the categories of "man" and "woman" -- people we might identify today as nonbinary or genderfluid. In other cultures, magic was associated with homosexuality or bisexuality.

And then, of course, we get into modern occult movements with figures like Aleister Crowley who, as hateful as he may have been in some ways (and he was), was also unabashedly queer in his practice and his writings. If you follow any magical path influenced by Crowley's writings, including Wicca and Wicca-inspired witchcraft, you are borrowing from the work of a queer sorcerer.

Several of the most notable witchy and pagan authors of the 20th century were/are also queer. Scott Cunningham, who pioneered ecclectic Wicca as we know it today, was a gay man. Starhawk, who wrote The Spiral Dance and founded Reclaiming, is bisexual. Stewart and Janet Farrar, who published some of the first widely available books about traditional Wicca, were in a polyamorous triad with Gavin Bone. (Stewart has passed away, but Janet and Gavin are still together.) If you read any popular book on witchcraft or occultism published in the last 50 years, it probably cites at least one queer author.

Witchcraft has always been queer. We have always been here, and we're not going anywhere any time soon.

[witchescollection]

literally why is dating so hard... where are the polyamorous pagans??? i know they exist!!

[breathing-in-waves]

The world is anything but normal right now and it's okay to feel scared, anxious, sad, angry, etc.. I don't care whether we've followed each other for forever or we've never spoken, if anyone needs to talk, please feel free to dm me. ❤️❤️❤️

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[bodhrancomedy]

And when I say 1700s, I’m being REALLY generous. Hell, while interest in the “pagan religions” (because that’s a catch all term for a LOT of religions) really blew up during the late Victorian spiritualism craze, modern Wicca and Paganism really started 1930s at earliest and gained a hell of a lot of ground in the 50s & 70s.

Sandman’s start date (the comics at least) are based on that boom in the 30s mentioning Alistair Crowley.

Your religion isn’t new and that’s not a bad thing. All religions have to start somewhere. But don’t cosplay other people’s persecution, ok?

[satyrmagos]

Image of the Horned God, beloved of Wiccans and other witches, based on the popular image from the Gundestrup Cauldron.

* Made of solid .925 sterling silver or shibuichi (an art metal alloy made of 3:1 copper:silver), yellow brass, or bronze.

* Available as a coin, with an upeye for use as a pendant, or with three jump rings for use in a rosary-style necklace.

Each piece is hand-made to order in my home studio, with unique variations and defects as a result of the fabrication and casting process.

[wiccan-twink]

Happy Sauin, gays!!!!

[grainsofexcellence]

Agathario and SQ updates! :D

Artificial Dreams and Carol of the Bells have been Updated!

Artificial Dreams: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60422962/chapters/156760066

Summary:

Emma Swan couldn't sleep before the D.A.R.A. protocol. Years of insomnia just faded away when she first plugs into the AI and its world. The intelligence quickly falls for the caring blond and develops a sub protocol just for her, Regina. Regina is a subsegment of D.A.R.A. and her one job is to please Emma, but when the blond is less than willing to throw her life away for Artificial Reality, D.A.R.A. must create a body. Enjoy twists and turns as Emma and Regina navigate what's real and what's meant to kill them in this cat and mouse game that warns about: what happens when AI gets too powerful? ... and how can we save ourselves.

Carol: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61243027/chapters/156514831

Summary:

Why was being alive always so complicated? Agatha had been back in her body for weeks and as the holidays approached, she just wanted to be alone. Leave it to her ex to bring her a problem only they can solve.

[the-mountain-flower]

Revisited a story that was very important to me as a child, and learned about the author being very vocal about the harm gender roles & stereotypes cause. I thought "oh that's great!" but was afraid. What if she only applied that logic to cis ppl?

I did some searching, and found out that not only does she support trans ppl, but has also spoken multiple times about how important it is to be able to see protagonists outside of the perceived norm. A.K.A., she doesn't see my very existence as wrong.

I let out a deep sigh of relief. I could continue to enjoy this thing that had been so important to me growing up.

But this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Too often I discover a new artist, or even be unsure of one I've enjoyed the work of for a long time up to the present; and I have to desperately search to know if I can enjoy their work. Either I am extremely relieved, or absolutely crushed.

This shouldn't be necessary. I shouldn't be feeling this deep fear that something so important to me, was created by someone who despises my very existence. That I, as a disabled queer femme ex-mormon Pagan witch who was raised like a girl, will be shoved off the emotional cliff of "this person you looked up to hates you for the same reason all bigots do".

I was so terrified that something that meant so much to me as a kid could've shattered me emotionally. Simply because I didn't know if the person who made it hates people like me.

We shouldn't have to live like this.

[samwisethewitch]

Reblog for a bigger sample size, etc.

[ilovemygfz]

Agatha All Along—I’m a bit disappointed (Spoiler alert for ep. 4-8)

i love ALL witchy stuff. Literally all Witchy media, as hocus pocus, wanda vision, coraline is kinda witchy, all of it. Or i guess coraline is more whimsigoth. Whatever. Anyways, i was raised a Christian and around age ten, I realized, I’ve never believed or felt any connection with this religion.

In fact, I honestly was mad at Christianity (and colonialism) for stealing things from other religions such as Easter from Eostre, the goddess of Spring and Fertility, or the Christmas tree, two examples from paganism. Yet, I’ve always respected Christians otherwise, and all religions.

So i started researching other religions to find mine. Because I’ve always believed there’s someone up there. But I believed there was someone, and others, as I am a pantheist. And I’ve always had a strong connection with nature and the five elements and I’ve always believed in reincarnation. I also started using crystals and incense around age thirteen and fourteen. I’ve found that those beliefs, and more I hold, strongly align with Wiccan Paganism.

i felt it was perfect for me because ive also always been…different. I’ll hear or see things others dont. I see visions of the future (though usually not immensely important ones 😒) and I strongly believe in ghosts and the like. (I believe you can be a ghost with the classic ‘limitations’ unfinished business etc and be reincarnated after theyre solved or never if theyre not.)

ANYWAYS. I’ve always loved “witchy” media, even before that journey through the past years, and I was so excited for this one. I loved it SO MUCH…until episode five.

The end, where Alice died and Teen through Lilia and Jen off the road, very much disappointed me in Marvel yet again. I know they love killing people off and making people mad but come on, don’t make teen evil. Alice was enough.

then Lilia and Jen came back to help with the next trial right? Until Lilia died. Like what the fuck. Anyways, I was satisfied with hers because it was a death that was actually meaningful. I was not happy with Alice’s because it was just…I dunno. You know what I mean.

i thought she was going to die when that thing landed on her in the trial with fire, where they had to play music. Which was in episode four i think, maybe early five. That wouldve meant something. But, no. I’ve forgiven it, though, because I’m happy with the queer roles and the fact that Alice worked at hot topic.

Now, i REALLY wasn’t happy when Teen turned out to be partially Billy. I would be okay if he was a random kid, but I expected him to be Agatha’s son until the sleepover trial. And i did not like the fact that the road was created, but especially with his magic. I really hoped if it was fake that at least it became real with their magic or something, but ugh.

It’s marvel. Disney marvel. a disney marvel SERIES. I really should’ve seen this coming from a year away. Its giving the disappointment with she hulk, but a weaker dosage. I liked all of it before these parts. Finally, I wish there was more to it instead of that abrupt ending.

Perhaps they could write a season two with the place Agatha and Teen (i refuse to call him billy, and its easier than william) went next. Maybe we could run into Jen in a future show or movie, or even episode. It’s okay, though, in total i’d give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[fliegenengel]

You know what God did, and God did it for us. God put the moon into the night to show our endless pride. The moon resembles our beauty and grace because God got gay gaze

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