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“Sometimes, if one is lucky, humble, and a friend to the faeries, if one seeks to live in harmony with life, protect it, care for it, nurture it, love it like family, and be loved by it in return, Arawn will appear to that person as a blessing. If one meets the King of the Fairies, they become Fairie-led and Fairie-friended, bonded to the spirits of the land forever more…”
It was a struggle to write the essay I contributed to “A Confluence of Witches” anthology…
…one of those writing sprints where you sit at your desk crying and mute, trying in this case to unravel a tangled yarn of magic, witchcraft, whiteness, settler colonialism, family legacies of harm, Celtic gods, love and cruelty to the land, the rhizomatic roots of where it all comes from…
I sloshed blood and sweat on the altar as I struggled to hold the gate open towards a more loving world while at the same time batting off ghosts.
I’m not sure if I touched bottom with it, I’ll let you be the judge. I’m excited to talk about it with people and see what came through for you.
But what I DO know, is that in this compendium of essays, I’m in good company.
Each contribution in this book is vital for the brew of collective enchantment all the witches I know are fervently boiling on their own hearths. The medicines of resistance.
“A Confluence of Witches,” archives what the witches of today are thinking about, crafting, and struggling towards together.
Sending love and sparks of celebration out to my fellow writer witches included in this work.
I’m so deeply honored to be a part of it and to share it with you. May this book, edited by the gentle genius Casey Zabala, be a strong stone in the foundation upon which future witches will build.
AND WE’RE ALL GOING TO BE TOGETHER AT THE WITCHES CONFLUENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO NEXT MONTH ON NOV 2 (and the night before we’re doing a reading from the book @booksmithsf at 7pm on Nov 1).