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> you should probably go tell some Jews not me
Witch culture has become trendy recently, and not surprisingly. There are so many enticing components, from crafting oneโs personal spirituality to embracing the sacred feminine to loving the earth. But being a witch isnโt just fashionable attire and games. There is a whole culture to witchcraft, and of course, with culture comes the question of Big Bad cultural appropriation.
Religions borrow and steal โ the world is a terrible and hallowed mess of appropriation. In order to really understand and take on a way of life in an appropriate yet not appropriative way, one has to do their research. When I researched the roots of practiced magic, which women (and men) have been involved with since the beginning of humanity, I found a large part of its history is intertwined with Judaism.
Who woulda thought?
First off, let me answer the titular question of, โCan I be a Jew and a witch?โ right away. Yes, obviously. You can do whatever you want to get your spiritual rocks off, do you understand me? If we really delve into it, the worldโs major religions all hail from various primal pagan desires to find meaning in this crazy world. We are all still searching for that, and religious kink-shaming is unhelpful.
With that preach out of the way, letโs venture into a little history, a tad bit of philosophy, and the realities of being a Jewish witch in this day and age.