Thorn Mooney
Plastic Witches, Insecurity, and Witchcraft Alone
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This is the book to give your partner, your parent, your therapist, your chaplain, your UU minister, your students. But you should read it, too.
"This is the most thoughtful, intelligent, and sophisticated survey of contemporary witchcraft on both sides of the Atlantic available at present and also wonderfully concise. Newcomers will be perfectly served, and practitioners understand themselves and their fellows better."
—Ronald Hutton, historian and author of The Witch and The Triumph of the Moon
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Part 1 My Own Internet History
29:51 Part 2 Influencers and Authority
39:37 Grifters
51:15 Part 3 Imposter Syndrome and FOMO
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The short answer is no. The long answer is maybe, but with a grain of salt, and depending on context and your goals.
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I’m home from Mystic South! Let’s talk about it.
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Reflecting on how we describe “becoming” witches, conversion, and the idea that people are innately born witches, etc.
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How do labels impact our practice? Who do they serve? Does it matter what you call yourself?
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How do you treat your stuff? Where will it go when you die?
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I don’t normally do haul videos, but this seemed like a special occasion. This is pure book 🌽 so enjoy!
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How do you know when it’s time to step forward, and what might we look for in an “advanced” practice of spellcasting?
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Tips and a chat about how I manage my own life online.
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Mostly just a random update video! Hope you all are well!
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What do you do when you start feeling stuck as a witch?
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Mostly ended up focusing on Discord! What experiences or tips would you share?
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Small things that can help you take bigger steps forward, no matter what sort of witchcraft you practice.
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Some half-baked thoughts about witches in media, especially as portrayed by journalists.
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Updates, a hello, and some impromptu thoughts about life on the internet. Mostly a hello! I’m not dead.
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Here's Christopher Penczak's post: templeofwitchcraft.org/generations-in-the-craft
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A common critique of Wicca is that, "Gerald Gardner was just an old man who wanted to get with naked women." That's not something we should be accepting uncritically given what we actually know about Gardner, but even if it *were* true...so what?
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One of the complaints I see the most is, “I bought this book about witchcraft, but it’s all just Wicca!” We know Wicca is only one type of craft, but why is it so difficult to separate it from all the others?
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How helpful is it to draw that hardline between witchcraft as a "practice" instead of a "religion"? What does that mean?
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More thoughts on my last video, thinking about money, how we train students, and the problem with assuming that teaching is an essential component of expertise.
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Sharing some thoughts on expertise, what it means to be an expert, and why maybe it’s something we shouldn’t be aspiring to.
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Sharing some thoughts about my positive experiences working in skyclad settings, positive examples of manhood, and healing through work with the Horned God. I wanted to speak a little but more after having recorded with Occultism with a Side of Salt: youtube.com/watch?v=Sg-_7EVWMQ8
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Books mentioned:
“Stations of the Sun” by Ronald Hutton
“The Witch’s Wheel of the Year” by Jason Mankey
“Year of the Witch” by Temperance Alden
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What can you do to learn about witchcraft and lay the foundations to practice it, without buying books, paying for classes, or buying tools? Here are five tips that you can try, without spending any money.
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Casual chat about planning the new year, focus, social media and life online, and just hanging out.
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Sharing some thoughts on making reading goals for the year, and how I...kind of don’t.
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Sharing some reflections on the last year, and thinking about what comes next. Super casual, super ramble-y. 💙
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This video is a response to a question that frequently shows up in my inbox: was Gardner a fraud? Did he just make it all up? And how do we practice Wicca if he did?
I've got lots of thoughts here, which I share generally (as in all of my videos, off the cuff and totally unscripted). A couple of things I want to clarify, though:
First, when I mention Roland Barthes and "The Death of the Author" in relation to J.K. Rowling's transphobia and Harry Potter, I'm using her to make an if-then statement ("If J.K. Rowling is a transphobic, then we have to reevaluate our relationship with Harry Potter”) and she popped into my brain as low-hanging fruit. Please don't take it as me *wondering* if Rowling is transphobic---that's established as far as I'm concerned. Transphobia, for the record, is abhorrent and should be condemned where it appears.
Second, this video isn't about the problematic views Gardner and many of his contemporaries held, only the validity of his claim to be practicing something passed down through the ages. I am *not* disputing that his views were problematic. I am *not* defending his homophobia, colonialism, sexism, etc. Those things (along with racism and transphobia) absolutely exist within Wiccan spaces and popular Wiccan texts and should be rooted out and addressed by today's practitioners. I believe we as a community are doing those things, and that means being critical of our founders and leaders. Please, absolutely be critical of Gardner. Just don't *only* be critical of Gardner and not his contemporaries or their successors.
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