Kiwi Farms
So the wicca community, springing as it did from the heritage of 19th centuary occult societies and the narcissism of notorious con man Gerald Gardner; developing through the 60s and 70s picking up every pop-quack alternative medicine trend imaginable, is a ripe subject for these forums.
At some point the wider movement could no doubt fill a decent community watch thread. It is full of edgelords desperate to be different from their monotheistic suburban family, conmen selling all kinds of snake oil and 'ancient witchcraft rituals' lifted directly from hinduism, Zoroastrianism, masonic lodges, buddhism, German societies and various other groups that have been fringe-fashionable in the past century.
The community is full of demagogues screeching that their coven is the only true and honest ancient lineage and that all others are fake imitations so you should buy supplies, books, tears of the earth mother (PBUH) exclusively from them. It's great.
having seen what tumblr does to bastardize political theory and history I decided to search on tumblr to see what they would do with a subject that was already crazy, convoluted and obtuse. I wasn't disappointed.
Much like communism and non binary genders the appeal seems to come from a childish need to be different and not part of the white Christian capitalist society the vast majority of them live comfortably in.
anyways screen shots:
Which i think makes a good case for reinstating the 1735 witchcraft act!
But seriously there are hundreds more and I haven't even begun to read through the notes.
Happy (witch)hunting!
At some point the wider movement could no doubt fill a decent community watch thread. It is full of edgelords desperate to be different from their monotheistic suburban family, conmen selling all kinds of snake oil and 'ancient witchcraft rituals' lifted directly from hinduism, Zoroastrianism, masonic lodges, buddhism, German societies and various other groups that have been fringe-fashionable in the past century.
The community is full of demagogues screeching that their coven is the only true and honest ancient lineage and that all others are fake imitations so you should buy supplies, books, tears of the earth mother (PBUH) exclusively from them. It's great.
having seen what tumblr does to bastardize political theory and history I decided to search on tumblr to see what they would do with a subject that was already crazy, convoluted and obtuse. I wasn't disappointed.
Much like communism and non binary genders the appeal seems to come from a childish need to be different and not part of the white Christian capitalist society the vast majority of them live comfortably in.
anyways screen shots:
But seriously there are hundreds more and I haven't even begun to read through the notes.
Happy (witch)hunting!