We “refuse to be silent any longer”: magic as self-care after Kavanaugh

Vox ^ | Oct 10, 2018 | Tara Isabella Burton

[Salman]

First, take a candle.

Then, pour some salt into your hand.

Then, keeping the grains in your palm, take a pen to write out a thank you to Christine Blasey Ford, the woman whose allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee — and now justice — Brett Kavanaugh, stunned a nation.

Or, if you prefer, simply say, “I believe you.”

It’s just one of the many quasi-religious rituals circulating the internet — particularly pagan and #resistance circles — in the wake of Kavanaugh’s confirmation. These rituals help self-identified witches process trauma, anger, and grief.

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[Salman]

A little insight into the "spiritual" side of the other side.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I want to see, “She’s a lyin Ho” tee-shirts.

[nwrep]

[Artemis Webb]

Thanks anyway Vox. I’ll just stick with Jesus.

[Campion]

Modern Wicca and other New Age traditions in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s were tied to second-wave feminism. Witchcraft and ritual have become more prominently associated with progressive political causes in recent years with the rise of the contemporary #magicresistance. Last year, for example, a 13,000-strong Facebook group formed to cast regular binding spells on Donald Trump.

They're getting more and more open about who they are, what they are, and whom they serve, aren't they.

[exDemMom]

Well, as long as they are busy trying to do things like write while holding grains of salt in their hand, they will not be out doing destructive things that destroy property and hurt people. They can be as weird as they like, as long as they are the only ones affected by their weirdness.

[mulligan]

All she needs is a broom.

[Telepathic Intruder]

All pagan religious practices have their roots in Satanic worship. It doesn’t matter if you call it “white magic”. Satan was an angel of light, and appears that way to those he fools.

[TigersEye]

There is no magic that can change the truth.

[bgill]

They’ll use this as an excuse to hold a spirit dinner with pizza on the side.

[Stepan12]

The satanic cult that is now the Democratic party (Perez almost admitted this), has its rituals. When are they going to sacrifice German shepherds?

[Notthereyet]

“I’ll just stick with Jesus.”
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Artemis Webb, there are so many levels on which I run mentally below or behind or slower than a lot of folks. And so many, many, times I find at the end of the day, that I am grateful for that condition.

I’m feeling that way now. So glad to be loved by Jesus. Those folks must be so miserable deep down inside their souls. Sigh.

[NorthMountain]

They're getting more and more open about who they are, what they are, and whom they serve, aren't they.

"Feminism" is a fabric of lies ... and we all know who is the 'father of lies'.

[poinq]

Thank you Mrs. Ford. You have awoken the GOP to the dark side of doing nothing. We need to run to the voting machines or to vote early, so the demons from hell stay under the ground where they belong. Mrs. Ford, if you did not show us what might have been, some of us would have been a little too complacent. But you showed us how dishonest the democrats are. You showed us how mean the democrats can be. And you showed us how close we are to giving it all back to them. We owe you a lot Mrs. Ford.

[\/\/ayne]

My understanding is that when the moon is in the 7th house (and Jupiter...aligns with Mars) then Peace will rule the planets... and Love! Will steer the stars!

[Reverend Wright]

As the organizers of an upcoming “Hex Kavanaugh” event at Catland, a pagan bookstore and supply shop in Brooklyn, put it on their event page, “We are embracing witchcraft’s true roots as the magik of the poor, the downtrodden and disenfranchised and it’s [sic] history as often the only weapon, the only means of exacting justice available to those of us who have been wronged by men just like him.”

Pray for the Kavanaugh family, for God to deliver them from the demonic forces that are being summoned against them !

[nonsporting]

Thanks to lying leftists like Christine Blasey Ford I have to carry a weapon wherever I go, in case I run into some whacked Democrat who thinks I should cease to exist.

The disillusioned need a reality check.

[Tax-chick]

When were they silent?

[bigbob]

Well, least this one is hot.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I took some hair from a Gypsy, dirt from an Indian’s grave, toad venom, and the wishbone from a red chicken, put it all in a green sock and buried it at by a dead burr oak during the new moon while uttering a secret incantation, in order to get Hillary to shut up, but it hasn’t worked yet.