Magick is Queer! Hey, Queer people have been part of Magick since Magick began. Author Misha Magdalene joins us to talk about the connection between Magick and gender and sexuality in the Witchcraft world, which is often a hetero-normative environment. We also discuss ways to help others during this painful time. (We are angry, we are sad, but we are not silent.) Digressions include spoiled kittens, Cheez-Its and one BAD ASS spell contributed by a listener. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and review us and remember to check out our Etsy shop! 10% of June’s proceeds go to Protect The Sacred. Audio Transcript to follow.
Our Guest Today
Misha Magdalene is a multi-classed, multi-geek, multi-queer witch and sorcerer with a degree in gender studies and a slightly odd sense of humor. They’re the author of Outside the Charmed Circle: Exploring Gender & Sexuality in Magical Practice (Llewellyn, January 2020) and the similarly-named “Outside the Charmed Circle” blog at Patheos. They’re an initiate of the Anderson Feri and Gardnerian Wiccan traditions of witchcraft, and have dabbled recklessly in both modern ceremonial magic and grimoiric goetia. They live in the Pacific Northwest with their polymath partner and two adorably destructive black kittens.
Resource List
Misha Magdalene Website
“Outside The Charmed Circle” (Book by Misha Magdalene)
“Outside The Charmed Circle” (Misha Magdalene Blog)
Minnesota Freedom Fund
Black Visions Collective
Reclaim the Block
Link to Anti-Racist Children’s Books
Eclipse Magick Episode
Beyond the Gates
Trout Lake Abbey
Drawing Down The Moon
The Spiral Dance
Anderson Feri Tradition
Gardnerian Wicca
“Thinking Sex” by Gayle S. Rubin
When God Was Queer Podcast Episode 2–“We Were Made For This”
Protect The Sacred
That Witch Life Etsy Store
Prayer for the Full Moon
O Great Being of Light,
Show me my steps forward,
Show me where my power is,
Show me what I can do,
With what I have at my fingertips.
Help me be the light for others,
Help me be the solution.
And the award for ‘Best Spell Of 2020’ goes to:
Calling all witches, spiritual folk, and social justice warriors: NOW IS THE TIME FOR MAGICK. Now is not the time to pray for peace. The people taking to the streets need our fierce protection and empowerment. They need radical change. Send them the energy to keep fighting, to amplify their voices, and to keep them free from harm at the hands of brutal police and a system that constantly seeks to dismantle them. If things get out of hand and the people in power are using unnecessary force, may our magick thwart their weapons. May our magick empower the people who are disenfranchised. May it keep them safe, but also fiercely thwart those that seek to do them harm.
If shit needs to get fucked up, so mote it be!
~Contributed by: @8bit.octave
