Imagine being this mad at a teenager for being excited about a dumb hobby.
I’m scared for her. I’m scared that she’s jumping into something she knows nothing about, I’m scared that she’s gleefully getting involved in this big dark world SPECIFICALLY because it makes her parents uneasy and because she thinks it makes her cool. That makes it very difficult for me to speak calmly about it, because I’ve been there! I’ve watched it happen over and over! I know what happens, and I get dismissed for vocalizing ANYTHING less than open positivity and acceptance for it! Witchcraft has been normalized exactly because of an attitude like yours - that it’s a ‘dumb hobby’ and nothing more. The only parts of it that could be considered innocent are medicinal herbology and the study of Latin/Greek. Studying and getting involved in the occult with this mindset leaves you vulnerable - and let’s pretend, for just a second, that the spirits traditional witchcraft serve don’t actually exist. Practice like this STILL leaves you vulnerable to very physically present, dangerous people. When I got involved in this shit, the majority of the people I met were predators in some form. And you can say “well it’s not fair to judge based on JUST the people that you met” except that it’s everywhere. In EVERY circle I brushed shoulders with. The practice attracts it, and again, ignoring any supernatural belief, it attracts predators because it also attracts a population (mostly young girls) that is vulnerable and simultaneously rebellious by nature. That’s a bad combination, without a stable source of guidance. It’s a facade of “empowerment” that hides a seedy, predatory underbelly and I am SICK TO DEATH of young girls being taken advantage of by adults (men AND women) who should damn well know better. Fuck the entire practice and origin of traditional witchcraft and I will NOT apologize for saying so.
First and foremost I fully agree that witchcraft is evil and demonic and not just some “hobby.” But HOW is natural/herbal medicine demonic?? PLEASE be fr 😭😭 Explain how. I genuinely want to know.
it’s not???? bro that was literally one of the only components of the practice that I’m condoning, herbal medicine can be held completely separate from the occult