The Beaver Moon.

The beaver moon.

(November 27, 2023)

I've never met a religious person who is as smug and self righteous as the average atheist just saying

are you joking

truly don't get how some radfems seem not just disinterested but outright dislike witchcraft. like, I get being atheist or agnostic - frankly, it's something I really like about witchcraft: there's plenty of ways to practice that don't require you to believe in a literal deity. you can just believe in nature & the beauty of the universe. but the existence of female-centric, & even female-exclusive, & even explicitly radfem (& lesbian co-founded with lesbian spiritual leaders etc), spiritual practice is so fucking enticing to me. the idea of gathering with other women, other radfem lesbians even!, to honor femaleness and nature together, that's everything I've always wanted. I don't get being a radfem (esp lesbian) and not just not being curious about it at all but like, actively losing respect for those of us who practice. it's saddening fr.

also me & @sappheia aka @vvitchscvm-deactivated20230666 are gonna be the creatrices of the biggest and best lesbian feminist Dianic path in modern history t b h

Interpretation of experience involves an element of choice. For example, many women have had the experience of feeling excluded by masculine language for God, but they have interpreted this experience differently. One woman perceives the experience of being excluded by male language and symbolism as threatening to her faith, so she tries to suppress it. Another decides to work from within her religion to create change. A third concludes that all religions are patriarchal plots against women and becomes an atheist. A fourth explores Buddhism. The last seeks the Goddess.

-Carol P. Christ, Rebirth of the Goddess: Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality

the way yall are projecting your conceptualizations of "spirituality" & "magic" onto shit we're saying while being so wildly wrong about it, not grasping that we aren't using these words the way you apparently are... just making assumptions about what we're saying that are incorrect while calling it rationality instead of taking a step back and trying to understand... it's demoralizing fr.

like i dont have an issue with "critiques" or "skepticism" but i DO have an issue with being portrayed as saying/believing something im simply NOT. unfortunately a lot of yall are doing the latter.

The Goddess of All Life is apt to defy you if you try to interfere with Her works out of pride. Her real work is not to drop everything (volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers) just because one witch is summoning. Weather work performed consciously, as a service to the community, is what the job is all about. However, you must still accept the possibility of failure without sadness or getting an attitude. The Lady may have better things to do, or decide that no rain is a better plan.

But in case of dire need of the people, priestesses brought the rains down with enough regular success that the Goddess appears to have taken notice of the people's wishes.

-Z. Budapest, The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries