It's funny how, as a society, we'll embrace technological advances yet there's this tendency with witches who will refuse non-traditional tools in their own craft. For example: candles. LED candles can be programmed to flicker and mimick the appearance of a flame without the fire and smoke. With the internet, you can watch a video of a candle burning on your phone or PC monitor. Aside from techno witches or chaos magicians, I'm not sure why others haven't caught on and considered experimenting. I bring this up to ask: What are your thoughts about the (possible lack of) creative experimentation with modern technology on witchblr?
Bud I love your vibes of experimentation but idk why we have to try and drag all of witchblr like this.
"Aside from techno witches" so, aside from all the witches who are already using technology in their practice, why isn't everyone else also using it?
I think experimenting with digital stuff and technology is great, but I do take a tiny lil bit off offense to you saying "I'm not sure why others haven't caught on," which kind of implies that if people thought about using technology in their practice they'd obviously want to experiment with it, as opposed to people just realizing they could and then deciding not to.
Not all witchcraft is about doing the most convenient thing 100% of the time, and what you perceive to be the most rational or helpful course of action actually isn't necessarily accessible for everyone.
What about people who specifically get into witchcraft as a way to reconnect with tradition?
What about witches who find power and utility in working with certain tools that they can't grasp within modern technology?
What about witches who work with a spiritual or animistic path and literally believe they're connecting with the physical candle flame in a way that can't be reproduced/replicated by digital stuff?
What about witches who are experienced energy workers and perceive that the energies produced by the physical candle aren't the same as those produced by watching an internet video, and have decided that these two things aren't interchangeable?
What about witches who are sick of screens and are using witchcraft as a way to touch grass?
I think all of the witches I know who are seriously invested in magic have experimented with technology as part of their practice, very often for accessibility/disability issues.
I dislike the idea that all these hypothetical witches need to "catch on" to a certain specific kind of experimentation for some reason. But, as someone who has experimented with using digital/technology in magic, I can affirm that it doesn't fully replace my actual physical practice. Can it be helpful in many ways? Yes. Can the intersection of magic and technology be very powerful? Yes.
But I have to say if the witchblr buds really are completely lacking in technological experimentation, I really don't have commentary on that, except that I'm happy for everyone leading self-determined lives and I hope they keep doing it.
