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“It’s important to lean into initiation and let yourself be changed by it. Remember, the world isn’t actually different—all the same stuff is still there—you are just seeing it differently, and in magic, perception is half the battle.”
― Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
― Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
“Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Intimacy, not knowledge. Intimacy, not power.”
― The Darkness Outside Us
― The Darkness Outside Us
“Jack struggled throughout his life to maintain his male identity, yet in a final symbol of rejection by family and society, and a final assault upon his body, this little old gray-haired man was buried in a woman’s white satin dress”
― From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland
― From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland
“It wasn’t until I was able to name why I felt upset and identify what was wrong with those interactions that I started to gain power and get over some internalized BS. It was an initiation and an act of empowerment all in one. I felt the same way when I discovered socialism. Suddenly I had a framework to describe power and money in the world in a way I didn’t before. I could name the things I thought were wrong, instead of vaguely pointing at things like poverty and saying “I don’t like it!” Naming oppression doesn’t make it go away, but it gives you the power to fight an actual problem instead of just flailing around boxing with shadows.”
― Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
― Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
“With a tool like crystals—or herbs or candles—I see a lot of people buying and selling them like they are buying and selling feelings. I want to feel love, so I’ll buy a pink rock; I want to feel safe, so I’ll buy a black rock; I want to feel calm, so I’ll buy a clear rock. When it doesn’t work, the only logical conclusion—or so you’re led to believe—is that there must be something really wrong with you or maybe magic isn’t real after all! It’s not the crystal, and it’s for sure not you. It’s all based on manufactured insecurities—buying and selling feelings, especially to women, is just marketing 101—which are based on fears, and when you are afraid, you are easy to control.”
― Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
― Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism
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